About this course
Study film from a variety of perspectives: as popular art, big business and as a cultural record on our film degree with year abroad . Immerse yourself in the subject, from the earliest projected images to the present day. Learn how to view Hollywood blockbusters, European and world cinema with a critical eye. A year abroad will enhance your understanding of visual arts and let you experience a new culture.
You'll study familiar classics alongside contemporary cinema, and genres including:
- film noir
- horror
- science fiction
- documentary
- animation
You'll deepen your understanding and enjoyment of film and develop your critical thinking as part of a lively community.
You'll spend your third year studying at one of our partner universities abroad. Your options include: South Korea, Sweden, Ireland or the Czech Republic – countries with their own distinctive film cultures. You can take lectures in English but may also improve your languages. We'll help you plan your year abroad to suit your interests.
As part of this course you can:
- explore British, European and world cinema
- discover early film through archive visits
- use our extensive library resources, including over 5,800 films from around the world
- take modules from other courses, such as English, history and music
- volunteer at a cinema to develop new skills, such as team leading, projection and digital design
- submit your own film to our annual student film festival
We regularly review our courses to ensure and improve quality. This course may be revised as a result of this. Any revision will be balanced against the requirement that the student should receive the educational service expected. Find out why, when, and how we might make changes.
Our courses are regulated in England by the Office for Students (OfS).
Course location
This course is based at Avenue.
Awarding body
This qualification is awarded by the University of Southampton.
Entry requirements
For Academic year 202526
A-levels
ABB including an essay writing subject
A-levels additional information
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. Essay writing subjects include: English Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Film Studies, Law, Geography, Politics, Classical Civilisation and Religious Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Modern European Foreign Languages, Drama and Theatre Studies.
A-levels with Extended Project Qualification
If you are taking an EPQ in addition to 3 A levels, you will receive the following offer in addition to the standard A level offer: BBB including an essay writing subject and grade A in the EPQ
A-levels contextual offer
We are committed to ensuring that all applicants with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise an applicant's potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.
International Baccalaureate Diploma
Pass, with 32 points overall with 16 points at Higher Level
International Baccalaureate Diploma additional information
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. Essay writing subjects include: English Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Film Studies, Law, Geography, Politics, Classical Civilisation and Religious Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Modern European Foreign Languages, Drama and Theatre Studies.
International Baccalaureate contextual offer
We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.
International Baccalaureate Career Programme (IBCP) statement
Offers will be made on the individual Diploma Course subject(s) and the career-related study qualification. The CP core will not form part of the offer. Where there is a subject pre-requisite(s), applicants will be required to study the subject(s) at Higher Level in the Diploma course subject and/or take a specified unit in the career-related study qualification. Applicants may also be asked to achieve a specific grade in those elements. Please see the University of Southampton International Baccalaureate Career-Related Programme (IBCP) Statement for further information. Applicants are advised to contact their Faculty Admissions Office for more information.
BTEC
Distinction, Distinction in the BTEC National Extended Diploma plus B in an A level essay writing subject. Distinction, Distinction in the BTEC National Diploma plus B in an A level essay writing subject Distinction in the BTEC National Extended Certificate plus AB to include an A level essay writing subject
RQF BTEC
We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.
Additional information
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. Essay writing subjects include: English Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Film Studies, Law, Geography, Politics, Classical Civilisation and Religious Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Modern European Foreign Languages, Drama and Theatre Studies.
QCF BTEC
Distinction, Distinction in the BTEC Extended Diploma plus B in an A level essay writing subject. or Distinction, Distinction in the BTEC Diploma plus B in an A level essay writing subject. or Distinction in the BTEC Subsidiary Diploma plus AB to include an A level essay writing subject.
We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.
Access to HE Diploma
60 credits with a minimum of 45 credits at Level 3, of which 30 must be at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit, to include 6 Distinctions in an essay writing subject
Access to HE additional information
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. Essay writing subjects include: English Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Film Studies, Law, Geography, Politics, Classical Civilisation and Religious Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Modern European Foreign Languages, Drama and Theatre Studies.
