phd film studies scholarship

Ph.D. in Cinema Studies

The Ph.D. curriculum draws on the methods of a number of disciplines, including art history, cultural studies, American studies, psychoanalytic theory, and philosophy. It involves intensive seminar level study in film theory, history and research methods. Graduates of the program have gone onto positions of academic leadership in the field.  The Doctor of Philosophy degree is conferred for advanced studies in which the student demonstrates outstanding original scholarship. It signifies the student can conduct independent research and has both a broad basic knowledge of all areas of his or her field and an intensive knowledge of one field in particular.

Over the first two years of the program, you’ll enroll in nine courses. In addition to the three courses listed below, a number of lectures and seminars are offered each semester in the department. Additionally, you will have the option to take up to two courses in other departments within NYU.

PhD Methodologies

In your first semester, you will meet with your cohort to examine a range of activities entailed in being in the program specifically, and in preparing for a career in cinema and media studies generally.  The course covers professional activities, research protocols, and practical exercises.

Directed Reading

In your third semester, you will complete a Directed Reading in your dissertation topic area with supervision by your anticipated dissertation advisor.

Dissertation Seminar

In your fourth semester, your cohort will come back together to prepare dissertation proposals through in-class debate, written feedback, and guests with experience in the process.  With regular presentations of work in progress, you will spend the semester finishing your dissertation proposal.

Qualifying Exams

You will be required to pass three Qualifying Examinations during your first two years in the program. The two written exams, one each in the fields of Film/Media History and Film/Culture/Media Theory, consist of 10-page essays completed over the course of a week and graded by three faculty members. The oral exam comprises questions relating to your specific area of research during your dissertation proposal, conducted and graded by three faculty members.

Read more about the Ph.D. Comprehesive Examinations.

Language Requirement

You will be expected to demonstrate proficiency in one foreign language.  Six languages are accepted toward fulfilling this requirement: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish.  Students for whom English is a second language may request an exemption from this requirement.  To demonstrate proficiency, you must pass an exam from either the department or the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

You will be given the opportunity to serve as a teaching assistant during your second year of coursework.  Once your coursework and qualifying examinations are complete, you will be eligible to submit course proposals for adjunct teaching positions in the department.

Current students should consult the Ph.D. Handbook for rules and regulations.

Film Studies Research MPhil/PhD

Key information

The Film Studies Department at King's is one of the the leading centres for the study of cinema in London. We have internationally recognised research strengths in the following areas: European cinema, American cinema (mainstream and avant-garde), world cinema (especially East Asian), cultural approaches, and film theory. We also offer the option of a joint PhD with Hong Kong University or the National University of Singapore.

Staff publications and research encompass national cinemas together with popular European genres and stars, art cinema, documentary, and experimental film. Cultural approaches extend to a wider range of cinemas (American and Asian as well as European) and include national and transnational identity in film, gender and ethnicity, the representation of the city, music and film, and new media. Work in the area of film theory addresses the relationships among film and other disciplines such as philosophy, psychoanalysis, literature, geography, and art.

Most recent REF rankings: 87% of our research is rated 3* or 4* - indicating internationally excellent and world-leading quality – and 100% being awarded the same rating for its impact. The Department has received consistently high rankings in league tables (5th in the UK, Guardian 2018).

Current number of academic staff : 18.

Current number of research students : 45.

Recent publications:

Details about the departments publications and research can be found here

Head of Programme: Dr Belén Vidal 

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UK Tuition Fees 2023/24

Full time tuition fees:

£5,820 per year (MPhil/PhD, Film Studies)

£5,820 per year (MPhil/PhD, Film Studies with University of Hong Kong or National University of Singapore)

Part time tuition fees: £2,910 per year MPhil/PhD, Film Studies)

International Tuition Fees 2023/24

£22,900 per year (MPhil/PhD, Film Studies)

£22,900 per year (MPhil/PhD, Film Studies with University of Hong Kong or National University of Singapore)

Part time tuition fees: £11,450 per year (MPhil/PhD, Film Studies)

UK Tuition Fees 2024/25

£6,168 per year (MPhil/PhD, Film Studies)

£6,168 per year (MPhil/PhD, Film Studies with University of Hong Kong or National University of Singapore)

Part time tuition fees: £3,084 per year MPhil/PhD, Film Studies)

International Tuition Fees 2024/25

£24,786 per year (MPhil/PhD, Film Studies)

£24,786 per year (MPhil/PhD, Film Studies with University of Hong Kong or National University of Singapore)

Part time tuition fees: £12,393 per year (MPhil/PhD, Film Studies)

These tuition fees may be subject to additional increases in subsequent years of study, in line with King’s terms and conditions.

Study environment

Base campus

Strand Campus

Located on the north bank of the River Thames, the Strand Campus houses King's College London's arts and sciences faculties.

The department's training programme covers methods and issues in presentation, illustration and referencing both written or oral communication in film studies, as well as support for formulating topics, reviewing the field and preparing for vivas and conferences. You will have access to the lectures, seminars and special events held under the auspices of the University of London Screen Studies Group.

King's has made a major commitment to refurbishing its multimedia infrastructure for the study of film and related media. This includes building a significant collection of print and DVD/VHS materials, new facilities for group teaching in 35mm, video, and DVD modes on the Strand Campus, and substantial new information technology resources.

You can choose to do your PhD jointly with Hong Kong University or the National University of Singapore.

The Film Studies Department at King's sees a close affinity with the research interests and directions of Hong Kong University’s (HKU) Comparative Literature Department with its growing interests in global, inter-regional and cross-cultural exchanges in the study of film theories and histories, postcolonial discourses, gender and sexualities, race, ethnicities and other forms of sociopolitical identities, as well as interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary media.

HKU Comparative Literature is a world-renowned programme with a strong emphasis on the comparative studies of literature, film and media. It is also considered the hub of East Asian colonial and postcolonial studies and cultural theories, which bring together an interdisciplinary dialogue and cutting-edge debate that reposition Euro-American critical scholarship, generate new ideas specific to East Asia, and reconfigure the existing discourses in Europe and North America.

Film Studies is part of a larger intellectual environment in the Department of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore, which offers undergraduate and graduate programmes that examine communication with a focus on new media, and cultural studies in Asia. These programmes focus on media and cultural studies, communication management and interactive media design.

It has research and PhD supervision expertise on cultural studies including queer and Asian film studies, East Asian media cultures, critical technology studies, health communication, media psychology and computational communication.

FAQs about joint PhDs can be found on the King's worldwide web pages .

In recent years, a number of students at King’s Film Studies have taken advantage of King's strategic relationship with Hong Kong University to conduct comparative research in queer cinema and media, supervised jointly by faculty members from both universities. Students and scholars in both institutions also host events to discuss their current research and ideas. The diverse interests in both groups also allow their members to explore areas and issues beyond each programme’s individual capacity, including South Asian cinemas, Eastern European cinemas, Arabic cinemas and African cinemas. Besides such an ever-expanding global dimension, the two departments are also deeply engaged in cinema’s relationship with spatiality and temporality, especially in cosmopolitan cityscapes like Hong Kong and London.

Further collaboration

The two departments are developing further collaborative projects in the exploration of comparative histories in film theories, global perspectives in film historiographies and philosophies. In the near future, the two departments will forge new opportunities to host joint conferences, film programmes, festivals and other cultural events. With King’s Film Studies connections to the Cultural Institute at King’s, King’s Global Institutes, Lau China Institute, its current collaborations with the British Film Institute and the Chinese Visual Festival, and with Hong Kong’s networks of cultural institutions including the Hong Kong Arts Centre, the Hong Kong Film Archive and the Hong Kong Film Festival, the two departments wish to continue to expand and deepen our connections both in Europe and East Asia.

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Ph.d. in film & digital media.

The Ph.D. program in Film and Digital Media challenges the traditionally conceived borders between creative and critical practice. The program enables potential dialogue between creative practice and theoretical knowledge as related forms of intellectual work and provides the conditions for students to realize a wide range of possible projects, including those that exist across the traditional divides of critical studies and production. Focusing on a diverse range of cultural production that includes cinema, television, video art, and Internet-based media, the Ph.D. program participants interrogate the historical, aesthetic, political, ideological, and technological aspects of these media forms across a range of international contexts, investigating their points of connection and convergence as well as their relationship to broader cultural and historical change. The program thus prepares students for intellectually informed creative practice as well as theoretical and critical production in a range of environments, not limited to traditional academic contexts. 

Integrating critical and creative practice:  

In our research and teaching, we explore the intersections of what have been, or have become, separated modes in our field of media studies: theory and practice. We seek to nurture dialogue between creative practice and scholarly inquiry as related forms of intellectual work.

Working across media: 

Our approach to media studies and media production incorporates a range of technologies and platforms, stressing their historical and intertextual relationships.

Pursuing new modes of social and political engagement: 

Media literacy, broadly defined, is an essential component of participation in our increasingly mediated lives. A new generation of media makers and media interpreters has the power to re-shape the world.

Fostering global cultural citizenship: 

Making and studying media today necessitates a global and historical perspective. By thinking and working across boundaries of nation, culture and identity, we are creating new forms of knowledge and new media forms that respect and investigate differences of race, class, gender, sexuality and nation.

Film and Digital Media Ph.D. Program Learning Outcomes

Students who earn a Ph.D. in Film and Digital Media will gain the skills, knowledge, and understanding that will enable them to:

1. Demonstrate that student’s critical study of media informs the student’s media-making practices 2. Demonstrate knowledge of video and/or digital media production 3. Demonstrate critical thinking and analytical skills appropriate doctoral work in to the discipline of film and digital media 4. Demonstrate research skills appropriate to doctoral work in the discipline of film and digital media 5. Demonstrate scholarly writing skills appropriate to doctoral work in the discipline of film and digital media

Prospective Applicants:

Candidates must have demonstrated skill in critical, theoretical and historical scholarship, and a demonstrated interest in film, television, video and new media studies. We are particularly interested in candidates with demonstrated experience in some form of artistic production, and an interest in combining creative work with critical and theoretical study. 

Candidates should also be aware that we will prioritize those who, in their application, outline a project or form of work that integrates critical and creative work together in a hybrid form that would be difficult or impossible to pursue in a either a conventional humanities program or a studio or production degree program. The Ph.D. program in Film & Digital Media is designed to provide a platform for the creation of hybrid work that would not be possible to accomplish elsewhere.

For program requirements, please review our  Program Statement

For more information about UCSC applications, consult the  Graduate Division  website and their  Admissions Pages.

Film and Media Studies Program

The graduate program in film and media studies.

