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King's College London
CMCI PhD conference

Key information

Award:
MPhil
PhD
Study mode:
Full time
Part time
Campus:
Strand Campus
Duration:
Expected to be PhD three years FT. September to September, January to January or April to April.

Culture, Media & Creative Industries at King's carries out world-leading research across the field of culture, media and the analysis of particular creative industries. Specialisms include cultural work, creative cities, visual cultures, popular culture, cultural and creative industries policy, cultural management, entrepreneurship and cultural production, cultural regeneration, cultural history, culture and identity, and inter-sectionally and culture. CMCI is also developing, in concert with Digital Humanities, research into digital cultures, particularly into social networks, digital identities and digital activism. Our approach is international in perspective, interdisciplinary in nature, and is characterised by a productive engagement of the theoretical, historical and empirical.

The PhD in Culture, Media & Creative Industries is a programme for those seeking an academic career or who wish to become professionals in the cultural, media or creative sectors.

  • Latest REF rankings: 1st in the UK for power. 80% of our research was deemed to be world-leading (4*) and internationally excellent (3*) standard. We received an outstanding score for the impact of our research and were ranked third of the Russell Group universities.

  • Current staff: 27

  • Current PhDs: 49

  • Research funded by:
    • London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (ESRC)
    • London Arts and Humanities Research Council (LAHP)
    • National and regional governments and funding bodies.

Recent publications:

  • Hollywood Stardom by Paul McDonald
  • Creating Preschool Television: A story of commerce, creativity and curriculum by Jeanette Steemers
  • Topographies of Suffering: Buchenwald, Babi Yar, Lidice by Jessica Rapson
  • Multimedia Stardom in Hong Kong: Image, performance and identity by Wing-Fai Leung
  • Duke Ellington's America by Harvey G Cohen
  • The Aesthetic Economy: Markets in Clothing and Fashion Modelling by Joanne Entwistle
  • Repudiating Feminism by Christina Scharff
  • Screenwriting: Creative labour and professional practice by Bridget Conor
  • The Social Inheritance of the Holocaust: gender, culture and memory by Anna Reading
  • Visual Culture by Richard Howells

 

Head of group/division

Professor Nick Wilson

UK Tuition Fees 2022/23

Full time tuition fees:

£5,820 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£5,820 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Part time tuition fees:

£2,910 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£2,910 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

International Tuition Fees 2022/23

Full time tuition fees:

£22,230 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£22,230 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Part time tuition fees:

£11,115 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£11,115 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

UK Tuition Fees 2023/24

Full time tuition fees:

£5,820 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£5,820 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Part time tuition fees:

£2,910 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£2,910 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

International Tuition Fees 2023/24

Full time tuition fees:

£22,900 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£22,900 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Part time tuition fees:

£11,450 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£11,450 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

These tuition fees may be subject to additional increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King’s terms and conditions.

Base campus

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Strand Campus

Located on the north bank of the River Thames, the Strand Campus houses King's College London's arts and sciences faculties.

Culture, Media & Creative Industries (CMCI) at King's carries out world-leading research across the field of culture, media and the analysis of particular creative industries. Specialisms include cultural work, creative cities, visual cultures, popular culture, cultural and creative industries policy, cultural management, entrepreneurship and cultural production, cultural regeneration, cultural history, culture and identity, and inter-sectionally and culture. Our approach is international in perspective and is characterised by a productive engagement of the theoretical and empirical.

CMCI is also developing, in concert with Digital Humanities, research into digital cultures, particularly into social networks, digital identities and digital activism.

We work in an inter-disciplinary mode: although we are based in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, much of our research has roots in the social sciences.

Postgraduate training

Joint PhDs - Benefits of collaboration

Our joint PhD programme with the Humboldt University Berlin offers students the opportunity to enjoy full supervision at both institutions. The Joint-PhD also organises international colloquia and workshops at which students can present and discuss their work with peers and academic staff across the institutions involved. The programme builds on an extensive network of existing institutional links, joint teaching experience and collaborative graduate programmes between King’s and the partners universities.

Applications are welcome from across a whole range of areas in culture, media and creative industries with a substantial German element.

Joint PhDs - Subjects/specialisms available for joint study

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UK Tuition Fees 2022/23

Full time tuition fees:

£5,820 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£5,820 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Part time tuition fees:

£2,910 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£2,910 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

International Tuition Fees 2022/23

Full time tuition fees:

£22,230 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£22,230 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Part time tuition fees:

£11,115 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£11,115 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

UK Tuition Fees 2023/24

Full time tuition fees:

£5,820 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£5,820 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Part time tuition fees:

£2,910 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£2,910 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

International Tuition Fees 2023/24

Full time tuition fees:

£22,900 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£22,900 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Part time tuition fees:

£11,450 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries)

£11,450 per year (MPhil/PhD, Culture, Media, & Creative Industries with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

These tuition fees may be subject to additional increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King’s terms and conditions.

Base campus

strand-quad
Strand Campus

Located on the north bank of the River Thames, the Strand Campus houses King's College London's arts and sciences faculties.

Culture, Media & Creative Industries (CMCI) at King's carries out world-leading research across the field of culture, media and the analysis of particular creative industries. Specialisms include cultural work, creative cities, visual cultures, popular culture, cultural and creative industries policy, cultural management, entrepreneurship and cultural production, cultural regeneration, cultural history, culture and identity, and inter-sectionally and culture. Our approach is international in perspective and is characterised by a productive engagement of the theoretical and empirical.

CMCI is also developing, in concert with Digital Humanities, research into digital cultures, particularly into social networks, digital identities and digital activism.

We work in an inter-disciplinary mode: although we are based in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, much of our research has roots in the social sciences.

Postgraduate training

Joint PhDs - Benefits of collaboration

Our joint PhD programme with the Humboldt University Berlin offers students the opportunity to enjoy full supervision at both institutions. The Joint-PhD also organises international colloquia and workshops at which students can present and discuss their work with peers and academic staff across the institutions involved. The programme builds on an extensive network of existing institutional links, joint teaching experience and collaborative graduate programmes between King’s and the partners universities.

Applications are welcome from across a whole range of areas in culture, media and creative industries with a substantial German element.

Joint PhDs - Subjects/specialisms available for joint study

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Key information

Award:
MPhil
PhD
Study mode:
Full time
Part time
Campus:
Strand Campus
Duration:
Expected to be PhD three years FT. September to September, January to January or April to April.

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