Overview

It caters for those who want to enhance their artistic and professional careers, or if you're planning to progress to doctoral study. The Film Studies course at The University of Manchester is also suitable if you're relatively new to the subject area and want to establish a solid foundation.

If you want to enhance your employability, it provides an excellent springboard for careers in film, screen media and the creative industries, as well as educational, social and community professions.

The research and teaching strengths of our scholars span film, screen and media studies from form and theory to historical and cultural approaches, and from national cinemas to the politics of identity, gender and sexuality, and film music, as well as film practice.

This considerable breadth of specialism offers a wide range of options. Whether you want to strengthen your academic foundation in this subject area or wish to pursue niche areas of research requiring specific expertise - for example, documentary film-making, audio design or film music composition - you'll find the MA in Film Studies has a considerable amount to offer.

Career opportunities

Graduates have gone on to work in areas of film education as well as other areas of the film and screen media industry, including with the BBC, independent television production companies, and film festivals.

A small number of graduates take up PhD study, with the aim to further their progress in academic research and teaching at FE (further education) and HE (higher education) levels.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Film Theories, Debates and Approaches

Film Cultures: Research, Industries and Practice

Directed Reading

Falstaff and Gandalf: Adapting Fantastic Texts to Film

Dissertation by Practice

Video Project: Docufiction

Queer Cinema and Beyond

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-29 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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PTE Academic

76

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IELTS

7

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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100

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76

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7

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Other requirements

General requirements

a First or Upper Second class honours degree or its overseas equivalent in a humanities-based subject area.
The University will take into account the academic standing of a candidate's University, as advised by our international office using published world and country rankings.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

27000 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

13000 GBP / year

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Additional Details

MA (part-time)

UK students (per annum): £6,500
International, including EU, students (per annum): £13,500

Living costs

Manchester

United Kingdom

645 - 1197 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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