Inaugurated in 2002, Yale’s doctoral Program in Film and Media Studies quickly achieved the international stature it enjoys today. Building on a core faculty that had long overseen an impressive undergraduate major, the graduate program attracted incoming faculty who were eager to help shape it. The quality of the students who have applied has been superior, and the large majority of those selected have chosen to study here. Fifty students have completed, or are in the midst of, their degrees. Our alumni hold positions at a range of institutions, including universities with major graduate programs, and several have already seen their revised dissertations published as books by important presses. 

Graduate students have been able to produce such significant research thanks not least to Yale’s unparalleled resources.  Specialized librarians and curators keep our students in mind as they collect and make available the massive amounts of material held by the Sterling Memorial Library, the Haas library in the History of Art, and especially the Beinecke rare book library that houses the archives of hundreds of filmmakers, writers, and artists.  Two of America’s great art museums, The Yale University Art Gallery and the British Art Center (with buildings designed by Louis Kahn), retain a continuing relation with our graduate students.  As for primary material in our field,  the Yale Film Archive is home to a growing collection of 35mm and 16mm film prints, and is a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). The Archive also oversees a large circulating library of DVDs, Blu-rays, and VHS tapes.

A dedicated, expert projectionist oversees hundreds of screenings each year, mainly in two spaces (the auditorium of 250 in our building and a projection room holding 40 on York Street) that are equipped for 35mm, 16mm, and virtually all video formats. 4K and 2K projections are common.

Graduate students absorb and generate the energy and enthusiasm so important to dynamic film scholarship thanks to the bustling intellectual climate at the Humanities Quadrangle, where faculty and students meet continually—almost daily it seems—around screenings, lectures, conferences and workshops, some initiated by the graduate students themselves. 

By design the doctorate in Film and Media Studies at Yale is always undertaken in combination with one of ten other disciplines in the Humanities (African-American Studies, American Studies, Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages and Literatures, English, French, German, History of Art, Italian, Slavic Languages and Literatures).   It was thought, and has proven true, that upon completing their degrees, students who are prepared for positions in both Film and Media and in another discipline would hold a particular advantage, and not merely because of the wider range of openings available to them in the job market, but because the calculated interdisciplinarity of their research makes them stand out. Thoroughly grounded in Film and Media Studies, they become expert in certain of its issues by offering authoritative perspectives and methods that derive from systematic work with the outstanding faculty and graduate students in another Yale department or program. Our students are welcomed throughout the Humanities on campus as they enliven traditional disciplines with the images, sounds, and ideas they bring from Film and Media Studies.

The faculty and its curriculum represent a full range of topics that have been at the center of Film Studies from its outset: theory, criticism, and history, plus cultural approaches to American, European, Latin American and Japanese national cinemas.  Naturally, as the field and its discipline evolve, so too do we, though always keeping ourselves based in this tradition. Transnational and global approaches bring the national cinemas, and their specialists, into productive contact. Overarching concerns involving technological, aesthetic, social and cultural issues (especially race and gender), have developed to the point that in 2015 the Program added “Media” to its name and mission. FMS, as our Program is now called for short, officially embraces images and sounds from an array of sources and channels, especially as these coexist and intertwine with cinema, something that has occurred throughout its long history.  We study that history as well as the challenge and possibilities of “new media,” which we know to be on the minds of graduate students. This keeps Yale’s Program vigilant as it looks to the past for cues about ways to best approach the future. The faculty recognizes that graduate students must be in the lead of an evolving discipline, and so encourages them to take up the most current developments and debates. The goal of the Program’s pedagogy is to provide its current students with a steady anchor in what the discipline has been, so that they can confidently and creatively participate at the highest level in its discourse and institutions, leading it forward while passing continuing its legacy.

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Film & media.

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Phd in film and media.

Students in the Film and Media PhD are encouraged to situate moving images within the larger theoretical and analytical frameworks of a range of other disciplines. They integrate the traditions of history, law, literature, cultural studies, gender studies, and political theory to the newer disciplines of film studies and digital media, applying the tools of post-structuralism, psychoanalysis, new historicism, media archaeology, Frankfurt School, feminist theory, queer theory, post-colonialism, and critical race theory. Many combine their degree study with a campus designated emphasis (graduate “minor”) in New Media, in Critical Theory, or in Women, Gender and Sexuality.

Designated Emphasis in Film Studies

PhD students at Berkeley outside the Department of Film & Media may add a Designated Emphasis in Film Studies to their major fields. The designated emphasis provides curricular and research resources for students who want to concentrate on film and media research within their respective disciplines and have their work formally recognized. Designed to bring together faculty and students from different departments, the program provides a unique contliext for rigorous cross-disciplinary thinking and promotes innovative research in the theory and history of cinema and media studies.

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Applying for graduate admission.

Thank you for considering UC Berkeley for graduate study! UC Berkeley offers more than 120 graduate programs representing the breadth and depth of interdisciplinary scholarship. A complete list of graduate academic departments, degrees offered, and application deadlines can be found on the Graduate Division website .

Prospective students must submit an online application to be considered for admission, in addition to any supplemental materials specific to the program for which they are applying. The online application can be found on the Graduate Division website .

Admission Requirements

The minimum graduate admission requirements are:

A bachelor’s degree or recognized equivalent from an accredited institution;

A satisfactory scholastic average, usually a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 (B) on a 4.0 scale; and

Enough undergraduate training to do graduate work in your chosen field.

For a list of requirements to complete your graduate application, please see the Graduate Division’s Admissions Requirements page . It is also important to check with the program or department of interest, as they may have additional requirements specific to their program of study and degree. Department contact information can be found here .

Where to apply?

Visit the Berkeley Graduate Division application page .

Admission to the Designated Emphasis Program

Applicants must be enrolled in a doctoral program at Berkeley and must have completed either FILM 201, offered each fall semester, or FILM 200 , taught every spring.

Doctoral Degree Requirements

Designated emphasis requirements, coursework/curriculum.

A minimum of three graduate seminars in Film Studies must be taken at Berkeley. Independent study courses are not acceptable to fulfill this requirement.

Required courses

Qualifying examination (qe).

A member of the Graduate Group in Film Studies must be a formal member of the PhD qualifying examination committee. If applicable, the Film Studies Graduate Group member in the student’s home department will serve in this function. A member of the Graduate Group may also serve as the outside member of the qualifying exam committee. A Film Studies topic must be included as a subject on the qualifying examination.

Dissertation

A member of the Graduate Group in Film Studies must be a formal member of the dissertation committee. The dissertation must contribute to the study of film and moving-image media.

Degree Conferral

Upon completion of these requirements and the dissertation, the student will receive a designation on their transcript to state that they have completed a “PhD in [major] with an Emphasis in Film Studies.”

Film and Media

Film 200 graduate film theory seminar 4 units.

Terms offered: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022 This seminar will examine both traditional and recent critical approaches to a systematic and historical study of film. Although we will emphasize contemporary structuralist-semiotic, psychoanalytical, and socio-critical methods, we will also study the classical debates in film theory about representation, filmic vs. literary signification, sexual difference, and the social function of images in modernism and postmodernism. Illustrations will be taken from film history from 1910 to 1980. Graduate Film Theory Seminar: Read More [+]

Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar and 1 hour of discussion per week

Additional Format: Three hours of Seminar and One hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Film and Media/Graduate

Grading: Letter grade.

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FILM 201 Graduate Film Historiography 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 The theoretical and methodological issues raised by the recent practice of film history are the focus of this seminar. Intended primarily for first-year film studies graduate students and other students interested in starting work on film history, the seminar provides both a theoretical overview of film historiography and an introduction to the practice of historically oriented film research. The first part of the course uses both overtly historiographic readings and film history examples to raise historical questions of technology, institution-formation, exhibition, cultural history, and spectatorship. Graduate Film Historiography: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar and 2 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Three hours of seminar and two hours of laboratory per week.

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FILM 203 Film Studies Proseminar 2 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022 A seminar introducing Film Studies graduate students to the field, the profession, and the faculty practicing film studies. Envisioned as a way for new students to learn what is expected of them and for more advanced students to pass through the all-important last years of their training in an atmosphere of helpful camaraderie. Introduces students to the intellectual and physical resources of the Berkeley campus as well as the Bay Area. By the end of the semester students should gain an understanding of the expectations of their performance in graduate school, have identified the major goals on the way towards getting a Ph.D., and, depending on where they are in their studies, have begun to achieve those goals. Film Studies Proseminar: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Graduate standing

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar per week

Additional Format: Three hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.

Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.

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FILM 204 Compact Seminar 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2010 A compact seminar features a distinguished, short-term visitor with expertise in Film and Media. During the stay, the visitor meets intensively with graduate students, who then continue to work on research topics for the remainder of the semester. The seminar meets eight times one hundred and twenty minutes, not including screening time, and a substantial (twenty-five page) research paper is required at the end of the semester. Compact Seminar: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 4 weeks - 4 hours of seminar per week

Additional Format: Four hours of seminar (meeting two times per week).

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FILM 220 Film Curating 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2021, Spring 2011, Fall 2006 An introduction to the theory, history, and practice of film curating taught by Pacific Film Archive curators. What do curators do? How do they decide what to show? What is the role of film archives and film exhibition in the field of film and moving image study? Using the Pacific Film Archive and its programmers as a laboratory, students will go behind-the-scenes of the Archive's curatorial, print traffic, publicity, and editorial departments and learn how to program by doing. The course will culminate in a proposal for a comprehensive film series. Film Curating: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of seminar and 1-4 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Three hours of Seminar and One to Four hour of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.

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FILM 221 Film Curating Part 2 2 Units

Terms offered: Spring 2007 Students will develop and present a film series for presentation at the Pacific Film Archive. Possibly refining a series proposed in 220. PFA curators will have final approval of the series topic and the film/video selection. Students will locate and book all films, write program notes, do outreach, and introduce programs. Guest speakers will include local press, writers, and artists. Local film and videomakers will trace the history of a work from production through exhibition. Film Curating Part 2: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: 220

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FILM 230 Graduate Production Seminar 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012 Intensive study of the basic elements of film and digital video production and post-production. Graduate students will develop a working knowledge of film and video making through hands-on production experience that will enable them to film and edit their own productions. They will also acquire training to teach basic video and film production classes. The uses of specific technologies and formats will be discussed in relation to aesthetic and theoretical questions. Training includes pre-production-scripting and storyboarding, production elements including image capture, and post-production strategies and aesthetics for non-linear digital editing programs. The course will also introduce problems of how to format video/films for exhibition and approaches to distribution, exhibition, and funding. Classes will consist of technical lectures and hands-on workshops, creative exercises, seminar-style discussion and critique, film screenings, assigned readings, and visiting artists and speakers. Graduate Production Seminar: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 3-5 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Two hours of Lecture and Three to Five hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.

