Course summary
Start date: MSc by Research - 1st October, 1st January, 1st April & 1st July. The MSc by Research in Media Geographies allows you to undertake a year-long (full time) or two-year-long (part-time) individual programme of personally and professionally enriching research, supervised by our Human Geography academic staff. Your media geographies research project will be shaped by participation in research activities such as seminars and reading groups, as well as your involvement in one of our established Human Geography research groups. While this research programme usually finishes after a year (or two years for part-time students), it can be used to progress to the second year (full-time equivalent) of a PhD degree in Human Geography in the appropriate circumstances. The range of our current human geographical research in this area includes: Cinematic cities: cities in film and filming in cities Digital geographies and locative media Climate Change and the media The geopolitics of ‘fake news’ Literary geographies: graphic novels and the urban experience Geography of the performing arts: dance and theatre Virtual spaces and mediated places Visit our website for more information on fees, scholarships, postgraduate loans and other funding options to study at Swansea University.
Entry requirements
Normally a minimum of an upper second class Honours degree or equivalent in geography or a related field. English language requirement: IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.0 in each component) or Swansea University recognised equivalent.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
EU | £10650 | Year 1 |
International | £10650 | Year 1 |
Wales | £2400 | Year 1 |
Scotland | £2400 | Year 1 |
England | £2400 | Year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £2400 | Year 1 |
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
Provider information
Swansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea
SA2 8PP