Media & Communication including Foundation Year BA (Hons)
Kingston University London
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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

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**Reasons to choose Kingston**- You’ll be taught by media experts and industry professionals and gain employability skills by working directly with clients, following live briefs, team-working and creating professional portfolios to prepare for a unique career path to you.- You’ll have access to the latest digital equipment, such as specialist film and media labs, a film studio, audio recording facility, green screen, TV studio and Mac labs.- Through research-based projects, you’ll be able to ...Read more


Reasons to choose Kingston

- You’ll be taught by media experts and industry professionals and gain employability skills by working directly with clients, following live briefs, team-working and creating professional portfolios to prepare for a unique career path to you.- You’ll have access to the latest digital equipment, such as specialist film and media labs, a film studio, audio recording facility, green screen, TV studio and Mac labs.- Through research-based projects, you’ll be able to tailor your studies to your own interests.- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.


About this course

Media is central to the way in which we understand and experience the world around us. This course will equip you with both the knowledge and skills to understand the world of media and to engage with it as practitioners, researchers, media theorists and industry experts.One of the main characteristics is the integration of theory and practice, as well as being introduced to aspects of the media industry. You’ll acquire practical skills in media production across a range of digital platforms, such as video, websites and podcasts, television, and motion graphics.In the final year, you’ll work on a major piece of independent research as a practice-based or written dissertation to further develop the professional skills necessary for employment.


Future Skills

Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability. As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge. At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.


Career opportunities

Recent graduates work as social media managers, account executives, digital journalists, copywriters, web editors and video producers. Employers include Apple, Barcoff Studios, the BBC, Discovery Channel, Google Play, and Saatchi Gallery.

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WUSCA ranking:
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95/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
31st
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
88th
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 - 86 = 14% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
14%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
70%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Media Studies graduate salary at this uni
£18,000
UK Media Studies graduate salary
£19,000
What students say
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kim
22 Oct 24

I love the facilities and the people. Most lecturers/teachers are lovely and very helpful! Something that could be improved is mitigating..Read more

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Entry requirements

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A level

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CC Grades / Points required

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64 Grades / Points required

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

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Or A Levels at equivalent to 64 UCAS points.

64 points (‘CC' or equivalent) from two A2 subjects or equivalent

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Popular A-level subjects

Media Studies

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

Media Studies
58%
English Literature
24%
History
19%
Sociology
18%
Photography
13%
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Tuition fees

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England

£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Scotland

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Students from Wales

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£9,250 per year

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kim
22 Oct 24
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I love the facilities and the people. Most lecturers/teachers are lovely and very helpful! Something that could be improved is mitigating...
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22 Oct 24
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Kingston University London
Kingston University London , Kingston upon Thames

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Kingston University London
Yorkon Building Kingston University Kingston upon Thames London KT2 7LB United Kingdom
Nearest tube station: Wimbledon  1.6 miles away Nearest train station: Norbiton  0.9 miles away
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