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FILM 240 Graduate Topics in Film 4 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023 Selected topics in the study of film. Graduate Topics in Film: Read More [+]

Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Format: Three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.

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FILM 297 Dissertation Writing Seminar 4 Units

Terms offered: Prior to 2007 Students having completed doctoral qualifying examinations and now working on a dissertation or prospectus will undertake a structured process leading to the completion of a finished piece of work, in most cases a dissertation chapter. Each week, students will discuss one or more works in progress, and will have an opportunity both to learn from other students’ process and research, and to receive feedback from a diverse group on your own writing. Alongside the work of participants, students will read relevant theoretical texts and discuss research methods, questions of genre, tools for moving through blocks, and avenues for publication. Dissertation Writing Seminar: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Students must have successfully completed their doctoral qualifying examinations and advanced to candidacy

Additional Format: Three hours of seminar per week.

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FILM 298 Special Study 1 - 4 Units

Terms offered: Summer 2022 First 6 Week Session, Fall 2021, Fall 2017 Designed to allow students to do research in areas not covered by other courses. Requires regular discussions with the instructor and a final written report. Special Study: Read More [+]

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Graduate standing

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week

Summer: 3 weeks - 5-20 hours of independent study per week 6 weeks - 2.5-10 hours of independent study per week 8 weeks - 2-7.5 hours of independent study per week 10 weeks - 1.5-6 hours of independent study per week

Additional Format: Individual conferences. Individual conferences.

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FILM 299 Directed Research 1 - 12 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2020 Open to graduate students who have passed their Ph.D. qualifying examinations. Directed Research: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-12 hours of independent study per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 1.5-22.5 hours of independent study per week

Additional Format: One to Twelve hour of Independent study per week for 15 weeks. One and one-half to Twenty-two and one-half hours of Independent study per week for 8 weeks.

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FILM 375 Teaching Reading and Composition through Film & Media 2 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2022, Fall 2021 This course serves as introductory training for first-time R&C GSIs who are interested in incorporating moving-image materials and instructional strategies into their teaching repertoire. Teaching Reading and Composition through Film & Media: Read More [+]

Objectives & Outcomes

Course Objectives: This course exposes students to current research on teaching student writing, encourages discussion of strategies and practices for R&C courses using both readings and moving-image media in the instructional content, and creates a structured space for current GSIs to workshop and troubleshoot issues from teaching in progress during the semester’s instruction.

Student Learning Outcomes: 2. be able to create and evaluate the effectiveness of lesson plans and assignments that employ active learning strategies (e.g., discussion, collaborative problem solving, applied practice) in the study of moving-image media materials; 3. know the standards of ethical conduct by which they and their students must abide and how to provide a welcoming and respectful learning environment for a diverse student body; 4. know general and field-specific University policies and resources for teaching film and media composition courses on the Berkeley campus, such as those pertaining to students with disabilities, students in distress, student athletes, sexual harassment, academic integrity, and instructional technology; 5. know how to assess student learning and grade student work fairly, consistently, and efficiently, with special attention to the structural and cultural differences in preparation that present barriers to learning effective writing; 6. be able to use feedback and assessment tools such as mid-semester evaluations to improve teaching; 7. be able to reflect upon teaching and learning and explain why they make the choices they do as teachers in their field; 8. know how to effectively communicate and collaborate with members of a teaching team (e.g., faculty instructor, head GSI, co-instructors, fellow GSIs, Readers, course support staff). Upon completion of the course, GSIs should: 1. know effective practices, current directions, and resources for engaging students in writing about film and media;

Prerequisites: Current or upcoming first-time appointment as GSI

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of seminar per week

Additional Format: Two hours of seminar per week.

Subject/Course Level: Film and Media/Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers

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FILM 602 Individual Study for Doctoral Students 1 - 6 Units

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018 Individual study in consultation with faculty director as preparation for degree examinations. Individual Study for Doctoral Students: Read More [+]

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1-6 hours of independent study per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 1.5-11 hours of independent study per week

Additional Format: One to Six hour of Independent study per week for 15 weeks. One and one-half to Eleven hours of Independent study per week for 8 weeks.

Subject/Course Level: Film and Media/Graduate examination preparation

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Contact Information

Department of film and media.

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Film & Media Department Chair

Kristen Whissel

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Film & Media Graduate Advising Office

Graduate Student Advisor

7407 Dwinelle Hall

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Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies  

The Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies (AFVS) at Harvard offers a graduate program in Film and Visual Studies leading to a PhD.

The Department also offers a secondary field in Film and Visual Studies for students already admitted to PhD programs in other departments in the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

The study of film at Harvard functions within the multi-disciplinary examination of audio-visual experience. From Hugo Münsterberg's pathbreaking forays into the psychological reception of moving images and Rudolf Arnheim’s seminal investigations of "visual thinking" to Paul Sachs’s incorporation of film into the academic and curatorial focus of the fine arts at Harvard and Stanley Cavell’s philosophical approaches to the medium, Harvard has sustained a distinguished tradition of engaging cinema and the cultural, visual, spatial, and philosophical questions that it raises. With their emphases on experimentation in the contemporary arts and creative collaboration among practitioners and critics, the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies (AFVS) and the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts provide a singular and unparalleled site for advanced research in Film and Visual Studies. The program aims to foster critical understanding of the interactions between the making of and thinking about film and video, between studio art, performance, and visual culture, and between different arts and pursuits whose objects are audio-visual entities. The Carpenter Center also supports a lively research culture, including the Film and Visual Studies Colloquium and a Film and Visual Studies Workshop for advanced doctoral students, as well as lecture series and exhibitions featuring distinguished artists, filmmakers, and scholars.

Interdisciplinary in its impetus, the program draws on and consolidates course offerings in departments throughout the Faculty of Arts and Sciences which consider film and other arts in all their various countenances and investigate the place of visual arts within a variety of contexts. Graduate students may also take advantage of the significant resources of the Harvard Film Archive (HFA), which houses a vast collection of 16mm and 35mm film prints as well as rare video materials, vintage film posters, photographs, and promotional materials. The HFA furthers the artistic and academic appreciation of moving image media within the Harvard and the New England community, offering a setting where students and faculty can interact with filmmakers and artists. In early 2003, the HFA opened a new Conservation Center that allows the HFA conservator and staff to accession new films as well as to preserve its significant collections of independent, international, and silent films.

Students and faculty in Film and Visual Studies are also eligible to apply to the Harvard Film Study Center for fellowships which are awarded annually in support of original film, video, and photographic projects. Established in 1957, the Film Study Center provides production equipment, post-production facilities, technical support, and funding for nonfiction works that interpret the world through images and sounds. Among the many important films to have been produced at the Film Study Center are John Marshall's The Hunters (1956), Robert Gardner's Forest of Bliss (1985), Irene Lusztig's Reconstruction (2001), Ross McElwee's Bright Leaves (2003), Peter Galison and Robb Moss’s Secrecy (2008), Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor's Sweetgrass (2009), Véréna Paravel and J.P. Sniadecki’s Foreign Parts (2011), Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor’s Leviathan (2013) and De Humani Corporis Fabrica (2022), Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez’s Manakamana (2014), Mati Diop’s Atlantiques (2019), Ernst Karel and Veronika

Kusumaryati’s Expedition Content (2020), and Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós’ Dry Ground Burning (2022).

Images:  Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine  (2005), directed by Peter Tscherkassky, from a print in the collection of the Harvard Film Archive.

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My native language is not english; do i have to take the an english language proficiency exam.

Adequate  command of spoken and written English  is essential to success in graduate study at Harvard. Applicants who are non-native English speakers can demonstrate English proficiency in one of three ways:

• Receiving an undergraduate degree from an academic institution where English is the primary language of instruction.*
• Earning a minimum score of 80 on the Internet based test (iBT) of the ...

When is the application deadline for admission to the Ph.D. program in Film and Visual Studies?

December 15, 2023

Where can I obtain an admissions application?

Applications are found on the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences website ( https://gsas.harvard.edu/admissions/apply ). 

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Film Studies PhD

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Study modes: Full-time, Part-time

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Research profile

The PhD in Film Studies is a three-year full-time or six-year part-time degree programme, which allows you to pursue a research topic in depth and produce a thesis of approximately 80,000 words.

As well as being a highly respected qualification from a top-ranking university, a postgraduate research degree in film studies places you at the heart of a vibrant, artistic city with a flourishing film culture.

Our expert academic staff and extensive library of books, journals and films will support and inspire you in your research. There is easy access to the impressive collections of the National Library of Scotland and local cultural centres. The city is home to the Edinburgh International Film Festival, along with many other festivals, cinemas and film organisations.

We can provide supervised research on a wide range of topics, such as film aesthetics and film and philosophy, various national cinemas, the work of individual filmmakers, cinema in relation to other art forms, and film exhibition.

We will consider thematic projects and research on genres, movements and theories. For interdisciplinary topics, expertise is on hand from within the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) and beyond, including staff researching literature, anthropology, art history, music and more.

Be inspired by the range of PhD research in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

Read our pre-application guidance on writing a PhD research proposal

Training and support

The Edinburgh Film Seminar gives you access to presentations, discussions and lectures by leading film academics and film professionals.

You will also be involved in the activities of the Edinburgh Film Research Network including conferences, presentations and study days.

Student-led screenings, discussion groups, Work-in-Progress seminars and film clubs are among the numerous ways in which we will encourage you to widen your experience and develop networks that will help carry you into an academic career or employment related to film and the moving image.

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On hand are all the amenities you would expect, such as computing facilities and study areas as well as a high specification digital screening room.

We have an extensive collection of film books and journals, a large number of films available to stream and an impressive DVD library.

The National Library of Scotland provides a remarkable choice of texts on film. Cultural centres located in Edinburgh, such as the Institut Francais d'Ecosse and the Italian Institute, also house DVD collections and host regular film screenings.

Entry requirements

These entry requirements are for the 2024/25 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2025/26 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2024.

A UK 2:1 honours degree and a masters degree, or their international equivalents, in a related subject. We may also consider your application if you have equivalent qualifications or experience; please check with the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) before you apply.

International qualifications

Check whether your international qualifications meet our general entry requirements:

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• English language requirements

Regardless of your nationality or country of residence, you must demonstrate a level of English language competency at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies.

English language tests

We accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified:

• IELTS Academic: total 7.0 with at least 6.5 in each component. We do not accept IELTS One Skill Retake to meet our English language requirements.
• TOEFL-iBT (including Home Edition): total 100 with at least 23 in each component. We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.
• C1 Advanced ( CAE ) / C2 Proficiency ( CPE ): total 185 with at least 176 in each component.
• Trinity ISE : ISE III with passes in all four components.
• PTE Academic: total 70 with at least 62 in each component.

Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS , TOEFL, Trinity ISE or PTE , in which case it must be no more than two years old.

Degrees taught and assessed in English

We also accept an undergraduate or postgraduate degree that has been taught and assessed in English in a majority English speaking country, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration:

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We also accept a degree that has been taught and assessed in English from a university on our list of approved universities in non-majority English speaking countries (non-MESC).

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If you are not a national of a majority English speaking country, then your degree must be no more than five years old* at the beginning of your programme of study. (*Revised 05 March 2024 to extend degree validity to five years.)

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Fees and costs

Scholarships and funding, featured funding.

There are a number of scholarship schemes available to eligible candidates on this PhD programme, including awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Please be advised that many scholarships have more than one application stage, and early deadlines.

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Due to high demand, the school operates a number of selection deadlines. We will make a small number of offers to the most outstanding candidates on an ongoing basis, but hold the majority of applications until the next published selection deadline when we will offer a proportion of the places available to applicants selected through a competitive process.

Deadlines for applicants applying to study in 2024/25:

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You must submit two references with your application.

Before you formally apply for this PhD, you should look at the pre-application information and guidance on the programme website. This will help you decide if this programme is right for you and help us gain a clearer picture of what you hope to achieve in your research.

For this PhD, the pre-application guidance includes a downloadable template for completing your PhD research proposal, one of the most important aspects of your application.

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You should also include a sample of written work of about 5,000 words (this can be a previous piece of work from an undergraduate or masters degree and should preferably be written in English), and supply two references.

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Welcome to the Film and Media Studies Ph.D. Program

UC Irvine’s PhD program in Film and Media Studies offers students the opportunity to study and develop original research on film, television, and digital media. Rooted in the Humanities, we focus on interpreting the histories and theories of media and their cultural contexts.

Our curriculum provides a broad foundation in Film and Media Studies while also centering questions of media and power. Our course offerings emphasize post-colonial and decolonial approaches to film and media, queer theory and histories of gender and sexuality, critical race studies, video game studies, and archival research. We seek students who are deeply invested in understanding the perspectives of those who have been pushed to the margins of media technology, industries, and texts and in exploring the relationships between culture, identity, history, and power.

Located near Los Angeles, UC Irvine offers access to the rich cultural offerings and research institutions of Southern California. Students may choose to supplement their Film and Media Studies degree with interdisciplinary graduate certificates in Asian American Studies , Chicano/Latino Studies , Critical Theory , Feminist Studies , Latin American Studies , and/or Visual Studies .

We admit all students, with BAs or MAs, directly into the PhD program in small cohorts with multi-year funding packages. We encourage prospective students to review our faculty profiles and contact the faculty members who work in their potential areas of interest before applying to learn more about their research, teaching, and advising.

Prospective students interested in the Ph.D. Program in Visual Studies, administered by the Department of Art History, can find more information here .

Meet the Film and Media Studies Faculty and learn about their research interests.

The annual admissions deadline is December 1 .

Complete applications will include:

• A Statement of Purpose (1200 words maximum) that describes your research interests and reasons for seeking a PhD. The Statement of Purpose should indicate how your proposed research correlates to our program's emphases and how you will benefit from working with specific core faculty. You can find information about faculty research interests here.  

• A Personal History Statement (1200 word maximum) that describes your educational accomplishments and goals. It is important to communicate whether you have experienced unique or significant opportunities, challenges, and/or obstacles in your pursuit of an education. Please also describe the career paths you plan to pursue after graduation.

• A sample of academic writing that demonstrates original thinking, clear writing and your preparedness to do graduate-level work in film and media studies.

• Length: A minimum of ten pages to a maximum of thirty pages. Any submission longer than the maximum will not be reviewed past the maximum page limit.
• You may submit two pieces of work as long as their combined length does not exceed the page limit.
• In the event you have a longer piece of work to submit, such as a Master's thesis or Undergraduate research paper, please submit a chapter or section of the work within the page restriction.

• Three letters of recommendation, preferably from faculty with whom you have studied.

• Transcripts.

• Results of the TOEFL or IELTS exam for international applicants for whom English is not their primary language.

For academic questions (questions about program requirements, the application review process, funding opportunities, etc.) please contact the Graduate Director, Professor Kristen Hatch ([email protected]). 

For administrative questions (questions about how to apply, paying the application fee, application materials, etc.) please contact the Graduate Coordinator, Amy Fujitani ([email protected]). 

To apply, click here .

Course Requirements

Required Core Courses (6 courses)

FLM&MDA 285A: Film Studies: Theory and Methods.

FLM&MDA 285B: Television Studies: Theory and Methods.

FLM&MDA 285C: Digital Media and Game Studies: Theory and Methods.

FLM&MDA 286A: Film and Media Studies Historiography.

FLM&MDA 286B: Media/Power/Culture.

FLM&MDA 286C: Critical Approaches to Film and Media Studies.

Elective Courses (7 courses)

FLM&MDA 291: Graduate Seminar in Film and Media Studies. Repeatable as topics vary.

FLM&MDA 292: Graduate Seminar in Film & Media Critical Practice. Repeatable as topics vary.

FLM&MDA 295: Directed Reading. Repeatable as topics vary.

Required Practicums in Film and Media Studies (4 courses)

FLM&MDA 287: Practicum in Pedagogy.

FLM&MDA 288A: Practicum in Professionalization I.

FLM&MDA 288B: Practicum in Professionalization II.

FLM&MDA 288C: Practicum in Professionalization III.

Required Supporting Course (1 course)

FLM&MDA 298: Prospectus Writing Practicum.

Students must take three elective courses from within the Department of Film and Media Studies and two outside Film and Media Studies. The remaining two electives can be taken within or outside the department.

Students entering with a MA may petition to have up to three elective courses waived, subject to the approval of Graduate Division. Students who have had three courses waived must take two elective courses from within the Department of Film and Media Studies and one outside Film and Media Studies. The remaining elective can be taken within or outside the department.

During the third through sixth years in the program, students normally enroll in variable-unit courses as follows:

FLM&MDA 296: Reading for the Preliminary Examination.

FLM&MDA 297: Prospectus Research.

FLM&MDA 299: Dissertation Research.

First-Year Review

Students are required to select and confirm their Primary Advisor by the end of the first year.

At the end of the Spring quarter, the Film and Media Studies faculty will review the performance and progress of each first-year student and provide written evaluation of their work. This evaluation will include an assessment of the student’s ability to complete independent research.

A positive assessment indicates that the student is making good progress.

A cautionary assessment will be accompanied by a description of specific improvements that a student must make in order to advance to candidacy in the third year.

A negative overall assessment will place the student on Academic Conditional Status. Faculty will give written feedback with specific areas for improvement and a timeline for future expectations of academic progress. Students who fail to demonstrate improvement may be recommended for dismissal from the program without a degree.

MA Requirements

All students apply for and are accepted into the doctoral program.

Students who enter the PhD program with a prior graduate degree (MA or beyond) in Film and Media Studies or a related discipline may petition to waive up to three electives, subject to the approval of Graduate Division. These students may also petition to waive the MA exam requirement in recognition of their prior degree; normatively, this will be approved. In these cases, students will not complete the MA exam requirement nor earn a second MA en route to the PhD. Film and Media Studies faculty will determine what graduate degree fields qualify as related disciplines. Students entering with an MFA will typically be required to complete the MA exam unless the Graduate Committee determines that the degree is equivalent to an MA.

Students who have not earned an MA in a relevant field prior to matriculating in the Film and Media Studies PhD program must earn an MA degree as part of the PhD program. The program does not offer a stand-alone or terminal MA, except in instances when a student does not continue in the program toward earning the PhD.

In order to earn the MA degree, the student must

1. Satisfactorily complete six foundational courses (FLM&MDA 285A, FLM&MDA 285B, FLM&MDA 285C, FLM&MDA 286A, FLM&MDA 286B, and FLM&MDA 286C);

2. Satisfactorily compete FLM&MDA 287;

3. Satisfactorily complete seven electives, three of which must be within the Department of Film and Media Studies and two outside the Department of Film and Media Studies;

4. Pass the MA Exam; and

5. File the necessary paperwork for conferral of degree with Graduate Division.

For the MA exam, the student will revise one seminar paper written while in the program and submit the revised paper before the start of the Spring quarter in their second year of study. 

The requirements for passing the MA exam are as follows:

• The revised paper must present a substantial and original argument;

• It must reflect substantive revision from the original paper, demonstrating additional research and/or reconceptualization and responsiveness to feedback;

• It must demonstrate a command of the relevant literature;

• It must present adequate evidence to support its claims;

• It must be clearly written in an appropriate academic style; and

• It must be formatted according to MLA or Chicago Manual of Style guidelines with proper citation and bibliography.

Ideally, this revised paper will demonstrate promise toward publication and toward the ability to develop a dissertation; however this is not a requirement at the MA stage.

This paper will be evaluated by a 3-person MA committee, which consists of the student’s primary advisor as chair and two additional department faculty members appointed by the Program Director in consultation with the student and the advisor. The MA committee will evaluate the student’s ability to identify a suitable research project and methodology, develop an argument, respond to faculty feedback, and make revisions. The committee will respond with feedback within three weeks of receiving the paper and may ask for a second round of reasonable revisions, to be completed before the end of the term.

The committee will unanimously decide whether the student has passed the MA exam and if they are eligible to proceed toward the PhD, taking into holistic account the exam (revised paper) results, input from the core Film and Media Studies faculty during the First-Year Review, and the student’s progress during the second year of course work. There are four possible determinations:

Positive: The student will earn the MA degree and qualifies to continue toward the PhD exams. This should be the outcome in the majority of cases.

Cautionary: The student will earn the MA degree and qualifies to continue toward the PhD exams but with areas for improvement communicated in writing to the student and advisor. This occurs when the student’s holistic performance and promise outweigh a borderline exam or vice versa. This should be the outcome only in rare or extenuating circumstances.

MA Only: The student will earn the MA degree but is disqualified from continuing toward the PhD exams. This occurs when the student’s holistic performance and promise do not outweigh a borderline exam.

Negative: The exam is unacceptable. The student will not earn the MA degree and is disqualified from continuing toward the PhD exams.

Students may revise and resubmit the MA paper one additional time in case of a failure to pass.

By the end of their second year, students will work with their advisor to plan their Examination fields for the following year. No later than the end of Winter in the third year of study, students will establish a 5-person Qualifying Exam Committee, at least 51% of whose members, including the Dissertation Advisor, must be core faculty in the Department of Film and Media Studies. At least one committee member must be external to the department.

