Overview

What's covered in the course?

You will have the opportunity of becoming involved in live research projects and scholarly activities within Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research.

Areas of expertise include Jazz and Aesthetics working with the London Jazz Festival; Evaluating Cultural Leadership and Diversity; audience engagement projects funded by Nesta.

Why Choose Us?

You will study alongside leading academic researchers and be a part of a thriving research community.
You will encounter innovative approaches to research including practice based approaches.
We work in partnership with leading organisations such as Nesta, Birmingham Hippodrome, London Jazz Festival.
The programme will prepare you for further doctoral study in media and cultural studies.

You will have opportunities to be involved in live research projects.

Enhancing employability skills

The course has a strong emphasis on employability and provides you with the option of gaining professional experience and transferable skills, hereby, enabling you to gain a unique insight into and invaluable first-hand experience of academic and professional cultures.

The course is designed to provide a clear route in to doctoral study.Media and Cultural Studies - MA is provided by Birmingham City University.

This course also offers the unique opportunity to obtain professional experience within this specialised field by working on live research projects.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Cultural Theory Creative

Industries and Cultural

Policy Professional

Researching Media

Cultures Research in Practice

Professional Practice

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-19 00:00:00

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Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

80

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IELTS

6

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Area & Cultural Studies Media Studies & Mass Media View 300 other Masters in Area & Cultural Studies in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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80

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6

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants should have a first degree or equivalent at 2:1, or above, or have considerable experience in a related field and be able to demonstrate outstanding ability and potential.

Applicants should have sound academic skills (research, writing, presentation), an interest in ideas and their application and some basic competence in IT skills (word-processing, internet activities and so on).

Above all, candidates for this exciting and innovative course need to have an inquiring mind, an aptitude for researching, sharing and communicating ideas and a desire to develop as an independent and self-motivated thinker.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

16300 GBP / year

≈ 16300 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

7900 GBP / year

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Living costs

Birmingham

United Kingdom

765 - 1134 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Overview

What's covered in the course?

Why Choose Us?

Enhancing employability skills

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

Prepare for Your English Test

Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

Prepare for Your English Test

Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic Applies to you

Living costs

Birmingham

Funding

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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