12 monthsProgramme duration
22,900 GBPTuition Fee/year
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Communication and Media Studies
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Global media industries are undergoing dramatic change – through consolidation, digitization, AI, globalisation of media and other economic and sociological factors.
This course recognises that to meet these challenges the media industries need leaders and managers who understand both the industry and also core business skills, structures and processes to effectively steer companies through these innovative times.
City has a history or getting student into professional employment, as such we have been ranked 2nd for graduate prospects for Communications and Media Studies (Times Higher 2025).
This course builds on City’s long-standing excellence in arts management education and expertise in the media, creative and cultural industries and Bayes’ strengths in business management and leadership.
You will critically engage with the big picture of the media industries, developing a sensitivity to issues of equality and diversity in the media industries workplace and familiarising yourself with the legal and ethical questions that pertain to managing in the media industries.
You have the ability to deepen and tailor your learning with electives drawn from advanced topics in media management, specialised sectors of the media industries and entrepreneurial or placement modules to make yourself more employable.
This course recognises that to meet these challenges the media industries need leaders and managers who understand both the industry and also core business skills, structures and processes to effectively steer companies through these innovative times.
City has a history or getting student into professional employment, as such we have been ranked 2nd for graduate prospects for Communications and Media Studies (Times Higher 2025).
This course builds on City’s long-standing excellence in arts management education and expertise in the media, creative and cultural industries and Bayes’ strengths in business management and leadership.
You will critically engage with the big picture of the media industries, developing a sensitivity to issues of equality and diversity in the media industries workplace and familiarising yourself with the legal and ethical questions that pertain to managing in the media industries.
You have the ability to deepen and tailor your learning with electives drawn from advanced topics in media management, specialised sectors of the media industries and entrepreneurial or placement modules to make yourself more employable.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Communication and Media Studies
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Global media industries are undergoing dramatic change – through consolidation, digitization, AI, globalisation of media and other economic and sociological factors.
This course recognises that to meet these challenges the media industries need leaders and managers who understand both the industry and also core business skills, structures and processes to effectively steer companies through these innovative times.
City has a history or getting student into professional employment, as such we have been ranked 2nd for graduate prospects for Communications and Media Studies (Times Higher 2025).
This course builds on City’s long-standing excellence in arts management education and expertise in the media, creative and cultural industries and Bayes’ strengths in business management and leadership.
You will critically engage with the big picture of the media industries, developing a sensitivity to issues of equality and diversity in the media industries workplace and familiarising yourself with the legal and ethical questions that pertain to managing in the media industries.
You have the ability to deepen and tailor your learning with electives drawn from advanced topics in media management, specialised sectors of the media industries and entrepreneurial or placement modules to make yourself more employable.
This course recognises that to meet these challenges the media industries need leaders and managers who understand both the industry and also core business skills, structures and processes to effectively steer companies through these innovative times.
City has a history or getting student into professional employment, as such we have been ranked 2nd for graduate prospects for Communications and Media Studies (Times Higher 2025).
This course builds on City’s long-standing excellence in arts management education and expertise in the media, creative and cultural industries and Bayes’ strengths in business management and leadership.
You will critically engage with the big picture of the media industries, developing a sensitivity to issues of equality and diversity in the media industries workplace and familiarising yourself with the legal and ethical questions that pertain to managing in the media industries.
You have the ability to deepen and tailor your learning with electives drawn from advanced topics in media management, specialised sectors of the media industries and entrepreneurial or placement modules to make yourself more employable.
Admission Requirements
6.5+
79+
59+
First or second class honours degree (or international equivalent) in any subject.
We also welcome applicants with industry experience in the media, information, communication or business sectors.
We also welcome applicants with industry experience in the media, information, communication or business sectors.
1 Year
Sep
Tuition fees
Domestic
12,500 GBP
International
22,900 GBP
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