The student will receive one standardized bibliography and select two specialty field bibliographies on which they will be examined. In the Fall and Winter quarters of the third year, the student will enroll in FLM&MDA 296: Reading for the Preliminary Examination and complete reading the works on these three bibliographies. The three exam areas should serve to help the student define general areas of specialized competence that will aid them in establishing a broad base for the dissertation and in developing college-level courses. Students may not enroll in FLM&MDA 296 until all their other course requirements (with the exception of FLM&MDA 298: Prospectus Writing Practicum) have been completed.

The Qualifying Examination will be administered by the Qualifying Exam Committee and will include both a written and an oral component. The written component will consist of at least one question for each Exam bibliography for which the student has completed readings. Students will write at least one essay for each respective Exam. Faculty may offer a range of questions for each bibliography, giving the student a choice of which question(s) to answer. The written component will be offered as a series of three remote exams to be completed within three respective 24-hour periods; questions and responses will be delivered electronically. The oral component of the exam will take place in conjunction with the Prospectus Defense during the Spring quarter of the student’s third year.

Language Requirement 

Students will consult with the program Director and their principal advisor(s) to determine whether they must demonstrate or develop proficiency in a second language for their research. [1] If the program Director and principal advisor(s) determine that proficiency in a second language is required, the student must demonstrate this proficiency prior to advancing to candidacy. In the event a student does not need a second language to conduct doctoral research, they will not be required to demonstrate proficiency in a second language.

If determined to be required, the language requirement may be satisfied by one of the following means:

1. By passing the Film and Media Studies translation exam. A request must be made to the Film and Media Studies Staff within the first two weeks of the quarter the student wishes to take the exam.

2. By completing, with a grade of B or better, a language course at the 2C level or equivalent, with the exception of Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, which must be completed at the 3C level or equivalent.

3. By attaining a proficiency level of 2C on the Russian Exemption Exam or a proficiency level of 3C on the Chinese Exemption Exam offered by UCI's Academic Testing Center.

4. By petitioning the program. Grounds for a petition might include the student’s being a native speaker in a language other than English or having completed an equivalent language requirement at a different institution. The granting of this petition will remain at the discretion of the Graduate Director, although students dissatisfied with this determination may request the petition be considered by the full faculty. Students who have completed the language requirement at a different institution will need to submit transcripts with the petition. Students will inquire with the Graduate Coordinator to complete a petition.

Dissertation Prospectus and Advancement to Ph.D. Candidacy

In the Spring of the student’s third year, the student will enroll in FLM&MDA 298: Prospectus Writing Practicum and complete a prospectus that identifies the scope, approach, and rationale for their proposed dissertation. The student will present an oral defense of the prospectus to the Qualifying Exam Committee. When the prospectus has been unanimously approved by the Qualifying Exam Committee, the student will be advanced to doctoral candidacy. Students should have taken their preliminary examination, defended their dissertation prospectus, and advanced to doctoral candidacy no later than the end of Spring quarter of their third year. If a student will exceed the 3-year normative time to candidacy, they must petition by Spring quarter of their third year for an exception, presenting an approved plan for timely progress to candidacy.

In the event that a student does not pass the qualifying examination, consistent with UCI policy (Academic Senate Regulation 467) the student will be allowed one repeat attempt of the examination. This repeat examination will occur during the quarter following the initial examination.

Dissertation

The dissertation shall be an original research project of substantial length approved by the Doctoral Committee. Members of the student’s Doctoral Committee are noted on the PhD Form I: Advancement to Candidacy PhD Degree. The committee shall typically consist of the Doctoral Advisor and two additional faculty. At least 51% of the Doctoral Committee, including the Doctoral Advisor, must be core faculty in the Department of Film and Media Studies. The remaining members of the Doctoral Committee must satisfy Academic Senate requirements.

Dissertation Defense 

A final examination in the form of an oral defense of the dissertation is required for the PhD. This examination will be supervised by the Doctoral Committee and will be given just prior to the completion of the dissertation. The defense will be open to all members of the academic community. Faculty and graduate students of Film and Media Studies and the Graduate Dean will be given written notice of the date, time, and place of the examination at least five days in advance of the examination.

Time to Degree

The normative time to degree is six years (18 quarters). The first nine quarters are spent in pre-candidacy, the last 9 quarters in candidacy. Normatively, students will complete their course work within the first two years and prepare for and pass the Qualifying Examination and advance to candidacy in the third year. The maximum time to degree is seven years.

[1] Examples of when a second language would likely be necessary include Spanish proficiency for the study of Spanish-language media, Mandarin proficiency for study of media in Mainland China, or the relevant language for a project on non-English language transnational/diasporic media.

All students receive a five-year funding guarantee at admissions. This typically includes a combination of at least one fellowship year and multiple years of Teaching Assistantships. Additional competitive scholarships, fellowships, and summer stipends may also be available.

Students also receive tuition and fee remission, including non-resident (out-of-state or international) tuition during this period. Domestic students coming from outside of California will be expected to establish state residency during their first year; otherwise, they will need to cover their non-resident tuition fees.

TAships may be in Film and Media Studies undergraduate courses or for courses in other Departments or Programs.

Funding beyond the fifth year is not guaranteed, but TAships or other opportunities are often available.

The graduate emphasis in Film and Media Studies prepares students in any M.A., Ph.D., or M.F.A. program to analyze film and media texts, contexts, and industries. The emphasis requires that students complete four seminars, two of which are in the Film and Media Studies PhD core series (FMS 285A-C, FMS 286A-C) and two of which may be Film and Media Studies core or elective seminars (FMS 291, FMS 292, FMS 295).

Students who are currently enrolled in any MA, Ph.D., or M.F.A. program at UCI are eligible for admission to the Graduate Emphasis in Film and Media Studies.

Students who are interested in pursuing the graduate emphasis should contact the Graduate Director to indicate their interest in applying for the emphasis. Application materials include:

• an explanation of how their research and/or teaching will benefit from completing the Film and Media Studies Graduate Emphasis;
• current CV;
• brief letter of approval from the student’s primary advisor or program director;
• names of Film and Media Studies core faculty with whom they have worked or plan to work. Applicants who are not yet acquainted with Film and Media Studies core faculty may name the Graduate Director.

Application

To be considered for the Film and Media Studies Graduate Emphasis, please submit an application . 

Questions? Please contact Amy Fujitani , Graduate Coordinator.

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Film Studies MPhil/PhD

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UCL sits at the centre of the vibrant, multicultural and cinematic city of London. The university, which was the first to establish Film Studies in Britain, houses a thriving graduate research culture in the subject alongside remarkable resources for the study of cinema across its history and across the world.

UK tuition fees (2024/25)

Overseas tuition fees (2024/25), programme starts, applications accepted.

• Entry requirements

A minimum of an upper second-class UK Honours degree in a relevant discipline or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, and a Master's degree with Merit in a relevant field. In the first instance, candidates should establish a dialogue with a potential supervisor before making a formal application. Admission is normally dependent on the submission of a detailed research project proposal.

The English language level for this programme is: Level 4

UCL Pre-Master's and Pre-sessional English courses are for international students who are aiming to study for a postgraduate degree at UCL. The courses will develop your academic English and academic skills required to succeed at postgraduate level.

Further information can be found on our English language requirements page.

Equivalent qualifications

Country-specific information, including details of when UCL representatives are visiting your part of the world, can be obtained from the International Students website .

International applicants can find out the equivalent qualification for their country by selecting from the list below. Please note that the equivalency will correspond to the broad UK degree classification stated on this page (e.g. upper second-class). Where a specific overall percentage is required in the UK qualification, the international equivalency will be higher than that stated below. Please contact Graduate Admissions should you require further advice.

About this degree

UCL has research strengths in particular in cinema and cultural history across the world. We have interests in early cinemas, new wave cinemas, and political cinemas. Supervision and mentorship is available from world-leading researchers from SELCS and CMII, with 83% of SELCS-CMII research activity being graded 4* ‘world leading’ and 3* ‘internationally excellent’ in the REF 2021.

Who this course is for

The programme is for graduates with a background or interest in cinema history, film theory or relevant disciplines. It is suitable for both recent Masters graduates as well as early or mid-career professionals. This MPhil/PhD is for applicants with a strong interest in conducting multi-disciplinary research, who may have completed post-graduate training or study and want to develop an advanced critical analysis in a specific research area.

What this course will give you

UCL provides a uniquely rich research environment for the study of cinema at the heart of the dynamic city of London. Students can draw on faculty expertise from across the university, in particular from the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Social & Historical Sciences, the School of European Languages, Culture and Society (SELCS), and the Centre for Multidisciplinary and Intercultural Inquiry (CMII).

Students are supported by a dynamic research culture, a stimulating environment and excellent opportunities for research training. UCL houses numerous seminars and guest lectures, and researchers have access to world-class libraries at UCL, the University of London, the British Library and the British Film Institute.

The foundation of your career

PhD students demonstrate the ability to produce original research and to construct convincing and original arguments. Many have gone on to significant academic positions and teaching roles elsewhere, as well as pursuing careers in writing and research.

Our research students have entered a variety of professions including law, public policy, media, publishing, journalism and many have pursued academic research or educational careers. Woking in a range of roles in international organisations, arts, heritage or cultural sectors, and the government.

Employability

Beyond becoming an expert in your chosen field, you will gain employable attributes including leadership, communication, teamwork, language and business skills, refined in a dynamic cross-disciplinary research environment.

Doctoral students develop a range of skills that are invaluable in academia and in numerous other fields where PhD holders are prized for their skills in communication, critical analysis, management of projects and deadlines, and intercultural mediation.

The Film Studies department has particular research strengths in cinema history, film theory, and in an exceptionally broad range of national and regional cinemas. Research students can benefit from links with various networks and research partners such as the Screen Studies Group, London's Silent Cinemas, Open City Docs Fest and The Cine-Tourist.

London is a vibrant centre for academic work, and regularly hosts seminars, symposia, and conferences. UCL is central to the city's research culture and students have access to specialist archives and library collections.

Teaching and learning

Research students undertake relevant induction sessions and can take advantage of the Doctoral Skills Development Programme. PhD students meet regularly in term time with their supervisors and may be offered opportunities to gain valuable teaching experience and participate in reading groups and conferences.

To successfully upgrade to a PhD you are required to submit a piece of writing (this is usually based on one chapter from your thesis and a chapter plan for the remainder). You are also required to present and answer questions about this work to a panel consisting of your subsidiary supervisor and another member of the Faculty who acts as an independent assessor.

