Overview

Whatever your academic background, this taught programme invites you to explore your love of film in a professional capacity. The M.A. in Film Studies at the University of Malta will test your practical capabilities and provides you with the necessary techniques to successfully plan and shoot a short film, and to develop it in all its stages from the script to the screen.

By analysing the interaction of image and sound and combining it with research, history, academia, and narrative, you will be appositely prepared to tell your story through the medium of film.

Career opportunities

The taught Master’s Programme in Film Studies will enable you to further your postgraduate studies at a doctoral level in film, television, and other screen media. Other work opportunities are also available if you are more interested in the practical aspects of film, and the skill acquired from this course may enable you to pursue a career in media industries as a scriptwriter, editor, and producer.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Cinematography: Theory and Practice

Methods of Research: Critical Approaches to Film Studies

Film Adaptation, the Literary Tradition and the Other Arts

Representing Otherness on Film: Gender, Disability, Sexuality and Ethnicity in the Cinema

Screenwriting and the Art of Dramaturgy

Film, Technology and the Literary Canon

Basic Post-Production

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Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-06-08 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.
Starting 2026-10-05 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.
Starting 2027-02-09 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-30 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

95

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PTE Academic

71

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

90 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Msida, Malta

Disciplines

Film Studies

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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95

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71

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6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

The Course shall be open to applicants in possession of one of the following qualifications:

the degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) with Second Class or better in the same or in a closely related area of study as the area of study applied for, provided that the Board may consider applicants in possession of the Degree with Third Class Honours only if it is satisfied that such applicants are in possession of other qualifications, including relevant experience, obtained following the first cycle degree or
the degree of Bachelor of Arts in the same or in a closely related area of study as that applied for, with an average mark of not less than 55% in that area or
a degree from this or from another university which the Board considers as comparable to any of the degrees indicated in paragraphs (a) and (b) above.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

3600 EUR / year

≈ 3600 EUR / year
EU/EEA Applies to you

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EU/EEA Nationals

1600 EUR / year

≈ 1600 EUR / year

Additional Details

Local/EU/EEA:

Total Tuition Fees: Eur 4,800
Fee per semester: Eur 800

Non-EU/Non-EEA:

Total Tuition Fees: Eur 10,800
Yr 1: Eur 5,400 - Yr 2: Eur 5,400 - Yr 3: NIL

Living costs

Msida

Malta

690 - 1170 EUR / month

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Funding

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Key information

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Credits

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Disciplines

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What students do after studying

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General requirements

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Tuition Fees

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