Irish Leaving Certificate
Irish Leaving Certificate (first awarded 2017)
H1 H2 H2 H2 H3 H3 including an essay writing subject
Irish Leaving Certificate (first awarded 2016)
A2 A2 B1 B1 B2 B2 including an essay writing subject at B1
Irish certificate additional information
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. Essay writing subjects include: English Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Film Studies, Law, Geography, Politics, Classical Civilisation and Religious Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Modern European Foreign Languages, Drama and Theatre Studies.
Scottish Qualification
Offers will be based on exams being taken at the end of S6. Subjects taken and qualifications achieved in S5 will be reviewed. Careful consideration will be given to an individual’s academic achievement, taking in to account the context and circumstances of their pre-university education.
Please see the University of Southampton’s Curriculum for Excellence Scotland Statement (PDF) for further information. Applicants are advised to contact their Faculty Admissions Office for more information.
Cambridge Pre-U
D3 M2 M2 in three principal subjects including an essay writing subject
Cambridge Pre-U additional information
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. Essay writing subjects include: English Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Film Studies, Law, Geography, Politics, Classical Civilisation and Religious Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Modern European Foreign Languages, Drama and Theatre Studies.
Welsh Baccalaureate
ABB from 3 A levels including an essay writing subject or AB from two A levels including an essay writing subject and B from the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate
Welsh Baccalaureate additional information
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. Essay writing subjects include: English Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Film Studies, Law, Geography, Politics, Classical Civilisation and Religious Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Modern European Foreign Languages, Drama and Theatre Studies.
Welsh Baccalaureate contextual offer
We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.
T-Level
Not accepted for this course.
Other requirements
GCSE requirements
Applicants must hold GCSE English language (or GCSE English) (minimum grade 4/C) and mathematics (minimum grade 4/C)
Find the equivalent international qualifications for our entry requirements.
English language requirements
If English isn't your first language, you'll need to complete an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) to demonstrate your competence in English. You'll need all of the following scores as a minimum:
IELTS score requirements
- overall score
- 6.5
- reading
- 6.0
- writing
- 6.0
- speaking
- 6.0
- listening
- 6.0
We accept other English language tests. Find out which English language tests we accept.
If you don’t meet the English language requirements, you can achieve the level you need by completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.
You might meet our criteria in other ways if you do not have the qualifications we need. Find out more about:
- our Ignite your Journey scheme for students living permanently in the UK (including residential summer school, application support and scholarship)
- skills you might have gained through work or other life experiences (otherwise known as recognition of prior learning)
Find out more about our Admissions Policy.
For Academic year 202425
A-levels
ABB including an essay writing subject
A-levels additional information
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. Essay writing subjects include: English Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Film Studies, Law, Geography, Politics, Classical Civilisation and Religious Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Modern European Foreign Languages, Drama and Theatre Studies.
A-levels with Extended Project Qualification
If you are taking an EPQ in addition to 3 A levels, you will receive the following offer in addition to the standard A level offer: BBB including an essay writing subject and grade A in the EPQ
A-levels contextual offer
We are committed to ensuring that all applicants with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise an applicant's potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme, as follows:
BBB including an essay writing subject
International Baccalaureate Diploma
Pass, with 32 points overall with 16 points at Higher Level
International Baccalaureate Diploma additional information
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. Essay writing subjects include: English Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Film Studies, Law, Geography, Politics, Classical Civilisation and Religious Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Modern European Foreign Languages, Drama and Theatre Studies.
International Baccalaureate contextual offer
We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.
International Baccalaureate Career Programme (IBCP) statement
Offers will be made on the individual Diploma Course subject(s) and the career-related study qualification. The CP core will not form part of the offer. Where there is a subject pre-requisite(s), applicants will be required to study the subject(s) at Higher Level in the Diploma course subject and/or take a specified unit in the career-related study qualification. Applicants may also be asked to achieve a specific grade in those elements. Please see the University of Southampton International Baccalaureate Career-Related Programme (IBCP) Statement for further information. Applicants are advised to contact their Faculty Admissions Office for more information.
