Digital Media

This course offers a blend of theory and practice, teaching you all you need for a future in digital and interactive media.

You'll build a portfolio of practical projects and learn to analyse the impact of digital media products on individuals and society. You'll have the opportunity to gain a range of technical skills using our industry-standard software, from graphic design to dynamic web programming and mobile app development, combining these with critical thinking, research and analytical skills.

Shape your degree to suit your interests and career plans through optional modules, whether they relate to creative or technical practice or theoretical analysis of digital media. You can even undertake a four-week work placement to gain experience of this fast-changing sector.

Our links with the digital media industries ensure great opportunities if you're looking to research, design, build or manage the interactive products and services of the future.

Specialist facilities

Our digital media lab (pictured below) is equipped with specialist software for web and graphic design, including Adobe Creative Cloud. You'll also benefit from access to our 40 editing suites equipped with the latest Avid video editing software and Photoshop, a Burli-equipped radio studio and a TV studio and gallery complete with large green screen area.

As well as our extensive loans service for equipment such as digital recorders, video cameras, stills cameras and more, our School is also home to a 58-seat cinema. It screens films twice a week during term time and is equipped with HD video projection facilities, 16mm and 35mm film projectors and Dolby Digital surround sound.

Digital media lab

Take a 360 tour of our facilities.

The programme is designed for international students. Applicants must meet two of the following three criteria in order to be eligible for our programmes:

• Have an educational gap between their high school qualifications and the requirements for entry to undergraduate programmes at the University of Leeds. Qualifications beyond high school level will be considered within the applicant profile.
• Have completed the majority of their high school studies in a non-English speaking environment.
• Have completed the majority of their high school studies in a different educational context from that in the UK.

Students who have completed the International Baccalaureate will be considered for the International Foundation Year if they have reached a minimum Grade of 26 points overall with grade 4 at Standard Level or 3 at Higher Level in two subjects. Specific subjects will be dependent on the chosen degree path of progression.

Digital media communications play a vital role for almost every organisation. This means career opportunities for graduates are rich and varied.

Our graduates pursue a wide range of careers in media including web design, social media analysis, content writing, online marketing, advertising, graphic design, project management and e-commerce. Many have built careers in well-known organisations like the BBC, The Guardian, ITV, MTV and M&C Saatchi.

Careers support

Within the School, we offer opportunities for you to attend talks and workshops led by industry professionals to help you gain insight into a career in digital media.

You'll also be encouraged to join a mentoring programme to allow you to learn more about working in the media industry. Our annual Careers Day also allows you to meet and learn from professionals across the media and communications industries.

Find out more about careers and employability at the School of Media and Communication.

We encourage you to prepare for your career from day one. That's one of the reasons Leeds graduates are so sought after by employers.

Leeds for Life is our unique approach to helping you make the most of University by supporting your academic and personal development. Find out more at the Leeds for Life website.

The Careers Centre and staff in your faculty provide a range of help and advice to help you plan your career and make well-informed decisions along the way, even after you graduate. Find out more at the Careers website.

Apply

There are three steps to applying:

1. Read our Access to Leeds application guidelines
2. Fill in our Access to Leeds application form (this will be available here once the application cycle opens). If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader), there is an accessible version of this form available to download. Please only use this version if you have accessibility requirements
3. Submit your application using our online Access to Leeds Application Submission Form (this will be available here once the application cycle opens).

If you require it for your application, please download our Declaration of Household Income Form (this will be available here once the application cycle opens).