Overview
At Film MPhil, PhD programme from Newcastle University we're keen to work with postgraduates in the major research projects listed below, or in the more general areas related to them. We supervise projects that span academic schools and sub-disciplines, ensuring the best fit between your interests and the expertise of our staff.
Key facts:
If you’re interested in undertaking a PhD, be it practice-led, practice-based, or theoretical, in the following areas, please get in touch in the first instance with the admissions tutor Dr Geetha Jayaraman.
- most areas of documentary/non-fiction film practice (see supervisor profiles for specialisms)
- creative documentary practices in the UK, India, South Asia, Africa
- intersections between the documentary and sociological, anthropological, cultural studies
- sports documentaries
- feminist film practice
- social linguistics, translation and documentary practice
- documentary theory and practice in the USSR / Russia
- theorising documentary as a critical and creative practice
- history of the documentary and of documentary movements
- studies of independent film production and exhibition
- World cinema
- Indian cinema
- film festival studies
Programme Structure
Courses include:- Creative documentary practices in India/ South Asia
- Film festival studies
- History of the documentary
- Intersections between the documentary and sociological/ anthropological/ cultural studies
- Sports documentaries
- Studies of independent film production and exhibition
- Theorising documentary as a critical and creative practice
- World cinema studies
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 72 months
- Flexible
Start dates & application deadlines
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- There is no application closing date for this course. We suggest international students apply at least two months before the course starts.
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Disciplines
Film Studies Linguistics View 81 other PhDs in Linguistics in United KingdomAcademic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
A 2:1 honours degree and preferably a merit master's degree, or an international equivalent, in a related subject, such as:
- MLitt (if applying for Film Studies, MPhil and PhD)
- film studies
- English
- cultural studies
- modern languages
- history
- sociology
- art
psychology
Tuition Fee
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International
22800 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 22800 GBP per year during 36 months.
Living costs for Newcastle upon Tyne
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