Depending on staff availability, there is provision for a small number of students to pursue the Documentary Track pathway, which allows suitably qualified PhD students to submit a thesis of 60,000-70,000 words and a within-copyright filmed documentary of 20-30 minutes in length in place of the standard requirement of a thesis of 80,000-100,000 words in length.

The documentary-track PhD is researched in a twofold manner as a text and a film project and developed in two parallel but interdependent modes of discourse. Thus the two projects are intended to overlap closely such that the documentary is part of the integrated whole of the argument of the thesis. An example of a research project which might be pursued using this methodology would be the study (in the form of an academic thesis) of the works of a living author or artist or film director along with a creative, research-led documentary film on the same individual's work. It is expected that the two parts of the research project will form a composite whole. It will also be necessary for the candidate to provide a statement explaining the research question and aims addressed by the documentary film including written production notes, and a discussion of the stages of research and choice of methodology.

PhD students should treat their research programme as a full-time job, which equates roughly to 35 hours per week, or 15 hours for Part-time students. Students agree to a timetable of regular meetings with the Principal Supervisor to effectively manage the progression of project aims. This is flexible, at some points it may be necessary to meet more or less often. Full-time students can expect to meet supervisors every two weeks during the academic year, and part-time students every four weeks. If a student has external funding, they should also ensure they meet the Terms & Conditions of the funder.

Research areas and structure

• North and Latin American cinema history
• European cinema history
• Documentary cinema
• Non-theatrical/radical cinema
• The history of the discipline
• Silent cinema
• Film theory
• The political economy of cinema

Research environment

Research students are encouraged to participate in research seminars across and outside SELCS-CMII including networks such as the Open City Docs Fest and the Society for Comparative Cultural Inquiry. Students contribute significantly to the research environment through the organisation of annual conferences, and participation in seminars and online journals.

Students can access special collections in Modern Languages, Culture and History at UCL and other world-class libraries (Senate House and British Library) within walking distance of campus. As well as access to research support in the form of academic skills courses, student-led workshops and reading groups.

In the first instance, candidates should establish a dialogue with a potential supervisor before making a formal application. The length of registration for the research degree programmes is usually three years for full-time and five years for part-time. You are required to register initially for the MPhil degree with the expectation of transfer to PhD after successful completion of an upgrade viva 9-18 months after initial registration. 

Upon successful completion of your approved period of registration you may register as a completing research student (CRS) while you write up your thesis.

In the first year, you will be required to take part in a mandatory Skills Seminar Programme. You are expected to agree with your supervisor the basic structure of your research project, an appropriate research method and a realistic plan of work. You will produce and submit a detailed outline of your proposed research to your supervisor for their comments and feedback and be given the opportunity to present your research to UCL academic staff and fellow PhD students.

In the second year, you will be expected to upgrade from MPhil to a PhD. To successfully upgrade to a PhD you are required to submit a piece of writing (this is usually based on one chapter from your thesis and a chapter plan for the remainder). You are also required to present and answer questions about this work to a panel consisting of your subsidiary supervisor and another member of the Faculty who acts as an independent assessor.

The length of registration for the research degree programmes is usually three years for full-time and five years for part-time. You are required to register initially for the MPhil degree with the expectation of transfer to PhD after successful completion of an upgrade viva 9-18 months after initial registration. 

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Fees and funding

Fees for this course.

The tuition fees shown are for the year indicated above. Fees for subsequent years may increase or otherwise vary. Where the programme is offered on a flexible/modular basis, fees are charged pro-rata to the appropriate full-time Master's fee taken in an academic session. Further information on fee status, fee increases and the fee schedule can be viewed on the UCL Students website: ucl.ac.uk/students/fees .

Additional costs

Additional costs may include expenses such as books, stationery, printing or photocopying, and conference registration fees.

The department strives to keep additional costs low. Books and journal articles are usually available via the UCL library (hard copies or via e-journal subscriptions).

The wealth of departmental seminars / colloquiums / symposiums and student organised work in progress sessions give ample opportunities to present research, receive feedback and participate in discussion.

For more information on additional costs for prospective students please go to our estimated cost of essential expenditure at Accommodation and living costs .

Funding your studies

For more details about departmental funding available to postgraduate research students in the department, please refer to our Funding, Scholarships and Prizes (Research) webpage .

For a comprehensive list of the funding opportunities available at UCL, including funding relevant to your nationality, please visit the Scholarships and Funding website .

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Deadline: 26 January 2024 Value: Fees and maintenance (3yrs) Criteria Based on both academic merit and financial need Eligibility: UK

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Please note that you may submit applications for a maximum of two graduate programmes (or one application for the Law LLM) in any application cycle.

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Fully Funded PhD Programs in Cinema and Media Studies

A fully funded PhD program in Film Studies provides an excellent opportunity for students interested in exploring the intricacies of cinema and film-making. This program enables students to delve into various aspects of film, including history, theory, and aesthetics, and gain an in-depth understanding of the medium.

Students who pursue a fully funded PhD in Film Studies will receive financial support throughout their program, including tuition, living expenses, and research funding. This allows them to focus solely on their academic pursuits without worrying about financial burdens. During the program, students will work closely with faculty members who are experts in the field, gaining access to valuable insights and resources. They will also have the opportunity to collaborate with peers, attend conferences, and present their research findings to a wider audience.

A fully funded PhD in Film Studies is an excellent choice for individuals who are passionate about cinema and want to contribute to the field through original research. This program not only provides an excellent academic foundation but also prepares students for various career paths, including academia, film criticism, and film-making.

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York University, PhD in Cinema & Media Studies:

York University offers a fully funded PhD program in Cinema & Media Studies, which provides students with a comprehensive understanding of film and media in a global context. The program aims to equip students with critical skills to analyze and interpret the role of cinema and media in shaping cultural, social, and political values.

The program covers a wide range of topics, including film history, media theory, cultural studies, and digital media. Students can also focus on a particular area of interest, such as documentary, animation, or sound studies. The program is designed to help students develop original research projects and produce high-quality scholarship.

As a fully funded program, students receive financial support to cover tuition, research costs, and living expenses. The program also provides opportunities for students to work as research assistants, teaching assistants, or course instructors.

The faculty members at York University are renowned scholars and experts in the field of Cinema & Media Studies. They provide students with personalized attention and support to help them achieve their academic goals. Students also have access to state-of-the-art facilities, including the York University Film Department, the Film and Video Resource Centre, and the Sound Studio.

Graduates of the PhD program in Cinema & Media Studies at York University go on to pursue careers in academia, film and media production, cultural institutions, and government agencies. The program provides students with a solid foundation to excel in a rapidly evolving media landscape and to make valuable contributions to the field of Cinema & Media Studies.

University of Chicago, PhD in Cinema and Media Studies:

The University of Chicago offers a highly regarded PhD program in Cinema and Media Studies that prepares students to engage with the complexities of contemporary media culture. The program focuses on interdisciplinary research and covers a range of topics, including film and television studies, media theory, sound studies, and digital media.

As a fully funded program, students receive financial support to cover tuition, research costs, and living expenses. The program also provides opportunities for students to work as research assistants or teaching assistants, allowing them to gain valuable experience and develop their teaching skills.

The program is structured around seminars that encourage critical inquiry, analysis, and debate. Students have the opportunity to work closely with faculty members who are renowned scholars and experts in the field of Cinema and Media Studies. Faculty members provide students with personalized attention and support, helping them to develop their research interests and produce original scholarship. The University of Chicago’s Cinema and Media Studies department is housed within a vibrant intellectual community that includes other departments in the Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as the Smart Museum of Art and the Film Studies Center. The department hosts numerous events, including screenings, workshops, and conferences, providing students with ample opportunities to engage with their peers and scholars from around the world. Graduates of the PhD program in Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago go on to pursue careers in academia, film and media production, cultural institutions, and government agencies. The program provides students with a rigorous and comprehensive education that equips them to make valuable contributions to the field of Cinema and Media Studies.

Cornell University, PhD in Performing and Media Arts:

Cornell University offers a highly regarded PhD program in Performing and Media Arts that prepares students for careers in academia, arts administration, and related fields. The program combines theoretical and practical approaches to performance and media, allowing students to develop their creative skills alongside their critical and analytical abilities.

The program is interdisciplinary and includes courses in theater, film, television, and digital media. Students have the opportunity to work closely with faculty members who are renowned scholars and artists in the field of Performing and Media Arts. Faculty members provide students with personalized attention and support, helping them to develop their research interests and produce original scholarship. The Department of Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University is housed within a vibrant intellectual community that includes other departments in the Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as the Cornell Council for the Arts and the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts. The department hosts numerous events, including performances, screenings, and exhibitions, providing students with ample opportunities to engage with their peers and scholars from around the world.

Graduates of the PhD program in Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University go on to pursue careers in academia, arts administration, and related fields. The program provides students with a comprehensive education that equips them to make valuable contributions to the field of Performing and Media Arts.

University of British Columbia (UBC), Phd in Cinema and Media Studies

The University of British Columbia (UBC) offers a PhD program in Cinema and Media Studies that provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the theory, history, and aesthetics of cinema and media. The program is interdisciplinary and covers a range of topics, including film studies, television studies, digital media, and sound studies.

As a fully funded program, students receive financial support to cover tuition, research costs, and living expenses. The program also provides opportunities for students to work as research assistants or teaching assistants, allowing them to gain valuable experience and develop their teaching skills. The program is structured around seminars that encourage critical inquiry, analysis, and debate. Students have the opportunity to work closely with faculty members who are renowned scholars and experts in the field of Cinema and Media Studies. Faculty members provide students with personalized attention and support, helping them to develop their research interests and produce original scholarship. The Department of Theatre and Film at UBC is housed within a vibrant intellectual community that includes other departments in the Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery and the Pacific Cinematheque. The department hosts numerous events, including screenings, workshops, and conferences, providing students with ample opportunities to engage with their peers and scholars from around the world. Graduates of the PhD program in Cinema and Media Studies at UBC go on to pursue careers in academia, film and media production, cultural institutions, and government agencies. The program provides students with a rigorous and comprehensive education that equips them to make valuable contributions to the field of Cinema and Media Studies.

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PhD in Cinema & Media Studies

The PhD in Cinema & Media Studies is a dynamic program in which students pursue innovative and interdisciplinary research into the full range of sound and moving image media practices and traditions.

Each year the program selects a small group of exceptional students who will join a lively intellectual community at York University, attend innovative research events, and receive close attention from faculty supervisors.

We welcome applicants with educational backgrounds in Film Studies, Media Studies, Communications, Cultural Studies, Art History, English, Women’s Studies, Queer and Sexuality Studies, Comparative Literature, Philosophy, Education, History, Area Studies, and other disciplines that nurture theoretical, historical and critical frameworks of research in sound and moving image media, including research-creation. Two of our students are profiled in the FGS Knowledge Now series:

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Domestic PHD students receive more than $24,000/year along with healthcare benefits and other forms of research support. With York University’s emphasis on access in higher education, our graduate students pay the lowest graduate tuition in Ontario.

