Overview

You will undertake a rigorous combination of workshops, seminars, one-to-one meetings and regular talks from a variety of industry professionals.

Over the Screenwriting training programme from The University of Manchester of the year, you'll work with leading industry practitioners to develop your screenwriting, pitching and story-breaking skills. By the end of the course, you'll have developed a full length feature film screenplay, a pilot TV episode and two short films.

Like all courses at the Centre for New Writing, this MA is taught by practitioners and, as such, it is vocationally-oriented and industry-focused. You'll have access to individual career guidance and training in how to navigate entry-level work in both the television and film industries.

There'll be film screenings, and you'll have access to an excellent lending library of films to watch at home.

Throughout the duration of the course, you'll develop a broad and eclectic knowledge of cinema and television.

Career opportunities

This course is designed to train graduates to work in the UK film and television industries.

Some will work as professional screenwriters, while others may take up other, related, positions.

We offer talks from professionals in the industry and internship programmes to help you get an insight into what it's like to work in film and TV

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Industry
Feature Film

Story and the Journey of Change

The Calling Card Script
Television

Genre and Theme

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-26 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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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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Other requirements

General requirements

Some English Language test results are only valid for two years. Your English Language test report must be valid on the start date of the course.
Three original ideas for film(s) or TV drama series (1 or 2 pages long each). Applicants should include the title of film and a logline describing it for the poster, where and when the film is set (eg contemporary/period), the genre (eg drama/comedy/sci-fi), and what it is about thematically.
One A4 page on why you want to do the MA, including references to films and TV series that have influenced and interested you.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

28500 GBP / year

≈ 28500 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

14000 GBP / year

≈ 14000 GBP / year

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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