41 Media Master's Degree Programs

Offering students a compelling array of perspectives to investigate and assess the ever-shifting worlds of contemporary art, design, and new media art. OCAD University’s MA in Contemporary Art, Design and New Media Art Histories are unique in Canada in its focus on contemporary art, design and media production and theory. In this interdisciplinary program, you’ll engage with contemporary issues and works, while drawing on theoretical frameworks, historical contexts, and creative precedents that have shaped today’s visual and critical landscape. Program facilities are located in the heart of Toronto’s arts and culture district, in close proximity to the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Design Exchange, the Textile Museum of Canada, the Gardiner Museum, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery.

The Master of Journalism (MJ) course is a one-year full-time or a two-year part-time course. Students learn the core skills of journalism—reporting and writing, television and video production, media law and ethics, and new media. Students also have the opportunity to take elective courses in a broad range of subjects from business and finance to data journalism to digital media. Candidates shall complete no fewer than 60 and no more than 72 course credits.

A Master’s in Media and Entertainment is a graduate-level program that provides students with an in-depth understanding of the dynamic and ever-evolving world of film and entertainment. This program is designed to help students develop critical thinking skills, creativity, and technical expertise needed to excel in the media and entertainment industry.

This program will give you in-depth knowledge of sociology, media and communication. It will develop your conceptual, methodological and analytical skills for a wide range of applications in sociology and media studies. After graduation, your career pathway may lead to the consultancy sector or to roles in big data analysis, digital media, journalism, research and opinion polling, academia, or public administration.

This program will let you study and live in at least two European countries. Spend your first year in Denmark at Aarhus University and the Danish School of Media and Journalism. In the second year you can choose to move to either Prague, Amsterdam, London, or Munich. EMJ is about getting hands-on with journalism in different cultural, political, and technological contexts. If you choose the Authoritarianism & Transition track in Prague, you’ll dive deep into the histories and challenges of post-authoritarian societies. Gain the skills to create impactful multimedia content and explore career paths like foreign correspondence or investigative and data journalism.

Whether you have your sights set on a future in film or television, advertising, or journalism, be prepared with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Cinema and Media Arts. You’ll work with state-of-the-art video and design technology to learn what it means to make a story come to life on the screen.

Audiovisual media are essential to our society. Platforms, interfaces, and networked infrastructures have become ubiquitous and influence all aspects of private and public life, and media culture is enmeshed with politics and the living world like never before. Digital media have not only radically reconfigured how we sense the world and create, exhibit, and interact with film, television, art, and cultural objects.

Undertake the MRes Media Research to develop advanced social science research skills tailored to the media and cultural industries. An ideal foundation for PhD study or to further your media career.

Master of Arts in Media, Democracy, and Human Rights. Are you interested in analyzing the media’s role in society? Do you want to influence media development in line with democratic principles and human rights? This master’s program enables you to become an active agent in media development in an international context.

The combination of media and area studies provides in-depth critical knowledge about processes of mediation and signification, and how space and geography intersect with them. The program is based on post-colonial theory, media sociology, memory studies and political geography. This is translated into a very practice based, research oriented approach. You can then gain employment in more senior/advisory positions in state administrations, private sector, public service institutions, and NGOs.

The MA/MSc Professional Practice in Creative Media Industries is a flexible, fully online master’s degree designed for creative professionals.

Acquire the conceptual, academic, and technical skills needed to succeed as an artist in the field of photography and related media.

If you have a deep interest in the media and want to develop your understanding of communications concepts, theory and research methods, then the media studies program at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University is the place for you.

Drawing experienced artists and designers from around the world, encouraging them to investigate and produce works that combine art, design, writing, and interdisciplinary academic study to create new forms of visual and social research and creative production. Drawing experienced artists and designers from around the world, encouraging them to investigate and produce works that combine art, design, writing, and interdisciplinary academic study to create new forms of visual and social research and creative production. The Interdisciplinary Master’s in Art, Media, and Design (IAMD) draws experienced artists and designers from around the world, encouraging them to investigate and produce works that combine art, design, writing, and interdisciplinary academic study to create new forms of visual and social research and creative production. Each student’s primary discipline and chosen emphasis among art, design, or media practice and theoretical inquiry will determine whether the degree earned is an MFA, MDes, or MA. Students thrive in a creative environment led by an accomplished faculty. Matchless opportunities for innovative learning are offered through visiting experts, internships, independent studies, and the Annual First-Year Graduate Student Exhibition.

The Master’s Degree in Communications Studies program correspondingly ensures the learning of a broad set of competencies and develop skills that enable the student integration into job markets increasingly demand professionals capable of responding effectively to the new demands for content production and the management of internal and/or external information.