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Filmmaking at University for the Creative Arts - UCAS

Course summary

If you’re ready to refine your storytelling, enhance your technical skills, and carve out your place in the industry, our MA Filmmaking course at UCA Farnham is the perfect next step. Designed for aspiring filmmakers looking to specialise, this Masters in Filmmaking allows you to focus on one of five key pathways—cinematography, directing, producing, editing, or sound design—while gaining hands-on experience in all aspects of the craft. Taught within our Film School, this filmmaking course allows you to experience the rigours of filmmaking by reflecting the realities of current film practice and collaborate with your peers on a slate of short films. You'll also benefit from access to a fantastic selection of cutting-edge facilities and equipment. This includes digital and 16mm cameras, advanced sound recording equipment, a purpose-built film studio and high-quality post-production suites. We offer a filmmaking degree in the UK that will equip you with the skills, experience, and industry connections to thrive in the film industry. Graduates from our filmmaking degree courses have worked on Oscar-winning films, box office hits, and major TV productions, as well as launching their own creative ventures. You'll graduate from UCA with the tools to enhance your creative and technical skills as an independent filmmaker.


Entry requirements

A good honours degree or equivalent qualification in a related discipline. Relevant work experience, demonstrating your ability to study at postgraduate level. For this course we will need to see a online portfolio for review. Further information will be provided once you have applied. Consideration will also be given to applicants who can make a strong case for admission in relation to a particular project and can demonstrate their potential to satisfactorily complete the course.


English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6.5Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5

We require evidence of your English language ability to meet the requirements for your course. If you're a Home student and studied in the UK, we require GCSE English at a minimum grade C/4 (or Functional Skills English/Key Skills Communication Level 2). If you’re an EU student and studied a European qualification, we may accept the English Language score from your main qualification - please review your country from the list on our website to see whether we will accept it: https://www.uca.ac.uk/international-study/equivalent-qualifications/ If your qualification is not on this list, we accept the following English language qualifications: IELTS (overall score 6.0), TOEFL ibt (overall score 88), PEARSON PTE Academic (overall 55), Cambridge Proficiency Exam (overall score 169), Cambridge Advanced Exam (overall score 169). If you need a Tier 4 student visa to study in the UK, you will need to take an IELTS test, and achieve an overall score of 6.0 and a minimum score of 5.5 for each element (Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing).

For more information on English Language Requirements, please visit our website:

https://www.uca.ac.uk/International-study/language-requirements-support/


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Postgraduate Fees for 26/27 are still to be confirmed. Details will appear here shortly. For prior fees, please refer to https://www.uca.ac.uk/study-at-uca/fees-finance/postgraduate/
Filmmaking at University for the Creative Arts - UCAS