Postgraduate Study
We 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 Globalization and Communications
MSc Media and Communication Research
Part-time Master’s Degrees by Distance Learning
MA New Media Governance and Democracy
MA Communications, Media and Public Relations
MA Communications, Media and Advertising
Research Degrees
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.
