Skip navigation
Immersive Media at Liverpool John Moores University - UCAS

Course options

2025 - 2026
Apply

There are other course options available which may have a different vacancy status or entry requirements – view the full list of options

Course summary

Exploring, experimenting and creating experiences and applications in augmented, extended, mixed and virtual realities, installation, performance, and sensor-based media.

  • This Immersive Media postgraduate course will explore storytelling, experience design and development with immersive and creative technology
  • Taught in a city with a long history of innovation across games, film and creative technology (Immersive Economy Report, 2019)
  • Dedicated lab spaces and access to a range of production facilities across the Screen School and the Liverpool School of Art and Design. Including a range of specialist VR, AR and MR development and display (headsets, spectacles, projection) technologies
  • Software workshops include, Unreal, Unity, Blender, Gravity Sketch, Isadora, TouchDesigner and Adobe Creative Suite... though we are software agnostic and story first
  • A Collaborative Project run in partnership with industry partners in the creative media sector, to develop real world projects
  • Looking at the application of immersive content and technology across a range of sectors
"Immersive experiences require novel narrative mechanisms and new language of production... The best technology will not produce the change needed without equal excellence in content production and understanding of immersion as a narrative form." -Creative Industries Review, 2017 In 2019, a research symposium at the Redmonds Building, home of Liverpool Screen School and the MA Immersive Media programme, explored how researchers, developers and practitioners are approaching the emerging mediums of virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality for storytelling. The day included eight panels exploring the diverse ways in which people are engaging with new technologies and speakers included creative writers, theatre makers, game developers, filmmakers, artists, creative coders and a range of disciplines to discuss the immersive storytelling experiences research symposium. Companies included Marshmallow Laser Feast, Draw and Code, Limbik Theatre, Pilot Theatre, Boom Clap Play, Kinicho, Production Park and Charisma.ai. "We are the last generation to know a blank space." -Dave Lorenzini (Draw & Code), talking to students about the future of XR, 2022.

Assessment method

To cater for the wide-ranging content of our courses and the varied learning preferences of our students, we offer a range of assessment methods on each programme. Assessments on the programme will be conducted using a variety of methods including: proposals, essays, prototypes and creative installations.

Entry requirements

Undergraduate degree: -Hons degree 2:2 or above (from art, media, animation, digital design, computer science, performing arts, graphic design, games, UX) -an academic reference -Applicants who demonstrate professional skills and evidence of achievement in a related area without formal qualifications may also be considered. A CV should be provided at the point of application. International requirements: -IELTS: IELTS English language requirement: 6.5 (minimum 6.0 in each component) Extra Requirements: -applicants are required to submit a sample digital portfolio at the point of application -RPL: RPL is accepted on this programme

English language requirements

-IELTS English language requirement: 6.5 (minimum 6.0 in each component)

Please visit the part-time course page below for more information about this programme.

https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduates/36592-immersive-media-ma

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £49.6 Credit
Northern Ireland £49.6 Credit
Scotland £49.6 Credit
Wales £49.6 Credit

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

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Immersive Media at Liverpool John Moores University - UCAS