Culture, Media and Creative Industries

Study Culture, Media and Creative Industries and gain the industry expertise and experience, academic research and theory and media-making knowledge to boost your employability. You'll graduate with the transferable skills you need for a successful creative career in the private or public sector.

Why study Culture, Media and Creative Industries?

Understand how media communications, culture and society influence each other, and you'll have the power to shape them. Then apply this insight to your own media, culture and creative practices to innovate and disrupt these global industries in your future career.

On our flexible, interdisciplinary BA(Hons) Culture, Media and Creative Industries degree, you’ll specialise and gain skills and experience in cultural theory, media practice work and the creative industries.

Learn about core concepts, theories and debates relating to social justice, sustainability, power and representation in media, culture and society.

Explore how communication practices have evolved historically and technologically and consider how these developments have driven social movements and civic campaigns, while critically analysing established media conventions.

Why UWE Bristol?

Study Culture, Media and Creative Industries and you'll gain the industry expertise and experience, academic research and theory and media-making knowledge to boost your employability.

Learn from experts in the creative and cultural industries with broad specialisms who are active in internationally recognised research, have extensive industry expertise or both. Through small class sizes, your lecturers will give you personalised one-to-one guidance, shaping your creative practice and future career.

Work with our external partners within the thriving cultural and creative hub of Bristol, a UNESCO City of Film, offering you strong connections to media-makers and cultural organisations. These include powerhouses like the Watershed, Pervasive Media Studio, Arnolfini and MShed and small-scale innovative, independent producers and artists.

Where can it take me?

Your in-demand skillset will make you a desirable graduate in many growing areas, such as digital content creation and project management. This degree opens up a range of careers across marketing, social media, TV/film, publishing, PR and arts/culture, such as:


• Digital Marketer



• TV/film/video producer/runner/researcher



• Event manager



• Social media manager and content creator



• Public relations executive



• Copywriter



• Publishing assistant



• Media / arts / creative industries researcher



• Journalist



• Photographer.

University is a time to try new things, meet new people and make new goals. With Clearing at UWE Bristol, you'll get the chance to take control of your future and choose an exciting path for yourself.

UWE Bristol offers over 100 professionally accredited courses, including Architecture, Accounting and Finance, Games Technology, Mathematics and Sport Rehabilitation. Whether you're studying an arts, business, healthcare or science degree, all undergraduate courses are designed with employability in mind. You can work a year in industry, study across the world, and get one-to-one careers advice on campus. It's no wonder an outstanding 89% of students find work or further study just 15 months after graduating (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2022/23, published 2025).

You'll also be studying in a top 10 most popular city in the UK (YouGov, 2026). With famous festivals, renowned galleries, lively nightclubs and independent restaurants right on your doorstep, you're guaranteed an incredible student experience in Bristol. With famous festivals, renowned galleries, lively nightclubs and independent restaurants right on your doorstep, you're guaranteed an incredible student experience in Bristol.

Your Future, Right Here. Study at UWE Bristol. Choose to do Clearing right.