Communication and Media BA (Hons)
University of Liverpool
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Start date

SEP-25

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Duration

3 Years

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Qualification

Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Location

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Full Time

Start date

SEP-25

Duration

3 Years

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Communication & Media Studies
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Course info

Explore how communication systems such as news, cinema, broadcasting and online media shape and change our world. As your degree progresses, you will be able to specialise in areas including political communication, screen media, digital cultures, media writing, language and public relations. Throughout your degree, we will help you to develop your own skills so that you can stand out in the graduate job market, including the opportunity to undertake an assessed work placement.This programme is ...Read more

Explore how communication systems such as news, cinema, broadcasting and online media shape and change our world. As your degree progresses, you will be able to specialise in areas including political communication, screen media, digital cultures, media writing, language and public relations. Throughout your degree, we will help you to develop your own skills so that you can stand out in the graduate job market, including the opportunity to undertake an assessed work placement.This programme is available with either a Year in China or a Year Abroad. The Year in China offers undergraduate students the opportunity to spend one year at our joint venture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), following XJTLU's BA China Studies degree classes. XJTLU is a fully English-speaking university, located in Suzhou. The Year Abroad offers students the opportunity to spend a full academic year studying at one of our partner universities around the world, following a mixture of culture and/or discipline-related modules. If you wish to study this programme with a Year in China or a Year Abroad you will have the opportunity to apply after you arrive at Liverpool.

Key stats

WUSCA ranking:
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These are the 2024 rankings, based on ratings given by past and current students.
11/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
14th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
19th
Media Studies
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 90 = 10% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
10%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
95%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Media Studies graduate salary at this uni
£18,000
UK Media Studies graduate salary
£18,000
What students say
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Entry requirements

Exam type

A level

A level:

ABB Grades / Points required

Scottish Advanced Higher:

ABB Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

D:30,M:15 Grades / Points required

Extended Project:

A Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

33 Grades / Points required

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

H1,H2,H2,H2,H3,H3 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DDD Grades / Points required

T Level:

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015):

A Grades / Points required

No subject specific requirements. Applicants offering more than two Science subjects may be required to submit a sample piece of work demonstrating analytical/critical skills.

ABB in Advanced Highers, combinations of Advanced Highers and Scottish Highers are welcome

45 level 3 credits in graded units in a relevant Diploma, including 30 at Distinction and a further 15 with at least Merit

Applicants who offer the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) and meet our offer criteria will be made the standard offer, plus an alternative offer. This will be at one A Level grade lower plus a grade A in the EPQ, for example the offer would be ABB or BBB plus A in the EPQ. Please note that Humanities and Social Sciences Honours Select programmes which have a Management, Law or Sociology component will not accept the EPQ.

33 points with no score less than 4

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

BTEC Applicants may be asked to submit a sample piece of work demonstrating analytical/critical skill.

T levels considered in a relevant subject.

Accepted with grade A and grades BB at A-Level.

Popular A-level subjects

Media Studies

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Media Studies
41%
English Literature
33%
English Language
25%
History
24%
Psychology
21%
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01 Mar 24
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