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Digital Media and Creative Industries at University of Birmingham - UCAS

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Course summary

Ready to lead and inspire the creative sector? Transform your creativity into your career with our MA Digital Media and Creative Industries.* Discover how digital media practices offer innovative opportunities for the creative and cultural industries. Enhance your expertise in areas like digital content creation, project management, data analytics and critical thinking. Develop transferable and industry-specific skills suited to roles in:

  • Digital marketing and advertising
  • Media production and broadcasting
  • Content strategy and management
  • Start-ups and entrepreneurship in the creative industries
We also offer a January start date for this course, starting in January 2026. Course highlights Our interdisciplinary teaching draws on expertise and experience from across our arts and humanities departments to give you key insights into the sector. Discover creative industries and the law, marketing in creative sectors and multi-media adaptation. You'll develop industry-specific skills, from digital advertising and marketing to media production, project design and delivery. Take your learning beyond the classroom and apply your skills by collaborating with our cultural partners on a live brief considering key issues in the creative sector.
  • Develop your knowledge of digital media trends and the creative industries with insights from arts, law and marketing perspectives.
  • We're not just talking about careers; we prepare you for the next step in your creative career.
  • Learn from industry experts and collaborate with organisations like the Royal Shakespeare Company, Birmingham Rep, and Create Central.
  • Be part of Birmingham's rich cultural scene - explore literature, film, drama, and arts festivals; meet creatives and learn from those in the know.

Modules

The programme comprises 120 credits of taught modules and a 60-credit dissertation. Visit the course page on the University of Birmingham website for the most up-to-date module information.


Entry requirements

2:1 Honours Degree or equivalent, in a subject relevant to Digital Media and Creative Industries.


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

For more detailed information on available funding and fees for postgraduate courses please visit: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/fees-funding
Digital Media and Creative Industries at University of Birmingham - UCAS