Postgraduate Opportunities at Swansea University’s School of Culture and Communication

At Swansea University’s School of Culture and Communication, our students are at the heart of our teaching and we provide a supportive learning environment which is designed to create accomplished and socially aware global citizens.

We offer a diverse range of postgraduate taught and research courses across the following areas of arts and humanities:

• American Studies
• Classics, Ancient History, Egyptology
• English Language, TESOL, Applied Linguistics
• English Literature, Creative Writing
• History
• Media, Communications, Journalism, PR
• Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting
• Welsh

Why study your postgraduate degree at Swansea University’s School of Culture and Communication

Our courses are based on our historic Singleton Park Campus which dates to 1920. Here you will have access to modern teaching and study rooms and a well-equipped library and will be able to fully immerse yourself in our vibrant and multi-cultural campus life.

Our Singleton Park Campus overlooks extensive parkland and is also close to both beaches and the city, giving you easy access to everything you need as a student.

You will benefit from:

• High quality teaching from a thriving and supportive academic community
• Access to innovative world-leading research and research centres
• Practical sessions, seminars, and workshops allowing you to develop key transferable skills
• Access to our supportive Graduate Centre alongside dedicated Postgraduate study and resources rooms
• Access to Swansea Employability Academy providing careers advice and employability opportunities

Our Facilities

You will have access to a range of amazing facilities at the School of Culture and Communication to support your studies including:

• Technology Enhanced Learning Suite fitted with touch screens and lecture capture technology, allowing you to revisit any of your lectures online
• Adobe Design Suite and Media Creativity Suite, these fully equipped computer labs and video studios are kitted out with iMAC computers and industry standard software including Adobe Creative Cloud and Final Pro X
• Virtual Reality room
• Interpreting Suite with the latest translation software and our state-of-the-art eye tracker sensor technology
• Fully equipped audio-visual production studios complete with green screen and video editing suites
• Richard Burton archives, an extensive collection of local, regional, and nationally significant materials
• Egypt Centre, Swansea University’s on-campus museum of over 5,000 Egyptian antiquities offering students practical object-centred learning and teaching opportunities
• Taliesin Arts Centre and Taliesin Create, dynamic on-campus theatre, cinema and inclusive creatives spaces

Employability

Our practical postgraduate programmes across the School of Culture and Communication are run with employability at the centre and foster transferable skills which are highly sought after by employers.

Throughout your postgraduate study you will also have access to the Swansea Employability Academy (SEA), which will support you at each stage of your career journey through:

• Employability workshops, events, and careers fairs
• Help with finding jobs, internships, work placements and volunteering opportunities
• Access to information and funding to support student internships and student society clubs and events
• Alumni support

Our research

In the latest Research Excellence Framework 2021 assessment, 86% of Swansea University’s research was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.

Across the School of Culture and Communication you can get involved in research undertaken at our current active research centres.

• Centre for Comparative Study of Portugal, Spain and the Americas (CEPSAM)
• Centre for Digital Arts and Humanities (CODAH)
• Centre for Heritage Research and Training (CHART)
• Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Research (MEMO)
• Centre for Research into Gender and Culture in Society (GENCAS)
• Centre for Research into the English Literature and Language of Wales (CREW)
• Centre for Research on the Narrative Literatures of the Ancient World (KYKNOS)
• Conflict, Reconstruction and Memory Group (CRAM)
• Creative and Critical Practice Research Group (CCPRG)
• Language Research Centre (LRC)
• Medical Humanities Research Centre (MHRC)
• Object and Landscape Centred Approaches to the Past (OLCAP)
• Richard Burton Centre for the Study of Wales (RBC)

Scholarships

Join the School of Culture and Communication and you may be eligible for a scholarship to help support your studies. Our Creating Futures Scholarship provides financial aid alongside unique work experience opportunities and the university also offers a range of additional postgraduate scholarships and bursaries.

Living in Swansea

Swansea is a friendly, safe, affordable, and diverse city by the sea. With award winning beaches and countryside on the doorstep, it is ideal for those who like to explore the great outdoors. The city enjoys many cultural outlets including our state-of-the-art Swansea Arena, museums, and Dylan Thomas Centre. Accommodation for students across the city is plentiful.

Swansea is located one hour from the capital of Wales, Cardiff, and three hours from London by train. It also benefits from good motorway links, giving easy access across the UK.