BTEC
Distinction, Distinction in the BTEC National Extended Diploma plus B in an A level essay writing subject. Distinction, Distinction in the BTEC National Diploma plus B in an A level essay writing subject Distinction in the BTEC National Extended Certificate plus AB to include an A level essay writing subject
RQF BTEC
We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.
Additional information
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. Essay writing subjects include: English Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Film Studies, Law, Geography, Politics, Classical Civilisation and Religious Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Modern European Foreign Languages, Drama and Theatre Studies.
QCF BTEC
Distinction, Distinction in the BTEC Extended Diploma plus B in an A level essay writing subject. or Distinction, Distinction in the BTEC Diploma plus B in an A level essay writing subject. or Distinction in the BTEC Subsidiary Diploma plus AB to include an A level essay writing subject.
We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.
Access to HE Diploma
60 credits with a minimum of 45 credits at Level 3, of which 30 must be at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit, to include 6 Distinctions in an essay writing subject
Access to HE additional information
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. Essay writing subjects include: English Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Film Studies, Law, Geography, Politics, Classical Civilisation and Religious Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Modern European Foreign Languages, Drama and Theatre Studies.
Irish Leaving Certificate
Irish Leaving Certificate (first awarded 2017)
H1 H2 H2 H2 H3 H3 including an essay writing subject
Irish Leaving Certificate (first awarded 2016)
A2 A2 B1 B1 B2 B2 including an essay writing subject at B1
Irish certificate additional information
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. Essay writing subjects include: English Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Film Studies, Law, Geography, Politics, Classical Civilisation and Religious Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Modern European Foreign Languages, Drama and Theatre Studies.
Scottish Qualification
Offers will be based on exams being taken at the end of S6. Subjects taken and qualifications achieved in S5 will be reviewed. Careful consideration will be given to an individual’s academic achievement, taking in to account the context and circumstances of their pre-university education.
Please see the University of Southampton’s Curriculum for Excellence Scotland Statement (PDF) for further information. Applicants are advised to contact their Faculty Admissions Office for more information.
Cambridge Pre-U
D3 M2 M2 in three principal subjects including an essay writing subject
Cambridge Pre-U additional information
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. Essay writing subjects include: English Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Film Studies, Law, Geography, Politics, Classical Civilisation and Religious Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Modern European Foreign Languages, Drama and Theatre Studies.
Welsh Baccalaureate
ABB from 3 A levels including an essay writing subject or AB from two A levels including an essay writing subject and B from the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate
Welsh Baccalaureate additional information
Offers typically exclude General Studies and Critical Thinking. Essay writing subjects include: English Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Film Studies, Law, Geography, Politics, Classical Civilisation and Religious Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Modern European Foreign Languages, Drama and Theatre Studies.
Welsh Baccalaureate contextual offer
We are committed to ensuring that all learners with the potential to succeed, regardless of their background, are encouraged to apply to study with us. The additional information gained through contextual data allows us to recognise a learner’s potential to succeed in the context of their background and experience. Applicants who are highlighted in this way will be made an offer which is lower than the typical offer for that programme.
T-Level
Not accepted for this course.
Other requirements
GCSE requirements
Applicants must hold GCSE English language (or GCSE English) (minimum grade 4/C) and mathematics (minimum grade 4/C)
Find the equivalent international qualifications for our entry requirements.
English language requirements
If English isn't your first language, you'll need to complete an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) to demonstrate your competence in English. You'll need all of the following scores as a minimum:
IELTS score requirements
- overall score
- 6.5
- reading
- 6.0
- writing
- 6.0
- speaking
- 6.0
- listening
- 6.0
We accept other English language tests. Find out which English language tests we accept.
If you don’t meet the English language requirements, you can achieve the level you need by completing a pre-sessional English programme before you start your course.
