Film Studies at Southampton is exceptionally vibrant and friendly. It offers a wide range of outstanding undergraduate and postgraduate programmes taught by world class researchers and study at Southampton can be combined with study abroad at locations all over the world. Southampton is a fantastic place to study film with excellent facilities, exciting and flexible programmes and supportive and highly knowledgable staff.
If you choose to study at postgraduate level in Film Studies you’ll be working with leading academics.
Film Studies is a separate disciplinary group within Arts and Humanities led by Dr Michael Williams. As you can see from staff profiles, our academics are involved in research of international standing and have established an environment where teaching and research comes together to help you flourish whatever your interests.
The postgraduate programmes explore cinema from its beginnings in the 19th century to the ever-changing present of the digital age, and intersect with a diverse array of fields including history, gender studies, television and cultural studies.
It offers a highly regarded traditional MA in Film, as well as an innovative MA in Film and Cultural Management. The MPhil / PhD programmes offer a flexible range of study options to suit you, including part-time and distance learning, as well as an exciting integrated degree (iPhD) that presents a new way to progress from Masters to Doctoral work.