In recent years, most Cinema & Media Studies (CMS) PhD students have received additional funding through awards like SSHRC Doctoral Awards ($20K & $35K/year), Elia Scholars Award ($30K/year), GFAD ($20K/year), OGS ($15,000/year), and Susan Crocker and John Hunkin Scholarship in the Fine Arts ($12,500/year), in part due to the Program's emphasis on strong professional development, including grant writing.

Three current CMS PhD students hold Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships ($50K/year), Canada's top award for graduate student academic and leadership excellence, Alison Humphrey , Claudia Sicondolfo and Debbie Ebanks Schlums .

Our renowned faculty , who number among Canada’s finest cinema and media studies researchers and practitioners, offer a diverse selection of courses and in-depth mentoring that provide students with a core formation in the critical, theoretical, and historical analysis of a broad range of cinema and contemporary media. Faculty members pursue wide-ranging research in cinema and cultural theory, media technologies, archives, documentary and experimental film and media, digital media (including augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), and film history. York University’s mission of social justice is reflected in the Program’s strong commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion in relation to the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, Indigeneity, and ability.

Many of our faculty pursue interdisciplinary research methodologies, including research creation. Four faculty members are current or former Canada Research Chairs and all of our faculty participate actively in international and Canadian conferences and publications.

Teaching, publication, and professional academic development are key components of this minimum four-year degree. After completing course work and comprehensive exams, students write a research dissertation that makes a decisive intervention in the discipline. Several students incorporate research creation as part of their courses and dissertations.

The PhD prepares students for academic and research careers in cinema and media studies and related fields like cultural and visual studies and communications research. Students’ highly developed historical and contemporary knowledge of cinema and media work is applicable to careers in the arts, entertainment and other media-related research areas.

PhD students benefit from York University’s rich tradition of being at the vanguard of interdisciplinary research, social justice, knowledge mobilization and emerging technology, and directly participate in the many research-intensive initiatives and media labs housed in the School of Arts, Performance, Media and Design (AMPD) and across campus:

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• VISTA & Centre for Vision Research
• Future Cinema Lab

The Graduate Program in Film at York is an exciting environment to pursue innovative, socially engaging, career-ready education. Contact our Graduate Program Assistant to learn more.

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Lights, camera, action! The Francis D. Lyon Graduate Fellowship for Film Students is the ultimate opportunity for graduate students in the film industry or related fields such as theater/drama, writing, or entertainment. This prestigious award is given annually to one lucky recipient who will receive financial support to further their education and career. Don't miss out on this chance to shine in the spotlight! Phi Delta Theta membership is not required, so all eligible graduate students are encouraged to apply. Show Less

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The Rick Jowett Fellowship was established by the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation to support educational opportunities for photographers and videographers who work in media in Wisconsin. Recipients of the fellowship can use the grant for professional development in the areas of photography and videography. Applicants must specify how the funds will be used. Potential uses include but are not limited to courses offered by the National Press Photographers Association, the Poynter Institute, or any accredited college or university. Keep on reading to learn more! Show Less

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How to win film scholarships

Resources for film students, frequently asked questions about film scholarships.

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Since you have a new list of film scholarships to apply for, it’s important to make sure you’re up to the task! Some of your applications might require you to submit a piece of your work or write an essay. Either way, making your submissions stand out is the key to winning scholarships like these. Be sure to showcase what film means to you, and how the scholarships could impact your quality of education or future success in your career. 

Check out some of these resources to help you make your application stand out:

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American Society of Cinematographers

The American Society of Cinematographers is a great way to network and get access to mentors in your field. This organization also offers scholarships , master classes , and events for students to get involved in. These opportunities are free and can be utilized to expand your knowledge of cinematography. 

Film festivals

One of the best ways to get eyes on your films is to submit them to a film festival. There are a variety of festivals depending on your state, genre of film, and much more. You can even participate in festivals as a high school student, such as the All American High School Film Festival or the National Film Festival for Talented Youth ! Some of the awards can range from prize money to spotlight on your film project. 

Film organizations at your school

You should be on the lookout for student organizations on your campus. Clubs and organizations can be a big help to getting to know peers in the industry and connect with mentors and faculty. You’ll also be able to get feedback on your work, and gain further appreciation for film.

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Can you get scholarships for being a YouTuber?

There are scholarships out there for YouTubers, but this is a field ridden with scam scholarships . When applying for scholarships based on your YouTube account or videos, be careful when giving out personal information. You should never give out your password or private information.

If you are a YouTuber, you are probably talented at making videos at home, and maybe even vlogging. This would set you up well to earn video scholarships . These scholarships have video components to their application. You’ll be able to showcase your ability for telling a compelling story via video.

Can you use film scholarships for acting?

Many film scholarships can also be applied to acting! For example, the Ocean Awareness Contest is a very open-ended scholarship for artistically-minded students. You can apply for it through acting, visual art, film music, or a host of other skills.

But be aware that not every film scholarship can be used for acting. Always make sure to go over the terms and conditions carefully before applying. If you have any doubts at all about your eligibility, reach out to the organization to clarify. This gives you the benefit of being sure that you’re eligible, as well as making contact with someone at the organization. This could encourage them to pay special attention to your application.

Do you have to study film to get a film scholarship?

Not necessarily! Some film scholarships do not require that you major in film. So, hobbyist filmmakers might be able to partially fund their college education with film scholarships, even if they never take a film class in school.

However, you should note that if you are already in college, many film scholarships will require that you major in the field. For the most part, the scholarships with the least strict requirements will be ones that you can apply to in high school.

What are the most prestigious film schools?

It’s hard to answer this question definitively, as prestige is subjective to many different factors. However, some of the film schools often mentioned as the most prestigious are:

• University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
• New York University Kanbar Institute of Film & Television
• Beijing Film Academy
• American Film Institute Conservatory
• London Film School

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Postgraduate research courses in Film Studies

The Department of Film Studies maintains a vibrant and comprehensive research programme in global film cultures, with staff expertise ranging from early cinema to digital media, from feminist cinema to film activism.

The Department was ranked second in the UK for Media and Film Studies by The Guardian Good University Guide 2024 .

It offers state-of-the-art facilities , including specially fitted seminar and screenings rooms, a 3D projector, virtual reality, and a collection of over 9,000 audio-visual works. The Department also maintains one of the most robust Film Studies PhD communities in the UK with approximately 15 students working on a range of exciting topics and hailing from five continents.

The PhD programme offers three years of supervision on your own research project, culminating in a dissertation thesis. An additional continuation year with supervision is available in year four if needed.

Whilst writing your thesis is the major aim of your three years, you will also gain a number of other skills during this period which are essential for entrance into the current job market:

• participating in and running specifically designed workshops, symposia, and study days
• organising an annual postgraduate research conference
• editing and contributing to Frames Cinema Journal
• teaching experience in tutorials and guest lectures for sub-honours courses
• publishing scholarship (book reviews, articles, edited collections)
• applying for grants.

The Department offers an annual travel fund (subject to annual budget confirmation) for conference travel and other related expenses. It also offers an annual budget for library books and DVDs .

NOTE: For PhD entry in 2024/25, there are a number of funding opportunities available (see funding ). The deadline for these applications is 8 December 2023.

What will my three years look like?

A typical PhD might progress as follows (depending on the student and their longer-term ambitions):

Time is spent on in-depth research into your chosen field of study. By the end of the year you will have:

• completed at least one chapter of your thesis
• participated in the annual postgraduate conference
• drafted a full plan for your thesis (chapter breakdown)
• worked out your timetable for completion.

This is a good year in which to hone language skills, take extended research trips overseas, or establish links with external institutions. Former students have made research trips during their first year to places including Hong Kong, Russia, Turkey, Hungary and South Korea.

• Write at least two further chapters
• Gain experience as a seminar tutor throughout the year
• Participate in, and perhaps organise, the annual postgraduate conference or a funded symposium/study day
• Write book reviews
• Deliver conference papers at other institutions, either nationally or internationally
• Gain experience in external institutions (internships, public engagement work).
• Complete and submit a final draft of your thesis and have your viva defence
• Consolidate your teaching experience as a seminar tutor or gaining experience and contacts with external cultural institutions
• Participate in, and organise, the annual postgraduate conference
• Work up a draft of a journal article for submission to a reputable refereed journal
• Deliver conference papers at other institutions.

Year four (optional)

If needed, you can take a continuation year to complete and submit a final draft of your thesis and have your viva defence.

Continue working on publications, conferences and even applications for funding, as you enter the job market.

Research supervisors

Below is a list of staff who can supervise research. You are encouraged to make contact with a potential supervisor prior to applying.

Professor Glyn Davis

Professor in Film Studies

Professor Davis would be interested in supervising projects in the following areas:

• experimental and avant-garde cinema
• artists' film and video
• queer and trans cinema
• film and the archive
• underground and cult film
• cinema and ecology

Dr Lucy Fife Donaldson

Senior Lecturer in Film Studies

Dr Donaldson would welcome projects from students working in:

• film and television performance and aesthetics
• affect and embodiment in film and television
• audio-visual design
• film criticism
• genre (especially horror and melodrama)
• American cinema.

Dr Paul Flaig

Lecturer in Film Studies

Dr Flaig would welcome projects from students working in:

• silent and early film studies
• media theory and archaeology
• film comedy
• German cinema
• film theory (especially psychoanalysis and the Frankfurt School).

Dr Philippa Lovatt

Dr Lovatt would welcome projects from students working in:

• Ecologies and Environments on screen
• Sound Theory
• East and Southeast Asian art cinemas
• Experimental film and documentary
• History and Memory in global art cinemas
• Transnational spaces of production and exhibition of artists’ moving image
• Non-Western approaches to film theory and history

Dr Tyler Parks

Dr Parks would be particularly interested in working with students in the following areas:

• Environmental Film Studies 
• Space, Place, and Landscape in Film 
• Experimental Film and Documentary 
• Global Art Cinema 
• East Asian Cinemas (especially Japan and Taiwan) 
• Film Theory 

Professor Tom Rice

Professor Rice would welcome approaches from students working on the following areas:

• film and media history
• colonial cinema
• British documentary and non-fiction
• early American cinema
• world cinemas (especially pre-1960)
• non-theatrical film practices
• educational and government film.

He would be particularly interested in supervising projects that engage with primary research materials or that work with film archives.

