Course options
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Qualification
MA - Master of Arts
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Location
Northampton Square
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
30-SEP-24
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Duration
1 year
Course summary
Key information
Learn about the exciting and fast-moving publishing industry with the Publishing MA from City. From research-led assignments to digital content development, we will give you an extensive range of modern skills and knowledge required to succeed in this fascinating and constantly changing global industry.
Course overview
Benefits of this course
London is the global heart of the publishing industry, and this MA makes the most of its London location to bring you a commercially and professionally applied programme.
You will learn directly from past and present industry professionals how publishing is continuing to evolve alongside the digital revolution.
Our programme gives you an applied understanding of how physical and digital texts are conceived, developed and marketed.
This MA looks at the different sectors of the publishing industry, including commercial fiction and non-fiction publishing, children’s publishing, education and academic publishing.
Who is this course for?
If you recognise that global publishing is undergoing dramatic change and you want to gain professionally relevant skills, our programme is ideal.
Your first degree might be from the humanities or social sciences, and you could be a new graduate or have an amount of work experience.
We equip you with the knowledge and skills needed by the next generation of publishers.
Career
Our Publishing MA graduates develop careers in a variety of organisations, and most secure a publishing role within months of graduating.
This selection of positions secured by our recent Publishing MA graduates shows the scope of potential global careers:
- Trainee, Foreign Language Publishing Co, Shanghai
- Editorial Business Analyst, Condé Nast Japan
- Publicist, Hachette New Zealand
- Magazine Publishing, Beijing
- Digital Marketing Executive, Bloomsbury
- Rights Assistant, Fiction, Paris
- Picture Researcher, Hodder
- Marketing, Random House
- Editorial, Production Assistant and Rights Assistants, Children’s Publishing
- Contracts Assistant, Academic Publishing.
Internships
We encourage you to undertake an optional work internship during your time here. An internship can give you an essential step towards your first career move.
Modules
Tuition fees
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£ 20,950per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
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University League Table
42nd
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Campus address
City, University of London, Northampton Square, City of London, EC1V 0HB, England
Subject rankings
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Subject ranking
16th out of 95 15
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Entry standards
/ Max 210129 62%32nd
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10084.0 84%3rd
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 53.87 77%58th
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