You might meet our criteria in other ways if you do not have the qualifications we need. Find out more about:
- our Ignite your Journey scheme for students living permanently in the UK (including residential summer school, application support and scholarship)
- skills you might have gained through work or other life experiences (otherwise known as recognition of prior learning)
Find out more about our Admissions Policy.
Got a question?
Please contact our enquiries team if you're not sure that you have the right experience or qualifications to get onto this course.
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44(0)23 8059 5000
Course structure
The main teaching format is a tutor-led lecture, followed by a seminar. Most film modules also have a screening each week that links to a particular topic or theme.
Each year, we offer a customisable course programme with a mix of compulsory and optional modules. You can also study topics from other subjects, including languages and English literature.
Year 1 overview
You'll take modules in European and Hollywood cinema, and explore the connections between film and other disciplines, like music, literature and science.
You'll study the theories and philosophies that have shaped the development of film studies, such as:
- psychoanalysis
- postmodernism
- structuralism
Year 2 overview
You'll study early and silent cinema, and choose from topics including:
- film noir
- animation
- film adaptation
- women and Hollywood
- film industry
- scriptwriting
- British, European, and World cinema
A special module will help you plan your year abroad.
Year 3 overview
You'll spend your third year at one of our partner universities in another country. You can study in English, but will also have the opportunity to develop your language skills. You'll write a year abroad report with support from an academic supervisor.
Year 4 overview
You will take a module examining your experiences abroad. This will help you produce an enhanced CV.
You'll write a dissertation on a topic of your choice to develop your independent research skills. A supervisor with research expertise on your topic will support you.
You can also choose from modules on topics including:
- horror, science fiction and fantasy film
- stardom
- race, gender and sexuality in British cinema
- contemporary American cinema
- television studies
- music in film and television
- how the arts work (a module on programming in arts venues)
Want more detail? See all the modules in the course.
Modules
The modules outlined provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. As a research-led University, we undertake a continuous review of our course to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand. Find out why, when and how we might make changes.
For entry in academic year 2024 to 2025
Year 1 modules
You must study the following modules in year 1:
Film Theory, Media, Culture and Society
The module will introduce you to some of the debates key to film criticism, by reference to influential film theorists and to some fundamental ideas from which contemporary critical approaches have been developed.
Introduction to Film 1: Style and Analysis
This module is primarily concerned with familiarising you with the basic principles of film form, narrative and style, as well as key methodologies of film analysis. The module introduces different stylistic elements and varied modes of filmmaking, includ...
Introduction to Film II: European Cinema
The module covers the history of European film from silent cinema to the present day, placing particular emphasis on the inter-war years, the post-war period and the contemporary moment. It examines national film cultures as well as the transnational elem...
What is Cinema? Film, Art, Technology 2
This module addresses the question ‘What is Cinema?’ through an exploration of how cinema has converged with art and technology from its earliest manifestations to the digital forms of the present day. It traces film’s emergence and continued development ...
Year 2 modules
You must study the following modules in year 2:
Early and Silent Cinema, 1895-1929
This module is an exploration of the main issues and debates that surround the study of film in the period between 1895-1929.
Global Cinemas
While other modules in the Film Studies programme focus primarily on Hollywood and European cinema, in this module, this module aims to familiarise you with cinemas from other parts of the world, with celebrated and lesser-known examples of cinema from Af...
Humanities Study Abroad Preparation Module
This module will prepare you for study abroad and also take you through the application process for study abroad. Before you travel, you are required to take out appropriate insurance policies and engage in on-going monitoring of risk and this module will...
You must also choose from the following modules in year 2:
Animation: Technology, Culture and Industry
Animation has been a part of cinema from its inception and remains one of the most popular forms of moving image in the 21st century. Some theorists have even argued that animation has preceded, contained, or replaced cinema. Yet, animation has been lar...
Contemporary British Cinema
The module builds on the foundation established by your work during year 1 Film. Furthermore the view that film can be viewed as an artform, cultural and historical artefact, and an industry is central to its rationale will be examined.
