Media and Creative Industries

Loughborough University
Undergraduate PhD Full-time 3 Years Digital media, production, and technologyMedia studiesPR and communications

About this course

The Institute for Media and Creative Industries is a multi-disciplinary and international academic community, with commanding knowledge and expertise of the media and related industries and organisations, including the press, film, television, social media, arts, tourism and international development industries.

The Institute includes an internationally renowned research community who share an interest in the infrastructures, outputs, and audiences of the media and the creative industries, as well as in the communication practices, everyday experiences and social change processes influenced by these industries.

The Institute for Media and Creative Industries boasts a talented, international and close-knit research community, with a shared passion for the growth and impact of research on communication and media content, technologies and structures.

By pursuing a postgraduate research programme within the Institute for Media and Creative Industries, individuals will have the opportunity to work with top researchers in the field and gain first-hand experience of real-life problem solving.

If you are interested in undertaking theoretically informed research that aims to impact the policies and practices of the media and communications industry, the government and the third sector then a PhD with the Institute for Media and Creative Industries could be for you.

Study Options

This course is available in 2 study options:

Full-time Shown above

Duration: 3 Years

Qualification: PhD

Location: Loughborough

Part-time

Duration: 6 Years

Qualification: PhD

Location: Loughborough

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

1133 Public relations and communications directors
3417 Photographers, audio-visual and broadcasting equipment operators
3416 Arts officers, producers and directors
2472 Archivists, conservators and curators
4135 Library clerks and assistants
2435 Professional/Chartered company secretaries

Course Details

Qualification
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Loughborough
Scheme
Undergraduate
Subjects
Digital media, production, and technology, Media studies, PR and communications