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Duration
3 or 4 years
Start of programme
September 2025
Attendance mode
Full-time
Location
On campus
Fees

Home: £9,535
International: £22,870

Entry requirements

AAA-ABB

For joint degrees, the offer is based on the subject with the higher entry requirements.

Contextual: AAB-BBB

See undergraduate entry requirements and English language requirements for international and alternative entry requirements.

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Dive into the dynamic world of digital media with this forward-thinking degree that explores how technology impacts every part of our lives. From AI and social justice to creative digital cultures, this course covers the most pressing topics of our digital age. 

Taught by experts from right across SOAS, this program offers a global perspective on the development of digital technologies and their social, economic and political impact, preparing you to engage critically with the digital world.

Whether you’re interested in the influence of social media, the ethics of AI, or the future of digital creativity, you’ll graduate with the knowledge to make a difference. While the digital careers of the future are subject to constant change, graduate outcomes may include entrepreneurship, consultancy, policy, advocacy, media and content creation roles or advanced further study.

Through SOAS’s joint degrees system, this degree can be combined with a very wide range of subjects such as law, international relations, politics, East Asian studies or a language. You’ll gain essential skills in analysing how digital tools shape movements, communities, businesses, and the future of work and politics. Practical skills in digital research methods and interactive media will equip you to lead in a rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Why Study Digital Media, Culture and ... at SOAS?

  • SOAS is ranked 15th in the UK for Arts and Humanities (QS World University Rankings 2023)

Use our combined courses tool to see a breakdown of course structure

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Contact hours

All full-time undergraduate programmes consist of 120 credits per year, in modules of 30 or 15 credits. They are taught over 10 or 20 weeks. The programme structure shows which modules are compulsory and which optional.

As a rough guide, 1 credit equals approximately 10 hours of work. Most of this will be independent study. Also included are class time, which may include lectures, seminars and other classes. Some subjects may have more class time than others – a typical example of this are language acquisition modules.

Most of our undergraduate modules have a 2-hour lecture or 1-hour lecture and 1-hour seminar or a 2-hour seminar every week. Some, but not all, also have a 1-hour tutorial every week.

Learning outcomes

  • Develop key transferable skills such as real-world analysis, writing and desk-based research
  • Hone research skills, including digital research and investigation techniques
  • Conceptualise and produce an evidence-based research project
  • Introduce links between theories and real-world issues in SOAS regions and formulate basic critiques in respect of digital media and technology
  • Enhance and focus criticality in respect of digital media and technology in SOAS regions and strengthen abilities to link theories and real-world issues in SOAS regions
  • Make reflexive use of advanced theoretical concepts in relation to real-world issues in the SOAS regions
  • Articulate practical applications of digital media/culture and identify innovations
  • Ability to formulate precise, detailed analyses of real-world issues relating to digital media and technology in the SOAS regions
  • Apply practical skills relating to digital media and technology
  • Analyse and respond to a real-time landscape of digital media and technological phenomena

SOAS Library

SOAS Library is one of the world's most important academic libraries for the study of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, attracting scholars from all over the world. The Library houses over 1.2 million volumes, together with significant archival holdings, special collections and a growing network of electronic resources.

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Fees for 2025/26 entrants per academic year

ProgrammeFull-time
Home studentsOverseas students
BA, BSc, LLB£9,535£22,870
BA/BSc Language year abroad£1,385£11,430

See undergraduate fees for full details.

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Students in the School of Arts develop a ​​critical and theoretically informed approach to global arts and culture. In addition to an intercultural awareness and practical expertise, graduates gain a wide portfolio of transferable skills which are especially sought after in the creative and cultural industries.

Recent graduates have been hired by:

  • Christie’s
  • Christine Park Gallery
  • Crisis
  • Design Museum
  • Hong Kong Museum Of Art
  • India Foundation For The Arts
  • Japanese Gallery
  • Museum of East Asian Art
  • Music in Detention
  • National Gallery
  • Pan Arts
  • People Projects Culture & Change
  • Roundhouse Trust
  • Somerset House Trust
  • Songlines Magazine
  • Sotheby's
  • South Asian Art UK
  • Stratford Circus Arts Centre
  • Taiwan Embassy
  • The Alliance for Global Education
  • The British Embassy
  • The National Museum Of Korea
  • The Royal Collection
  • Victoria and Albert Museum

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