What will I learn?

The MA Cultural Studies offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of contemporary to culture, politics and society.Explore Cultural Studies’ impact and influence on a wide range of research interests, not only in the English-speaking world but also internationally. The programme teaches you a range of methodologies that you can then apply in your own writing and research. It gives you a background in the tradition/s of Cultural Studies.Examine the effect of media technologies, racialisation and gendering on the production, circulation and consumption of popular culture. Topics include music scenes, the prison industrial complex, national borders, and neoliberalism, for example. Approaches include representation, embodiment and decolonisation.Discover your own path through the fields of Cultural Studies, and apply what you have learned to your own research in the form of your chosen dissertation topic on which you will receive appropriate guidance and support from your supervisor.

Which department am I in?

Media, Communications and Cultural Studies

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees

£21,000.00 (22,88,080) per year

Accommodation - Budget - GBP 158 - GBP 337 per week.

This is a provisional fee yet to be approved

Start date

September 2026

Venue

Goldsmiths Campus

New Cross, London,

London,

Greater London,

SE14 6NW, Southern England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

You should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least second class standard in a relevant/related subject.

You might also be considered for some programmes if you arent a graduate or your degree is in an unrelated field, but have relevant experience and can show that you have the ability to work at postgraduate level.

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