Overview

The Journalism and Communications degree from University of Gloucestershire will boost your professional practice and develop high-level skills and knowledge to progress your career.

Key facts:

We offer a Journalism and Communications degree at the University of Gloucestershire, you’ll benefit from an experienced team of research-active scholars and industry practitioners who can offer supervision across a range of topics.

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Programme Structure

Modules include:

You’ll have the opportunity to choose between a research-based or practice-based project. For example, write a thesis of 80,000 words for the research-based PhD (30,000 words for the MA by Research) or, for the practice-based option, create a piece of content or stage a multi-media event and accompany it with a much-shorter written component.

As a practice-based student, you’ll have access to our state-of-the-art studios and equipment.

Students who haven’t already completed a relevant Master’s degree are normally required to complete two research-methods modules: Philosophy and Approaches to Research, and Methodologies and Methods.

These sessions and their related assignments will help you lay the critical foundations for your project.

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-06 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-02-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

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If you’re an international student and need a Student Route visa, you’ll need to apply at least 8 weeks before the CAS deadline.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

88

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PTE Academic

70

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IELTS

6.5

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Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Communication Studies Journalism

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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

88

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PTE Academic

70

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A master’s degree or equivalent in a subject area relevant to the proposed research topic.

We actively encourage applications from students from a range of diverse backgrounds who demonstrate appropriate research experience and achievement.

Please provide a copy of your research proposal. This should be 1,000 words (excluding references and appendices) following the structure outlined in this research proposal guide.

Please note; we’re unable to process applications without a proposal for the School’s consideration. Not supplying one will delay the processing of applications.

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Tuition Fees

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

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

13425 GBP / year

≈ 13425 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

5350 GBP / year

≈ 5350 GBP / year