Overview

Combining expertise and forward-thinking approaches in design innovation, media and the creative industries, The Media and Creative Industries from Loughborough University brings together diverse disciplines to tackle contemporary global challenges.

Career

As well as providing a route into academia, studying a PhD will give you the expertise and skills required to advance your career in a wide range of professions, vocations and businesses.

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Programme Structure

Research

The Institute maintains a strong interest in the relationships between media and communication and technological, social and cultural change.

Current research considers the implications of technological transformations and social change, including social, cultural, political and economic relationships and movements, as well as social media and activism in contemporary and historical contexts.

As a whole, the Institute has a particular strength in ethnography, participatory approaches, oral histories, archival research and textual analysis.

The Institute explores the application of these methodological approaches to critical studies of gender, sexuality, identity, race and ethnicity. The Institute is also interested in notions of mobility (people and technologies), place, creativity and labour, and the communication practices and infrastructures that connect and disconnect, enable and constrain.

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-07-01 00:00:00

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Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-02-01 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-04-01 00:00:00

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Language

English

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120

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TOEFL^® IBT

88

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PTE Academic

65

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IELTS

6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Film Studies Media Studies & Mass Media View 47 other PhDs in Media Studies & Mass Media in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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120

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TOEFL^® IBT

88

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PTE Academic

65

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A 2:1 honours degree (or equivalent international qualification).

We will need copies of:

an academic transcript of your undergraduate degree showing the modules studied and marks achieved

a copy of your degree certificate, if you have already graduated
a personal statement - this should explain your motivation for studying the programme, any relevant skills and experience you have (through studying or work), and your future career aspirations and how this programme will support you in achieving this. Remember to let your passion for the subject shine through!
your research proposal. This is only needed if you have developed your own research project or the advertised project asks you to include one in your application. Guidance on what to include in your proposal can be found here.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

23100 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

5238 GBP / year

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Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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General requirements

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