Overview

The PhD in Culture, Media and Creative Industries Research is a programme from King's College London for those seeking an academic career or who wish to become professionals in the cultural, media or creative sectors.

Features

Specialisms include cultural work, creative cities, visual cultures, popular culture, cultural and creative industries policy, cultural management, entrepreneurship and cultural production, cultural regeneration, cultural history, culture and identity, and inter-sectionally and culture.

Programme Structure

Recent publications:

Hollywood Stardom by Paul McDonald

Creating Preschool Television: A story of commerce, creativity and curriculum by Jeanette Steemers

Topographies of Suffering: Buchenwald, Babi Yar, Lidice by Jessica Rapson

Multimedia Stardom in Hong Kong: Image, performance and identity by Wing-Fai Leung

Duke Ellington's America by Harvey G Cohen

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-25 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-07-25 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-02-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-20 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2026-10-20 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-06-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-11 00:00:00 , National
- Apply before 2027-03-20 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Area & Cultural Studies Creative Writing View 81 other PhDs in Area & Cultural Studies in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

100

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Other requirements

General requirements

A strong undergraduate degree ideally a Bachelors Degee with 1st Class honours.

A Master's degree with high Merit/Distinction, with particularly high results (70% in the UK system) in the dissertation.

Tuition Fees

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

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

27100 GBP / year

≈ 27100 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

6600 GBP / year

≈ 6600 GBP / year

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.

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Scholarships Information

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