MSc Media, Management and the Creative Industries

This MSc is designed to put you at the centre of your learning by using a range of teaching and assessment approaches that take into account your individual interests, abilities and ambitions in media management. You will be taught through a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials and online activities.

Assessment varies across the course. Modules typically require essays, reports or project work of between 1000-5000 words and the final dissertation of 12000 words.

Our engagement with industry will give you plenty of opportunity to forge your own network of contacts, and modules provide the flexibility of choosing the skills you want to acquire.

This course is particularly aimed at people interested in, or working in, management careers in international media industries, as well as advertising, festivals, marketing, PR and media relations. The only such degree in Edinburgh, it is international in outlook and engages with new technological and business developments such as the impact of digital distribution on media industries, or the global significance of social media platforms. It also has strong links with major international media and creative organisations.

Standard

A UK honours degree or equivalent OR significant work experience in media industries

International

Where your honours degree has not been studied in English, you will be required to provide evidence of English language competence at no less than IELTS 6.0 with no individual component score below 5.5.

Careers


You will be qualified for a broad range of management positions within a wide spectrum of media and communications organisations. Graduates will be prepared for pursuing careers across the creative industries in areas such as media production, journalism, public relations, advertising, and media relations

We have developed strong links with major global media and creative organisations including the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, STV, MTV, the British Film Institute, Adobe, Google and Creative Scotland.

•Our academic staff are actively engaged in global media industries research and current debates in media management.
•You will receive lectures by guest speakers with extensive senior media industry or policy experience.
•There is a wide choice of modules across media, arts, management, business, enterprise and management, allowing you to choose a pathway that reflects your professional interests.
•This is the only MSc Media Management situated in the world-renowned international city of Edinburgh, home of the world’s largest annual Arts and Fringe Festival each August.
•There is a distinctive emphasis on new media technologies and emerging media platforms and how these have disrupted and changed media management processes.
•Staff have had success in securing substantial external research funding working with creative organisations such as Arts and Humanities Research Council, Creative Scotland, Nesta, British Film Institute/Creative England, Film London, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Carnegie Trust.
•You will have access to our on campus Business Gateway and Business Innovation Zone (BIZ). This provides business incubation space for any student/graduate led start-up companies and you will have access to: desk space; a QMU business address; meeting facilities; ad-hoc rehearsal space and editing facilities; Business Gateway support and advice; a profile for your company on the QMU website; support with marketing materials; and access to entrepreneurial networks within QMU and other universities, eg Enterprise Campus, Scottish Institute for Enterprise, Sporting Chance and Converge Challenge.