Dark Streets and Strange Detours: Film Noir in Context
Film Noir is one of Hollywood’s perennial cult genres, yet it is notoriously difficult to define, as it essentially amounts to a retrospective invention by critics. This module will attempt an understanding of the term through reference to its cultural co...
Data Environmentalism
Data is material. It is produced by people, it is made possible by resource extraction, it needs power to survive, it inhabits and resculpts the landscape. The use of data, then, contributes to climate catastrophe, but that role can be hard to see, hidden...
Data, Culture, and Justice
Data organise our present and shape our future. Those data are never neutral because they are the product of human labour, of choices made by people about what data to record, how to record it, and who is best equipped to do that recording. Drawing on wor...
Film Audiences: Theories, Methods and Contexts
Film, Realism and Reality: representing the world, from revolution to the everyday
This module will introduce you to some of the principal realist and documentary movements, asking how the simple aim to ‘show things as they really are’ has resulted in a range of creative and wildly different cinematic forms. It will consider the issue a...
From Black and White to Colour: A Screen History of Race, Gender and Sexuality in Post-War Britain
This module presents a history of post-war multicultural Britain through the lens of British film and television, considering how our attitudes to 'race', sexuality and British identity more generally have been defined, challenged and changed by film and...
Ghosts on Screen
How do filmakers grapple with the difficulties of remembering events that many would rather forget? How are we haunted by the past? How do they seek to represent events that seem to defy representation? In tackling these questions, this module provides yo...
Television Studies: Key Debates
This module offers an introduction to the scholarly study of television as an audio-visual medium and cultural practice. By the end of the module you will be familiar with a number of key themes, critical approaches and theoretical debates within televisi...
Women and Hollywood
Using ‘Women and Hollywood' as its starting point, this module offers three areas of investigation: Hollywood's representation of women; women who make films in Hollywood and outside it; and the female spectators who make up the audiences and fans of Holl...
Year 3 modules
You must study the following module in year 3:
Year 4 modules
You must study the following module in year 4:
You must also choose from the following modules in year 4:
American Cinema Since 1965
The module offers a history of American cinema since 1965, covering the decline of the Hollywood studio system and the moment, from 1968 to 1975, when a new wave of directors produced a number of key films sometimes known as constituting the Hollywood art...
Crime TV: Technologies of Detection
Crime detection is prolific on television; a topic discussed across news and current affairs programming, documentaries, reality TV and, not the least, numerous crime dramas. This module examines different type of crime investigation narratives on televis...
Environmental Cinema and Media
There is now an overwhelming scientific and political consensus that climate change is occurring as a result of human activity and that there is an urgent need for action to address the causes and effects of this. This module will consider the place of f...
Film Audiences: Theories, Methods and Contexts
Framing the Past:Stardom, History and Heritage in the Cinema
This module explores cinema’s relationship to the past, whether distant, as in that of ancient Greece, Rome or Egypt, or from a more recent history.
Horror on Film
Horror films have been one of the most consistent areas of cinema throughout its history. Despite horror quickly establishing itself in films, it was not until the 1930s and Hollywood's studio system that it became standardized as a genre with a repertoir...
International Film Industry: Issues and Debates
Film as industry plays out against the backdrop of a global economy, and at any given location witnesses high volumes of transnational flows of money, ideas and talent. At the intersections of these transnational flows we can detect influences of stakeho...
Music in Film and Television
In recent years, film culture has become increasingly aware of the film industry’s connections with the music industry. In some cases, critics have decried the use of films as vehicles for the sale of unconnected pop songs as if it were a new development,...
Video Games in Context
Learning and assessment
The learning activities for this course include the following:
- lectures
- classes and tutorials
- coursework
- individual and group projects
- independent learning (studying on your own)
Course time
How you'll spend your course time:
Year 1
Study time
Your scheduled learning, teaching and independent study for year 1:
How we'll assess you
- blogs
- coursework, laboratory reports and essays
- dissertations
- essays
- individual and group projects
- oral presentations
Your assessment breakdown
Year 1:
Year 2
Study time
Your scheduled learning, teaching and independent study for year 2:
How we'll assess you
- blogs
- coursework, laboratory reports and essays
- dissertations
- essays
- individual and group projects
- oral presentations
Your assessment breakdown
Year 2:
Academic support
You’ll be supported by a personal academic tutor and have access to a senior tutor.
