Overview
The Film and Television programme offered by the University of Bristol has particular strengths in historical research, audience studies, film theory and aesthetics, and offers the opportunity for practice-based research as well as the traditional written dissertation. Where research proposals span various disciplines, a supervisory team can be assembled across departments and faculties to meet the needs of the project.
Careers
This programme is particularly well-suited to the development of careers in higher education, and for work on high-level research and creative projects in the fields of film and television.
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Research groups- There is a lively postgraduate community in the department which runs a film club and shares research through regular research student coffee mornings and presentations of current postgraduate research.
- The department has a termly programme of research seminars and public talks, and co-leads a regional research group, Screen Research, which organises workshops on topics across film, television and screen media.
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Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
- Part-time
- 96 months
- Flexible
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Disciplines
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A master's qualification, or be working towards a master's qualification, or international equivalent. Applicants without a master's qualification may be considered on an exceptional basis, provided they hold a first-class undergraduate degree (or international equivalent).
- Applicants with a non-traditional background may be considered provided they can demonstrate substantial equivalent and relevant experience that has prepared them to undertake their proposed course of study.
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20700 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 20700 GBP per year during 48 months. -
National
4758 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4758 GBP per year during 48 months.
UK: part-time (two years)
- £2,379 per year
Living costs for Bristol
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