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Film Studies PhD

Queen's University Belfast

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Course options

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Queen's University Belfast

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    14-DEC-26

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

We offer graduate research programmes in both critical and creative practice. These are designed for students who wish to conduct research into historical and/or broader theoretical issues in film, media, and screen cultures, or those who are interested in pursuing their PhD qualification through creative research. We encourage cross-disciplinary projects, especially those involving other areas within the School of Arts, English, and Languages.PhD in Film and Visual Studies (Critical Practice): This route offers students the opportunity to undertake advanced, original research in one of our current areas of specialisation, for example: animation studies British cinema and television censorship and regulation documentary film and sound impact of new screen technologies political film screen industries and world and comparative film studies.You wish to conduct research into historical or broader theoretical issues in film and audiovisual cultures, or wish to undertake practice-led research. You have two pathways to choose from: a Creative Practice route, examining areas such as Documentary Film, Conflict Transformation, New Media and Experimental Aesthetic Practices and a Film and Visual Studies route, looking at cinema history and historiography, sound and film, world and comparative film studies, documentary film, and Irish film and audiovisual culture.

Tuition fees

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£ 22,500per year

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University information

Queen's University Belfast

Queen's University Belfast

Queen's University Belfast

  • University League Table

    23rd

  • Campus address

    Queen's University Belfast, University Road, Belfast, County Antrim, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Drama, Dance & Cinematics

    21st out of 96 5

  • Entry standards

    / Max 185
    143 77%

    18th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    50.0 50%

    76th

    21

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.09 77%

    58th

    24

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