Birkbeck, University of London Masters Degrees in Communication & Media Studies

The digital media management course will equip you with all the knowledge you need to manage digital media and will cultivate the entrepreneurial mindset you need to build experiences that will help the next generation of digital managers do their jobs better. Read more

Our MPhil/PhD programme in Film and Screen Media invites you to submit a proposal for research on the history, development and interaction of film, television and other screen media.  An MPhil/PhD is an advanced postgraduate research degree that requires original research and the submission of a substantial dissertation. Read more

Our MA Film and Screen Media explores the history, development and interaction of film, television and other screen media. The course encourages you… Read more

Our MA Film and Screen Media (with Television) explores the history, development and interaction of film, television and other screen media. The… Read more

Our MPhil/PhD programme in Journalism and Communication invites you to submit a proposal for research on the journalistic and communicative dimensions of agenda-setting, cities, conflict, ethics, media ownership, mis- and disinformation, professional ideologies, race and related topics. Read more

Our MPhil/PhD programme in Cultural Policy and Management invites you to submit a proposal for research on curatorial and archival practice, socially engaged art practice, cultural labour, public and community art, culture and urban regeneration, museum studies, arts education, craft cultures and related topics. Read more

Our MA Contemporary Literature and Culture (2000-present) offers you the chance to specialise in twenty-first-century literature and culture, as well as exposing you to the most important literary and theoretical developments of the last few decades. Read more

Our MA Film and Screen Media (with Study Abroad) explores the history, development and interaction of film, television and other screen media. Read more

A first of its kind, this MA Film Programming and Curating explores the diverse ways in which films are selected and presented to an audience. Read more

Our journalism postgraduate course offers you the opportunity to acquire a fast-track but thorough grounding in practical journalistic skills, a strong working knowledge of the media industry and the principal contemporary theories of media and culture, along with an ability to develop professional writing skills across journalistic genres. Read more

Our postgraduate screenwriting course offers you an integrated programme in the history, theory and practice of screenwriting. It will develop your practical screenwriting skills and techniques, and you will be able to develop outlines, treatments and scripts towards a portfolio of original projects. Read more

Our Postgraduate Certificate in Web Design and Development focuses on a user-based approach to designing websites and implementation through standards-based, accessible code. Read more

Birkbeck offers committed, enthusiastic and dynamic research-based teaching in English and humanities, with a constantly evolving curriculum sensitive to developments in contemporary culture. Read more

Applied linguistics aims to investigate real-world phenomena in which language plays a central role. Read more

Investigative journalism is at a crossroads in theory and practice. Crises of ethics and funding have brought profound changes to the nature of long-form journalism, the ways in which it is produced and the institutions that invest in it. Read more