Film Studies and Media Studies PhD

UK

What will I learn?

Overview

This course is in the School of Creative Industries. Explore your research interests in communication, film and media, supported by the expertise of our staff, on our PhD programme in Cambridge.

You will be allocated two supervisors with additional staff members available if necessary. Our supervisors are experienced in most areas of film, media and popular culture, with a strong focus on digital media theory and practice, network culture and media research, cinema and sexuality, violence and spectatorship, contemporary European cinema, television genres, and popular music.

Careers

We will provide you with many opportunities for career development and training, in areas like writing up a paper for publication; placing an academic article; giving a conference paper; the doctoral writing style; updates on research methods and literature searches; internet training; editing skills for doctoral research; subsequent monograph publication; and dealing with festivals, agents, and publishers. You might also be able to take on teaching responsibilities in the department or organise research events like seminars and conferences.

In conjunction with the University’s research support, you can request specific support for writing-up, conference papers, general research methods and other research skills if you need it.

Which department am I in?

Cambridge School of Creative Industries

Study options

Full Time (2 Years)

Tuition fees
£15,900.00 (17,32,404) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

January 2026

Venue

Cambridge Campus

East Road,

Cambridge,

Cambridgeshire,

CB1 1PT, United Kingdom

Full Time (2 years)

Tuition fees
£15,900.00 (17,32,404) per year
This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

January 2025

Venue

Cambridge Campus

East Road,

Cambridge,

Cambridgeshire,

CB1 1PT, CENTRAL ENGLAND, England

Entry requirements

For international students

PhD: Students need a master degree or equivalent in a related subject area. PhD with progression from MPhil: Students need a Bachelor degree or equivalent with first or upper second class honours, in a related subject area. Students need a minimum IELTS score of 6.5, with a minimum of 5.5 in each component (or equivalent test).

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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