MPhil Communication and Media Studies

As a postgraduate student, you will receive extensive training in both research methods and development of teaching skills, participate in conferences, and become part of local and international networks of researchers in your field. Our doctoral researchers play an active role in shaping our research culture, co-organise seminars, collaborate with staff in the organisation of high-profile research events, and organise their own annual conference. Our PhD graduates have gone on to successful careers in academia, with appointments including full-time lectureships at Exeter, Keele, Leicester, Lincoln, Liverpool, and Loughborough, and international appointments, as well as a range of destinations in media and cultural industries. Our staff supervise postgraduate research in five key areas: culture, economy, and policy, language and social interaction, media, memory, and history, nations and migration, and political communication. In addition, we are also supporting doctoral projects in other areas related to interests of individual staff members. Further information about our areas of supervision can be found here, and prospective applicants are also encouraged to explore individual staff research profiles before contacting a member of staff to discuss their proposal. All doctoral students in Communication and Media are part of the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture (CRCC), the largest research centre of its kind in the UK, established in 1991. The CRCC organises a regular seminar series, as well as events and conferences, all oriented towards the interdisciplinary study of communication. The CRCC is also leading the Communication and Media pathway of the ESRC-funded Midlands Graduate School, which also provides scholarships for doctoral and postdoctoral students.

A 2:1 honours degree or its equivalent. Applicants without a postgraduate qualification will be required to complete research training in tandem with their research.

IELTS - 6.5 overall with 6.0 in each individual element (reading, writing, listening and speaking).
TOEFL - iBT - Overall score of 92, with not less than 22 in each test.