Media Geographies, MSc by Research 12 months Postgraduate Programme By Swansea University |TopUniversities
Subject Ranking

# 201-250QS Subject Rankings

Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

21,950 GBPTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

15 Oct, 2025Application Deadline

Programme overview

Main Subject

Geography

Degree

MScr

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Start date: MSc by Research - 1st October, 1st January, 1st April & 1st July.




The MSc by Research in Media Geographies allows you to undertake a year-long (full time) or two-year-long (part-time) individual programme of personally and professionally enriching research, supervised by our Human Geography academic staff.



Your media geographies research project will be shaped by participation in research activities such as seminars and reading groups, as well as your involvement in one of our established Human Geography research groups.



The range of our current human geographical research in this area includes:

  • Cinematic cities: cities in film and filming in cities
  • Digital geographies and locative media
  • Climate Change and the media
  • The geopolitics of ‘fake news’
  • Literary geographies: graphic novels and the urban experience
  • Geography of the performing arts: dance and theatre
  • Virtual spaces and mediated places

Programme overview

Main Subject

Geography

Degree

MScr

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Start date: MSc by Research - 1st October, 1st January, 1st April & 1st July.




The MSc by Research in Media Geographies allows you to undertake a year-long (full time) or two-year-long (part-time) individual programme of personally and professionally enriching research, supervised by our Human Geography academic staff.



Your media geographies research project will be shaped by participation in research activities such as seminars and reading groups, as well as your involvement in one of our established Human Geography research groups.



The range of our current human geographical research in this area includes:

  • Cinematic cities: cities in film and filming in cities
  • Digital geographies and locative media
  • Climate Change and the media
  • The geopolitics of ‘fake news’
  • Literary geographies: graphic novels and the urban experience
  • Geography of the performing arts: dance and theatre
  • Virtual spaces and mediated places

Admission Requirements

3.3+
6.5+
Applicants for MSc by Research must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University). 

15 Oct 2025
1 Year
Jan
Oct

  • Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance

Domestic
5,006 GBP
International
21,950 GBP

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