Cultural and Media Studies BA (Hons)
University of Leeds
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You’ll explore cultural and media productions, practices and institutions in national, transnational and global contexts and across subject areas including philosophy, literature, sociology, art history, film, communication studies and digital humanities.With a wide choice of modules, you’ll gain a real breadth of knowledge and be able to tailor your studies to focus on areas that interest you the most. You’ll examine issues such as conflict and its cultural mediation, migration and ...Read more

You’ll explore cultural and media productions, practices and institutions in national, transnational and global contexts and across subject areas including philosophy, literature, sociology, art history, film, communication studies and digital humanities.With a wide choice of modules, you’ll gain a real breadth of knowledge and be able to tailor your studies to focus on areas that interest you the most. You’ll examine issues such as conflict and its cultural mediation, migration and multicultural societies as well as utopian thinking and social activism in offline and online spaces. You’ll study difference across the globe, including race, class, gender, disability, the dialogue of analogue and digital technologies with our minds, bodies, ecologies, and other life forms, alongside the social effects of global communication networks.The course is taught jointly by two distinctive departments (the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies and the School of Media and Communication), who combine innovative approaches to studying, making, and displaying culture and the arts with critical examinations of how people share knowledge, values and beliefs through television, journalism, film, online media and beyond.You’ll become a critical and agile evaluator of cultural materials and mediated practices across diverse contexts, thereby allowing you to become global citizens who actively engage with contemporary societal challenges.

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Sociology
WUSCA ranking:
WUSCA student ranking
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45/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
16th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
23rd
Humanities (Non-Specific)
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%
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Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
80%
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%
What students say
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Liam
29 Feb 24

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Charlotte
26 Feb 24

The location is a 15 minute walk from city centre with incredible social life. The student union bears so many facilities and personal favourite being old bar with cheap drinks..Read more

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A level

A level:

ABB Grades / Points required

Scottish Higher:

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Access to HE Diploma:

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Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal:

D3,M1,M2 - M1,M1,M2 Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

34 - 35 Grades / Points required

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

H2,H2,H2,H3,H3,H3 - H2,H2,H2,H2,H3,H3 Grades / Points required

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

DDD - DDM Grades / Points required

T Level:

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

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BB in Advanced Highers and AABBB in Highers OR B in Advanced Highers and AAABB in Highers OR AABBBB in Highers TO AB in Advanced Highers and AABBB in Highers OR A in Advanced Highers and AABBB in Highers OR AAAABB in Highers

Pass diploma with 60 credits overall, including at least 45 credits at level 3, of which 30 credits must be at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit or higher.

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34-35 points overall including 16 at Higher Level with 4 in English

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Might be accepted as in combination with other qualifications, please contact admissions teams for further advice & guidance.

Popular A-level subjects

Humanities (Non-Specific)

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

English Literature
38%
History
36%
Religious Studies & Theology
19%
Psychology
18%
Art & Design
17%
HESA
Media Studies

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

Media Studies
44%
English Literature
42%
English Language
22%
History
20%
Psychology
15%
HESA

Latest reviews

Latest Cultural Studies reviews

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Charlotte
26 Feb 24
Cultural and Media Studies BA (Hons)
The location is a 15 minute walk from city centre with incredible social life. The student union bears so many facilities and personal favourite being old bar with cheap drinks...
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