Future Media

Entry requirements

You must be a graduate. If you do not have a degree, you may be accepted if you can demonstrate equivalent experience and / or qualifications.

In addition to an undergraduate degree, (2.2 Honours minimum or higher), you must also have Level 2 (GCSE) Maths and English.

Applications are only considered when accompanied by detailed personal statement. You must write between 700-1000 words to clearly say why you have chosen to study Future Media and your reasons for selecting either the MA or MSc pathway. You do not necessarily need to have a media or marketing background; what matters most is a passion for communication and an appreciation of communications channels and platforms.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Learn how to cut through noise, create meaningful content and activate innovative campaigns with right-first-time solutions.

MA Future Media is a progressive, future-facing course that combines advertising agency methods, content production skills and digital marketing strategies for your progression in creative communications and media, across all digital channels and platforms. The programme's "practice-led, theory-applied" teaching helps you to pivot your credentials and talent to align with new and evolving industry opportunities.

What's covered in this course?

The course reflects the wider industry collective; job markets you want to identify with, and your own aspirations: from sustainable futures to creative innovation, online safety, ethical practice, content production, strategic decision-making, and greater, more representative inclusivity for all in burgeoning creative industries.

These considerations are immediate and essential in media creation and communication. How, for example, do we weigh positives in generative AI, like augmented creativity against negatives like bias? How do we address an online-driven epidemic of anxiety in young people? What separates fact from fiction in all our news and social feeds? Many agencies and authors advocate firmer regulations, in-person interactions and more meaningful, inclusive reflections of our human condition.

Throughout MA Future Media, your teaching and learning are led by highly experienced academics with award winning creative credentials and in-class contributions from professional practitioners at the cutting edge of their profession. This is further enriched through hands-on content creation in our state-of-the-art studios.

In your year on the programme, you’ll be planning creative marketing and advertising campaigns with ad agencies, meeting potential mentors and employers, and developing brand and product promotions with clients. You’ll be creating content in professional contexts and building new user journeys in contemporary and emerging technologies with our industry standard resources for your assignments, and for your own continuing professional development.

Information for international students

If you are an international student, you will also require comparable degree qualifications and IELTS 6.0 overall with 5.5 minimum in all bands.

Applications from international applicants with equivalent qualifications are welcome. Please see your country page for further details on the equivalent qualifications we accept.

Fees and funding

Learn more about postgraduate fees and funding.