Postgraduate Degrees

The Media School at Bournemouth University is the largest centre of professionally-based higher education for the media and communications industries in the UK. We deliver relevant and leading-edge courses that are designed to set you apart from the crowd.

The Media School provides high standards of academic practice, industry quality facilities and a globally lead outlook to the media industry. These factors combined produce internationally successful graduates who have gone on to achieve phenomenal success within the media industry, with Bafta and Oscar winning alumni to fortify our claims.

Postgraduate courses within the media school are extremely popular. We recommend that you submit your application to us as soon as possible and do not wait for exam results or work placements to end before applying.

New Scholarships: the Dean of the Media School has launched 10 new scholarships for full-time Home/EU students. These are available to anyone who can demonstrate how a Media School Postgraduate degree would benefit their career ambitions and who also has an outstanding academic or professional profile which is relevant to their chosen course. For more information please visit our Scholarships pages.

Read more about applying for a postgraduate course at BU.

Animation Courses - NCCA

• Our Computer Animation Courses are taught within the National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA).
• MA 3D Computer Animation - NCCA
• MSc Computer Animation and Visual Effects - NCCA
• MA Digital Effects - NCCA

Advertising, Marketing & Communications Courses

• MA Advertising and Marketing Communications
• MA Public Relations

Journalism Courses

• MA Multi-Media Journalism
• MA International Journalism
• MA Journalism and New Media

Media Production Courses

• MA Cinematography for Digital Film and Television
• MA Directing Digital Film and Television
• MA Post Production Editing
• MA Producing Film and Television
• MA Radio Production
• MA Screenwriting
• MA Sound Production for Film and Television
• MA Scriptwriting

Media Management Courses

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)

The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice Courses

• MA Creative and Media Education (online) (Two scholarships available for 2012 entry)
• Short Courses for Media Professionals
   - complete three and receive a postgraduate qualification

Research Degrees

• Doctor/Master of Philosophy (PhD/MPhil)
• Professional/Engineering Doctorate in Digital Media (DProf/DEng)
• Professional Doctorate in Creative Industries (DProf)
• Doctor of Education (Creative and Media) (DEd)

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• Scholarships
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