Media and Communications

Our Media and Communications degree provides an academic, creative and critical understanding of the media for roles in a variety of creative industries and backgrounds.

Students on the Media and Communications course learn how to produce creative content in a variety of media, enabling them to adapt communications for diverse audiences and preparing them for a wide range of professional roles. They explore digital content, moving image, art direction, copywriting, and a variety of other visual and written communications used in branding, journalism and activism. The degree has a strong employment focus, building up skills through practical modules, critical and research modules, and industry modules.

Students can choose between two pathways, specialising in years 2 and 3. The Digital Cultures pathway offers a diverse choice of industry-specific modules, inviting students to select options in audio-visual practice, social media curation, journalism and branding. The Creative Communications pathway, designed in partnership with internationally renowned advertising agency M&C Saatchi's London HQ, consists of modules focused on creative content production within advertising contexts, allowing students to adapt to a wide range of roles in branding and advertising industries.

Both pathways are taught by an experienced team of academics and industry professionals, and are informed by research, consultancy work and the day-to-day business of communications practice - preparing students for graduate careers in branding, advertising, in-house communications, PR, marketing, content management and social media.

What you should know about this course


• It combines academic, creative and critical approaches to media and communications, including image, text, video, social media and emerging AI technologies.



• It offers immersive and employment-focused learning with a wide range of visits from industry professionals.



• It supports students in developing broad-ranging portfolios of independent creative work.



• It offers optional placements at leading creative agencies, mentorship from industry professionals, and opportunities for students to publicly present their work



• It introduces media and communications in all its interdisciplinarity, and equips students with necessary skills to enter a wide range of professional roles after graduation.

The University of Greenwich empowers students to live life as the main characters of their own story, discovering new talents, building skills and developing their independence as part of an inclusive and supportive community.

With three well-connected campuses situated across London and Kent, you'll certainly find the right backdrop to channel your main character's energy. Together, these campuses provide the platform for a diverse and continually evolving community.

Most famous is Greenwich Campus. With its iconic view and cameo in Marvel's Thor, Greenwich Campus is a UNESCO World Heritage Site right on the River Thames, just a few miles from the heart of London.

Avery Hill Campus offers students a relaxed environment in the leafy London neighbourhood of Eltham and is only 30 minutes by train from central London. Everything is on-site and there are many students living on campus so it's a lively place to be.

Medway Campus is a historic site with redbrick buildings in north Kent. Students live, work and socialise on-site. There's a shopping centre across the road and the train to London takes 45 minutes.

There are hundreds of degree courses to choose from in a wide range of disciplines. Many courses offer a placement year option, giving you the chance to gain career-enhancing industry experience. There are also opportunities to earn while you study with the Student Job shop scheme.

Register your interest at the University of Greenwich today.