Course leader
Louis Bayman is the course leader.
Careers
Our Film Studies degree at Southampton gives you a strong foundation in skills that are attractive to all graduate employers:
- written and verbal communication
- analytical and critical thinking
- research
- organisation
- project management
Our research staff and industry experts will help you gain a picture of the film and TV industries today.
Some modules include work experience. How the arts work, for example, shows you how to programme and manage a professional arts venue.
Humanities students can take employability modules to learn how to plan a future career. These consist of lectures and seminars given by experts, employers and alumni. They cover:
- careers opportunities for humanities graduates, including digital jobs
- entrepreneurial and start-up options
- psychometric and skills assessment to help you discover hidden talents
Volunteering opportunities will help you improve your work-related skills. For example:
- Union Films is our on-campus cinema where you can develop new skills, such as team leading, projection and digital design
- our student film societies, FilmSoc and Wessex Films, where you arrange film screenings, help organise the University's Film Festival or take workshops to develop your skills
- our radio and TV societies can give you hands-on experience of making television and radio shows
Some of our graduates go on to careers at film and media companies, including film production, editing and post-production, distribution and marketing. Others continue into postgraduate studies or find employment in careers such as:
- advertising, marketing and PR
- arts based careers
- charities
- civil service
- financial sector jobs
- journalism
- legal sector jobs
- teaching
Careers services at Southampton
We are a top 20 UK university for employability (QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022). Our Careers, Employability and Student Enterprise team will support you. This support includes:
- work experience schemes
- CV and interview skills and workshops
- networking events
- careers fairs attended by top employers
- a wealth of volunteering opportunities
- study abroad and summer school opportunities
We have a vibrant entrepreneurship culture and our dedicated start-up supporter, Futureworlds, is open to every student.
Work in industry
We can help you find placements and work with local, national and international employers. You could even spend a full paid year in employment.
Fees, costs and funding
Tuition fees
Fees for a year's study:
- UK students pay £9,250.
- EU and international students pay £24,200.
The Government has recently announced changes to UK tuition fees from September 2025 onwards. We will update our website to reflect this shortly.
What your fees pay for
Your tuition fees pay for the full cost of tuition and standard exams.
Find out how to:
Accommodation and living costs, such as travel and food, are not included in your tuition fees. There may also be extra costs for retake and professional exams.
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Bursaries, scholarships and other funding
If you're a UK or EU student and your household income is under £25,000 a year, you may be able to get a University of Southampton bursary to help with your living costs. Find out about bursaries and other funding we offer at Southampton.
If you're a care leaver or estranged from your parents, you may be able to get a specific bursary.
Get in touch for advice about student money matters.
Scholarships and grants
You may be able to get a scholarship or grant to help fund your studies.
We award scholarships and grants for travel, academic excellence, or to students from under-represented backgrounds.
Support during your course
The Student Hub offers support and advice on money to students. You may be able to access our Student Support fund and other sources of financial support during your course.
Funding for EU and international students
Find out about funding you could get as an international student.
How to apply
What happens after you apply?
We will assess your application on the strength of your:
- predicted grades
- academic achievements
- personal statement
- academic reference
We'll aim to process your application within 2 to 6 weeks, but this will depend on when it is submitted. Applications submitted in January, particularly near to the UCAS equal consideration deadline, might take substantially longer to be processed due to the high volume received at that time.
Equality and diversity
We treat and select everyone in line with our Equality and Diversity Statement.
Got a question?
Please contact our enquiries team if you're not sure that you have the right experience or qualifications to get onto this course.
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44(0)23 8059 5000
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