Highlights
Tuition fee
18970 GBP / year
11200 GBP / year
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Tuition fee
18970 GBP / year
11200 GBP / year
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Duration
12 months
Duration
12 months
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Start date
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Start date
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Campus location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Campus location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Taught in
English
Taught in
English

About

The MA and MSc Future Media: Pro course uniquely combines professional agency practice with the latest industry insights and authoritative academic methods. The Future Media is provided by Birmingham City University.

Overview

What's covered in the course?

Our courses ensure you gain real-world experience and knowledge so that you are ‘agency ready’ when you graduate. 

In your year on the programme, you’ll be planning digital marketing and advertising campaigns with leading digital agencies, developing brand and product promotions with prestigious clients, making mobile, social and virtual content with award-winning industry professionals and building new user journeys with emerging technologies and state-of-the –art resources. 

The Future Media - MA / MSc is provided by Birmingham City University.

You’ll get to work with top agency professionals and impressive client accounts on state-of-the-art campaigns as you tackle challenging briefs with our industry partners who include some of the worlds most important agencies: Unruly, Mediacom, Think Jam, Found, Red Bee Media, AMV XLAB and SapientNitro. 

And, you’ll be working in multidisciplinary teams to broaden your skill-sets as well as fine-tuning your own expertise with your MA and MSc peers.

Why Choose Us?

  • All our staff are professional academics with decades of proven experience and award winning track records in digital marketing communications and advertising.
  • Our industry partners are in the world’s top agency listings with global clients, some of the most famous brands in the world, elite credentials and internationally awarded campaigns that reach billions of users around the planet every moment of every day and in every conceivable way.
  • All your assignments are rooted in real-world briefs with prestigious links to industry and bespoke professional mentoring so you learn the skills by doing the job.
  • Your final three-month project is all about you, your choices and your professional development: most students who leverage their project as a mentored conduit to employment gain a job in their field of choice.
  • MSc graduates incline towards ‘planning’ roles, (the experience space around product positioning and consumer journeys), and are frequently employed as online customer experience managers in optimising accounts, performance marketing, search engine marketing and website auditing.
    • MA graduates tend to choose ‘strategic’ roles, (the values space around brand strategy and consumer insight), and are frequently employed in client liaison as account managers, brand strategists, creative producers, content curators and marketing campaign development.Placements

    Programme Structure

    Courses include:

    • Digital Marketing Discovery
    • Design and Project Management 
    • Digital Production
    • Deployment and Creative Direction
    • Film Marketing, Planning and Deployment 
    • Final Major Project
    • Digital Marketing Discovery

    Key information

    Duration

    • Full-time
      • 12 months

    Start dates & application deadlines

    Language

    English
    TOEFL® IBT
    OR
    80
    PTE Academic
    59
    IELTS
    6

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    Credits

    180 alternative credits

    Delivered

    On Campus

    Campus Location

    • Birmingham, United Kingdom

    What students do after studying

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    Academic requirements

    We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

    English requirements

    TOEFL® IBT
    OR
    80
    PTE Academic
    59
    IELTS
    6

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    Other requirements

    General requirements

    • You’ll need to complete an online application form and submit it, along with scans of your original academic transcripts and certificates.
      • You’ll also have to complete the Equal Opportunity section, which is required by UK law.

    Tuition Fees

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

      Non-residents
      18970 GBP / year
      ≈ 18970 GBP / year
    • Domestic

      Citizens or residents
      11200 GBP / year
      ≈ 11200 GBP / year

    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.

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    Scholarships Information

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    Available Scholarships

    You are eligible to apply for these scholarships but a selection process will still be applied by the provider.

