36 monthsProgramme duration
32,600 GBPTuition Fee/year
30 Jun, 2027Application Deadline
Feb, May, OctStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Communication and Media Studies
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PhD
Study Mode
On Campus
UCL sits at the centre of the vibrant, multicultural and cinematic city of London. The university, which was the first to establish film studies in Britain, houses a thriving graduate research culture in the subject alongside remarkable resources for the study of cinema across its history and across the world.
You can specialise in any aspect of film studies for which suitable supervision is available. UCL has research strengths in particular in cinema and cultural history across the world. We have interests in early cinemas, new wave cinemas, and political cinemas. World-leading researchers from the School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS), and the Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry (CMII) are available to offer supervision and mentorship. 83% of SELCS-CMII research activity was graded 4* ‘world leading’ and 3* ‘internationally excellent’ in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
Your supervisors will design training courses on an individual basis, which generally include activities offered by the primary supervisor’s department. You will participate in a mandatory skills seminar programme in CMII and also attend departmental seminar sessions which may be subject specific or interdisciplinary.
Individual PhD courses and research centres also run regular research seminars, such as gender and sexuality studies, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American studies, health humanities, French and Francophone studies, translation studies, film studies, and comparative literature. You will be welcome to attend relevant sessions, offering opportunities for cross-fertilisation of ideas.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Communication and Media Studies
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PhD
Study Mode
On Campus
UCL sits at the centre of the vibrant, multicultural and cinematic city of London. The university, which was the first to establish film studies in Britain, houses a thriving graduate research culture in the subject alongside remarkable resources for the study of cinema across its history and across the world.
You can specialise in any aspect of film studies for which suitable supervision is available. UCL has research strengths in particular in cinema and cultural history across the world. We have interests in early cinemas, new wave cinemas, and political cinemas. World-leading researchers from the School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS), and the Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry (CMII) are available to offer supervision and mentorship. 83% of SELCS-CMII research activity was graded 4* ‘world leading’ and 3* ‘internationally excellent’ in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
Your supervisors will design training courses on an individual basis, which generally include activities offered by the primary supervisor’s department. You will participate in a mandatory skills seminar programme in CMII and also attend departmental seminar sessions which may be subject specific or interdisciplinary.
Individual PhD courses and research centres also run regular research seminars, such as gender and sexuality studies, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American studies, health humanities, French and Francophone studies, translation studies, film studies, and comparative literature. You will be welcome to attend relevant sessions, offering opportunities for cross-fertilisation of ideas.
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