About this degree
The programme covers the history of cinema and a wide variety of global cinemas, and related conceptual approaches to the study of screen media. It is designed to provide students with advanced knowledge of both the history of cinema and media and its contemporary developments, and with the skills, concepts, methods and theories required for the study of cinema and media at graduate level.
Who this course is for
The programme is suitable for students with a first degree in film, media, or cultural studies or other relevant discipline in the humanities or the social sciences who wish to develop an advanced understanding of the place of cinema in the world, either as a suitable foundation for further research or as a professional qualification in its own right.
What this course will give you
Each year, we welcome students from all over the world to our Film Studies MA. At UCL's Centre for Multidisciplinary & Intercultural Inquiry (CMII), students spend a year amongst a thriving, cross-disciplinary community of cinema scholars and research students.
We have particular research strengths in film history, film theory, and in an exceptionally broad range of national and regional cinemas.
UCL has multimedia infrastructure for the study of film and related media. This includes a collection of print and visual materials and resources, facilities for teaching and for film and media screenings. UCL students benefit from the central London location providing an unrivalled range of libraries, archives, theatres, cinemas, galleries, research institutions, professional bodies and accessible resources.