    Provided by university
    Grant
    33500 GBP
    Deadline
    Not specified
    The Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust Scholarships

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    Birmingham City University
    Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Provided by university
    Grant
    10000 GBP
    Deadline
    13 Jan 2027
    Henderson Bursaries and Scholarships

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    Birmingham City University
    Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Provided by university
    Grant
    Various benefits
    Deadline
    Not specified
    Graduate Scholarship

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    Birmingham City University
    Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Provided by university
    Grant
    1000 GBP
    Deadline
    30 Jun 2027
    Accelerate Scholarship
    Need-based

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    Birmingham City University
    Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Provided by university
    Grant
    3000 GBP
    Deadline
    Anytime
    Postgraduate Scholarships
    Merit-based

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    Birmingham City University
    Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Independent provider
    Grant
    Various benefits
    Deadline
    31 Mar 2027
    Programa Internacional De Becas Iberdrola Para Estudios De Máster

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    Education USA
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    3000 GBP
    Deadline
    Not specified
    Scholarship Scheme set up with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
    Merit-based

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    The Anglo-Norse Society - scholarships & grants
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    1000 USD
    Deadline
    30 Nov 2026
    ServiceScape Scholarship

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    ServiceScape
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    Various benefits
    Deadline
    Not specified
    The Aga Khan Foundation’s International Scholarship Programme
    Merit-based

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    Aga Khan Foundation
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    3500 USD
    Deadline
    15 Nov 2026
    ACES Scholarships

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    ACES Education Fund
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    3000 GBP
    Deadline
    Not specified
    Anglo-Norse Scholarship Scheme set up with the Royal College of Music
    Merit-based

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    The Anglo-Norse Society - scholarships & grants
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    Various benefits
    Deadline
    Not specified
    Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility
    Merit-based

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    OeAD, Austria's Agency for Education and Internationalisation
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    Various benefits
    Deadline
    Not specified
    Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships

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    ACU (The Association of Commonweath Universities)
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    6000 USD
    Deadline
    30 Jan 2027
    Amber Scholarship For September Intake

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    Amber Student
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    6000 USD
    Deadline
    31 Jan 2027
    Amberscholar Scholarship
    Merit-based

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    Amber Scholar
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    1500 USD
    Deadline
    Anytime
    AUFIN Global Impact Scholarship
    Merit-based

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    AUFIN Education & Scholarship
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    4000 USD
    Deadline
    23 Jan 2027
    Go City Education Scholarship
    Merit-based

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    Go City
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    500 GBP
    Deadline
    31 Aug 2027
    Rapid Formations Entrepreneur Scholarship

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    Rapid Formations
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    1000 USD
    Deadline
    01 Mar 2027
    Voice Talent Online Scholarship

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    Voice Talent Online
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    1000 USD
    Deadline
    06 Jan 2027
    Jewish Heritage Scholarship
    Merit-based

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    Diamant Gerstein
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    5000 CAD
    Deadline
    31 Dec 2026
    Pinsky Law New Venture Development Scholarship
    Merit-based

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    Pinsky Law
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    1000 USD
    Deadline
    13 Jan 2027
    Dream Chaser Scholarship
    Merit-based

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    Salvado Law
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    3000 USD
    Deadline
    31 Dec 2026
    Scholarship for students with disabilities
    Need-based

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    Anonymous Hope Fund
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    22500 GBP
    Deadline
    Not specified
    Commonwealth Shared Scholarship – University Bids

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    UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    500 GBP
    Deadline
    31 Jan 2027
    1st Formations Business Scholarship

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    1st Formations
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    1000 USD
    Deadline
    01 Dec 2026
    The Simmons and Fletcher, P.C., Students With Disabilities Scholarship Contest

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    Simmons and Fletcher
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    Independent provider
    Grant
    1500 USD
    Deadline
    Not specified
    The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship

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    IELTS from 6 to 9
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    Independent provider
    Grant
    Various benefits
    Deadline
    Not specified
    Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters scholarships

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    European Commission
    Location not available
    Independent provider
    Grant
    965 USD
    Deadline
    Anytime
    Dr. Martin Blank – SYB Scholarship
    Merit-based

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    Shield Your Body
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    Independent provider
    Grant
    12000 USD
    Deadline
    11 Jan 2027
    Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme

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    The Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme
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