This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2025.
Birkbeck, University of London has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
Course summary
From social media influencers and AI algorithms to wearable tech and digital activism, this BA Digital Media gives you the chance to explore how digital technologies are transforming society, culture and identity. Why choose this course?
- It combines academic rigour with creative practice and career-focused training to equip you with the critical insight, practical skills and professional experience you need to thrive in today’s fast-changing digital landscape.
- You can build your degree around your goals, studying towards the BA Digital Media, or tailoring your studies through specialised pathways in creative practice, marketing or business analytics.
- You will learn from expert academics and industry professionals who blend cutting-edge media theory with real-world insight into digital platforms, AI, social media and cultural change.
- It includes portfolio-building, guest lectures from digital media practitioners and industry placements to help prepare you for careers in media, design and tech.
- BA Digital Media and Creative Practice
- BA Digital Media with Business Analytics
- BA Digital Media with Marketing
- You will be able to hone your skills using industry-standard software such as the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, as well as specialised tools such as the 4CAT online data analysis toolkit.
- You can attend seminars, events and guest lectures organised by affiliated research centres and networks.
- Our Bloomsbury campus includes facilities such as our new Immersive Learning Centre, the award-winning Birkbeck Cinema, the Peltz Gallery, and access to audiovisual equipment such as digital video cameras, lighting, 3D imaging and podcasting kits.
- Ranked as one of the top four universities in the UK for its Art and Design research in the most recent 2021 Research Excellence Framework, Birkbeck provides internationally respected teaching across digital media, journalism, media and cultural theory, creative industries, film and television studies, creative marketing and business analytics.
- critical-thinking and research skills
- written and verbal communication
- collaboration and teamwork
- self-management and project planning.
- media and creative industries, for example in content creation, social media, UX/UI or journalism
- digital marketing and communications
- research or policy
- data and analytics roles in the cultural, public or business sectors.
Modules
For information about course structure and the modules you will be studying, please visit Birkbeck’s online prospectus.
Assessment method
Depending on the module, assessment includes essays, professional writing such as marketing plans and social media strategies, digital media design production and experimentation such as in videoing, blogging, podcasting and web design.
How to apply
29Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
International applicants
If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, our usual requirement is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.5, with not less than 6.0 in each of the sub-tests. We also accept other English language tests.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 104 points
A level - BCC
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DMM
We welcome applicants without traditional entry qualifications as we base decisions on our own assessment of qualifications, knowledge and previous work experience. We may waive formal entry requirements based on judgement of academic potential. FOUNDATION YEAR DEGREES Our 'with Foundation Year' route is designed to give you extra support as it provides you with an additional year (full-time) or two years (part-time) of supported study. This is an ideal route if you are returning to study after a gap, or if you have not previously studied this subject, or if you did not achieve the grades you need for a place on this degree. Once you successfully complete your Foundation Year studies, you will automatically advance onto the main degree.
Student Outcomes
Operated by the Office for Students
There is no data available for this course. For further information visit the Discover Uni website.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9535 | Year 1 |
| International | £18060 | 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
Students are charged a tuition fee in each year of their course. Tuition fees for students continuing on their course in following years may be subject to annual inflationary increases.
Provider information
Birkbeck, University of London
Malet Street
Bloomsbury
London
WC1E 7HX
Clearing contact details
Clearing Enquiry formAdmissions Office
020 3907 0700
Additional information
Early Clearing: A-level Results Day: Our Clearing hotline opens at 8am on Thursday 15th August until 6pm and 9am on Friday 16th August until 6pm. From Monday 19th August our phone lines will be open 10.30 - 6pm (Mon-Thur) and 10.30 -5pm (Fri). Virtual Clearing Event - http://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/
Course contact details
Visit our course pageBirkbeck Student Advice Service
0203 907 0700