Postgraduate Study

nullWe offer six, one year, full-time, campus-based master’s degree programmes and five, two year, part-time distance learning master’s programmes for students who seek a more flexible learning regime.

How do you want to learn?

Full-time Campus Based Master’s Degrees

MA Mass Communications

MA New Media and Society

MA Globalization and Communications

MA Media and Public Relations

MSc Media and Communication Research   

MA Media and Advertising

Part-time Master’s Degrees by Distance Learning

MA Mass Communications 

MA New Media and Society

MA New Media Governance and Democracy

MA Communications, Media and Public Relations

MA Communications, Media and Advertising

Research Degrees

Full and part-time PhD/MPhil

PhD by distance learning

Where have our students gone for work?

Many of our Masters' level students go onto research degrees but graduates have also returned to careers in which having the MA or MSc degree has helped their advancement to higher positions. Graduates have also entered teaching, working in finance industries, telecommunications, media production and the military in the wide variety of countries from which they originate.

PhD graduates have often entered academia in universities across the world although some work as researchers for professional companies.

Postgraduate News

Two Graduate Research Assistantships

The Department of Media and Communication is currently offering two PhD scholarship awards, one of which is also in association with the Department of Sociology. The closing date for receipt of applications is the end of February. Both awards are for a Graduate Research Assistantship for October 2013 entry to our Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme. Both posts will pay full-time University UK/EU tuition fees for four years and include an annual maintenance grant and salary. Further information and details of how to apply can be found here for the Media and Communication Assistantship and here for the Media and Communication and Sociology Assistantship.

Two Postgraduate Part-fee Bursaries 

The Department is also offering two part-fee bursaries for September 2013 entry to one of its full-time campus based Masters degree programmes. The bursaries are open to new UK/EU applicants and are worth £1,000 payable as a reduction of the course fee. The closing date for receipt of applications is the end of March and applicants must be able to commence their studies in September 2013. Further information and details of how to apply can be found here.

  

 

 

  

 

 

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Contact Details

Department of Media & Communication
University of Leicester
Bankfield House    
132 New Walk
Leicester
LE1 7JA
United Kingdom

Campus courses
T: +44(0)116 252 3863
E: mediacom@le.ac.uk

Distance learning courses
T: +44(0)116 252 5275
E: mediacom-dl@le.ac.uk
Fax: +44(0)116 252 5276 (all)

The MA New Media and Society at Leicester is a challenging and intellectually stimulating course taught within a vibrant academic environment.
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