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MSc - Master of Science
Main Campus
Part Time
Sep 2026
2 Year
Our MSc in Film Studies is a long-established and stimulating programme that allows you to explore central concepts in the development of film-philosophy and film theory with an emphasis on European and American cinema.Our students engage closely with the analysis of film and the history of cinema aesthetics and interpretation.The programme will provide you with the analytical and critical tools for the investigation of individual films and filmmakers and the opportunity to discuss these in relation to film philosophies, aesthetics, film movements and genres as well as contexts of production and reception.Our academic staff expertise ranges from historical considerations of the development of the moving image to philosophical engagements with contemporary cinema. We also support studies in television and screen media.
