Overview

The overall aim of the Film and TV Production programme offered at Ulster University is to enable students to develop the advanced screen production, leadership and research skills required to facilitate the next generation of film makers, producers and researchers.

This programme aims to build upon your existing skills and knowledge of media production, audiences, and culture. The course is designed to help hone your research, technical and craft skills, building an industry-relevant portfolio of work and developing culturally engaged and thoughtful production work that engages in the ‘politics of making’. This is an inclusive, forward-thinking programme, creatively applying theory and practice, open to broad conceptions of storytelling and interdisciplinary approaches to film and TV production.

Career and Opportunities

The screen-based sector is one of the fastest growing sectors of the Northern Ireland economy. This new programme has been developed with industry partners to ensure that the provision addresses current and future skills gaps in the sector and helps to create entrepreneurial and creative graduates who can not only address current skills deficits but also develop new businesses to grow the local sector. Illustrative graduate roles include:

Directors, producers, showrunners

Screenwriters for Film, TV and streaming media

Cinematographers and camera operators

Production designers

Vision mixers.

Production Management

Virtual Production Supervisors

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Dramatic Filmmaking
The Business of Film and Television
Contemporary Screen Culture, Theory and Practice
Visual Storytelling
Advanced Screenwriting

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00

Language

English

Duolingo English Test

110

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TOEFL^® IBT

80

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PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Belfast, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Film Studies View 248 other Masters in Film Studies in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

Duolingo English Test

110

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80

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59

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6

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General requirements

Applicants must hold at least a second-class honours degree or equivalent or demonstrate their ability to undertake the course through the accreditation of prior experiential learning (APEL). A portfolio of practice work is required under APEL entry.
a second-class honours degree or better in any Film Production/ Studies, Cinematic Arts, Media Production, Photography and Video, Animation, Visual Arts or cognate subject from a University of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, from the Council of National Academic Awards, the Higher Education and Training Awards Council or from an institution of another country which is recognised as being of an equivalent standard; or
an equivalent standard (normally 50%) in a Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate, Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma or an approved alternative qualification.

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Tuition Fees

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17810 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

7240 GBP / year

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Additional Details

NI / ROI / GB - £7,239.60

International Cost - £17,809.20

Living costs

Belfast

United Kingdom

561 - 887 GBP / month

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Funding

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