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Digital Media at University of Southampton - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Course summary

Explore the rapidly developing world of digital media on our MA Digital Media course. To successfully address challenges in the rapidly developing global media landscape, new technologies, and local realities, you need a responsive media education. Our MA Digital Media degree offers a distinctive blend of critical and creative approaches to digital media and media studies. This learning approach is supported by multi-disciplinary methodologies, and led by a faculty with extensive research experience, industry networks, and practitioner backgrounds. As a digital media practices student, you can enjoy:

  • a blend of teaching, learning and assessment methods that enables you to integrate theory and practice
  • the latest facilities and learning resources at Winchester School of Art
  • collaboration with University research groups
  • guest talks from media scholars and industry professionals
  • participation in exhibitions and research events
  • participation in software and technical equipment workshops and inductions
  • study trips and networking opportunity with leading global cultural institutions

Modules

For a full list of compulsory and optional modules, please visit our website.

Assessment method

You'll complete practical and theoretical work throughout the course. In your final project, you will be able to present your work as either:

  • theory: 10,000 words:
  • integrated theory and practice: 7,000 words, and 3,000 words' equivalent of practice-based research
If you choose to do a theory project, you will take part in, organise and showcase your work in a digital publication. If you choose an integrated theory and practice project, you’ll take part in our final degree show alongside other practical courses. When applying, you'll be asked to choose your preferred project format as part of your portfolio checklist. This helps us plan the programme ahead. This is just an option for how you’d like your project to be assessed, and not a fixed pathway.

How to apply

International applicants

English Language Band D: For IELTS 6.5 overall, with minimum 6.0 in reading and writing and 6.0 in listening and speaking. For information on other accepted English language tests, please see the website.

Entry requirements

To apply for this course, you'll need a 2:1 degree in a subject relevant to digital media, such as: - communication - history, including art history - journalism - media or performance art - music - philosophy - photography - politics - sociology - theoretical media

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 full information about fees and funding for our Postgraduate courses, please visit our website: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/uni-life/fees-funding.page

Sponsorship information

A variety of scholarships, grants and bursaries may be available to help you fund your master’s study, both from the University and from other organisations. Please check the website for more information: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/courses/funding/postgraduate.page

Digital Media at University of Southampton - UCAS