Dr Viviane Saglier

Dr Saglier would welcome projects from students working on:

• Arab cinema 
• Anticolonial, postcolonial and decolonial approaches 
• Transnational and global approaches 
• Film festivals and film infrastructures
• Feminist cinema 
• Political documentaries and critical human rights

Dr Isabel Seguí

Dr Seguí would be interested in supervising projects in the following areas:

• Film collectives
• Peruvian cinema
• Bolivian cinema
• Latin American women's filmmaking
• Production studies
• Feminist and decolonial approaches to film studies

Dr Leshu Torchin

Dr Torchin is interested in advising students working in the areas of:

• Documentary Film and Nonfiction Media
• Human Rights, Genocide, and Film/Media
• Media Activism and Film/Media
• Participatory and Community Media
• History and Memory
• Health and Disability
• Economic and Social Justice

For full information see the list of funding opportunities for PhD study at the University of St Andrews. Specific funding opportunities at St Andrews include:

Department of Film Studies scholarships

For entry in 2024/25, the Department of Film Studies will be offering scholarships, which will include fee waivers and partial stipends , available to both Home/EU and overseas students. These fee waivers will cover the full fees for the three years of the PhD programme. These are competitive awards and to be considered for this, students must complete the application process to the PhD programme by 8 December 2023 and confirm that they wish to be considered for internal scholarships.

Carnegie PhD Scholarships

The Carnegie PhD Scholarship scheme supports a limited number of graduates with first-class Honours undergraduate degrees from a Scottish university who wish to pursue postgraduate research leading to a PhD at a university in Scotland.

Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH) AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership

The University of St Andrews is part of a block grant of AHRC studentships run in partnership with the Scottish Graduate School for the Arts and Humanities (SGSAH). This offers generous funding and training opportunities for three and a half years.

Please note: If you are eligible for SGSAH funding, you are strongly encouraged to develop an application (in consultation with your supervisor(s)) by the deadline of 4 January 2024 . You will need to work on this well in advance of the deadline to have the best chance of success.

Wolfson Foundation Doctoral Scholarships

The Wolfson Foundation offers three fully-funded doctoral scholarships for outstanding students looking to commence their doctoral degree in September 2024.

Application deadlines

Proposals may be submitted at any point during the year. However, the best time to begin the application is roughly one year before students propose to begin their doctoral work - i.e. a project that aims to start in September 2024 should begin working on their proposal and be in contact with potential supervisors by September 2023.

In order to be eligible for a range of funding opportunities – including SGSAH and Department of Film Studies Scholarships – proposals must be submitted by 8 December 2023 .

It is important to explore external funding opportunities early as these deadlines (and requirements) often vary.

How to apply

Full details of eligibility, entry requirements, fees and application procedures are found on the postgraduate research application page .

You should start by contacting appropriate staff members from the Department to find someone qualified and able in principle to supervise your project. At this stage, you should be ready to present an informal description of the project and provide further information if necessary.

Once an informal supervisory arrangement has been reached with a staff member(s), it's time for the formal application. You will need to submit:

• a detailed research proposal (1,000 words)
• a scholarly writing sample (generally an essay from previous coursework on a relevant topic)
• evidence of qualifications (transcripts)
• letters of reference
• evidence of English proficiency where required.

Applications for the Department of Film Studies  must include a research proposal of 1000 words . The research proposal should give a more detailed description of your planned research project, touching on the following points:

• Title and research question . Why is this work important and why are you well-placed to undertake this project?
• Research context . How does it relate to previous work on the topic or field? What is the historical and/or geographical scope of your study?
• Methods and sources . How will you carry out your work? You might include a theoretical framework or planned methodology here. You should include references to relevant literature and materials where appropriate.
• Originality and innovation . Please explain what  new  perspectives your work will bring to your topic.
• Potential Academic Impact . What contribution can this project make to academia, within and beyond film studies?
• Potential contribution to Knowledge Exchange, Public Engagement and Impact . How might your project and research engage with, and be of interest to, non-academic groups and communities?

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FULLY FUNDED PhD SCHOLARSHIP AT THE SCHOOL OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION [SMC] PAN-ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY [PAU] IBEJU-LEKKI, LAGOS.

A fully funded PhD scholarship in Film Studies is available under the cooperation between the Pan-Atlantic University [Lagos, Nigeria] and Goethe Universität, Frankfurt. The scholarship is offered within the framework of the interdisciplinary research project, Cultural Entrepreneurship and Digital Transformation in Africa and Asia [CEDITRAA], which is funded by Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung.

The scholarship is tenable at the School of Media and Communication [SMC] Pan-Atlantic University [PAU], Ibeju Lekki; with research opportunities at the School’s Nollywood Study Centre.

Aim/objectives of the scholarship

The aim/objectives of the scholarship are contextualized within the over-all aim/objectives of PhD studies at the Pan-Atlantic University—i.e. ‘To contribute more fully to the cultural and creative industries through the dialectical process of interfacing conceptual/theoretical knowledge with practical experience where academic and industry-focused approaches to learning converge.’

Within this general context, the scholarship will specifically seek to contribute to and expand the sustainable framework that interrogates the inter-related issues of how Nollywood responds to the vectors of creativity, economics, ethics and technology; how Nollywood creates value, distributes value and earns value; and how Nollywood is integrating into the knowledge economy. In particular, the scholarship will seek to contextualize Nollywood’s practice of virtual reality against perceived international best practices.

Scope of the scholarship

The scholarship is for a period of three years; and is fully funded, with provisions for:

PhD programme timeline

• 2 semesters of course work
• ½ semester international trip
• 1 semester field work; and
• 2 semesters of thesis writing.

Eligibility

Applicants should be Nigerians who hold any of the following qualifications:

• MA/MSc. Media and Communication or Mass Communication or Theatre Arts or Film or any related field with a CGPA of 4.0 out of 5, 5.0 out of 7 or 60% overall graded point.OR
• Other masters degrees such as an MA, MBA, M.Ed. in communication-related arts/humanities and social or physical sciences with a CGPA of 5.0 out of 7, 3.0 out of 4 or 60% overall graded point.
• MPhil with a 60% average.

Application timeline

• Applications open: 20 th May, 2021.
• Applications close: 20 th June, 2021.

Application package

A signed and current CV in Times New Roman,  12 points [detailing the following: full name; contact details [permanent address , e-mail, phone number] date & place of birth; sex; marital status; schools attended, with dates; qualifications obtained, with dates; publications, with dates; film projects, with dates and roles; working experience, with dates; names and address of two referees].

The following documents should be attached to the CV:

• Proof of nationality [national ID card/information page of international passport]
• Bio-essay/intellectual biography [not exceeding 500 words] referencing key signposts on your life’s journey: where you are coming from, where you are and where you are headed.
• Two letters of academic and character reference
• Evidence of qualification [transcripts, official letters of notification of results, certificates]
• Evidence of journal publication and chapter in a book [not exceeding 25 pages for each]
• Evidence of MA/MSc thesis
• A proposal on a thesis topic [not more than 15 pages; the title should not exceed 15 words] and an abstract [not exceeding 150 words] based on the aim/objectives of the scholarship as detailed in this advert.

Please note: the documents should be packaged into the following FIVE scanned pdf attachments and attached to the CV in this order:

• Proof of nationality and bio-essay/intellectual biography
• Letters of reference
• Evidence of qualification
• Evidence of publication and MA/MSc thesis
• Proposal and abstract.

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The CMU Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholar Development (OURSD) team works directly with students, providing continued support and advising as they engage in research and apply for scholarships. This article focuses on scholarship opportunities. A separate article expands on research funding opportunities .

OURSD staff are dedicated to helping students develop a thorough, comprehensive and competitive application for a variety of scholarship opportunities that span an array of educational experiences. The team holds scholarship and fellowship information sessions throughout the academic year that are advertised on the OURSD website and in the OURSD monthly newsletter .

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Study abroad programs offer students a chance to explore new cultures, learn new languages and be exposed to new customs.  The CMU OURSD team can assist students with applying for many funded study abroad opportunities such as:

• The Critical Language Scholarship , a U.S. State Department program for undergraduate and graduate students that funds educational and cultural exchange in 15 critical need languages.
• The Boren Undergraduate Scholarship , which provides students with a stipend ($8,000–$20,000) to study less commonly taught languages in regions critical to U.S. interests. In exchange for funding, Boren Scholars commit to working in the federal government for at least one year after graduation.
• The Boren Fellowship is an opportunity for graduate level students to study languages in world regions critical to U.S. interest. The program covers expenses associated with overseas study, including tuition, travel, living and research expenses.
• The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program , funded through the U.S. State Department, provides grants to students of limited financial means to pursue an opportunity to study or intern abroad and gain skills critical to our national security and economic competitiveness.

Career development scholarships

Career development scholarships offer students experience to build professional skills and help secure a job after graduation. Some of these include:

• The SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program is the largest education and workforce development initiative under the Department of Defense STEM Program that offers scholarships for undergraduates, graduates and doctoral students pursing a STEM degree.
• The Voyager Scholarship is designed to help rising juniors aspiring to work in public service (e.g., government, education, law, uniformed service, nonprofit and more) with $50,000 tuition assistance during their final two years of undergraduate studies, in addition to providing $10,000 for a Summer Voyage service-based internship abroad between the junior and senior year.
• Humanity in Action Fellowships bring together international groups of fellows to study minority rights and produce original research on tolerance and democratic values. The award funds five-week summer programs in six different cities in the U.S. and Europe for students and recent graduates from (or studying in) the U.S. and other select countries.
• The Udall Scholarship supports students committed to environmentally focused careers or Native American students interested in tribal policy or Native health care. The program provides $7,000 in scholarship funds in addition to access to the prestigious Udall Alumni Network and attendance at a multiday scholar orientation experience in the summer.
• The Gaither Junior Fellows Program is a one-year fellowship for uniquely qualified graduating seniors or individuals who have graduated during the past academic year. The fellowship provides a fully funded professional experience at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC to conduct research, contribute to publications, participate in meetings with high-level officials, contribute to congressional testimony and organize briefings attended by scholars, activists, journalists and government officials.
• The Jennings Family Brave Companions Fund provides students with a stipend to travel to developing countries during the summer to study, explore, conduct research or participate in service-oriented work. The fund annually provides four to 10 sophomores and juniors up to $6,000 . The fund website contains information on how to apply.
• The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship supports students pursuing careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.The scholarship covers eligible expenses for tuition, fees, books and room and board to a maximum of $7,500 per academic year.

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Research and/or graduate study awards provide funding to support further education. These opportunities include, but are not limited to:

• The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides a year of funding for English teaching assistantships, independent research and creative inquiry and/or graduate studies in any field in over 150 countries abroad.
• The United Kingdom awards consists of the Rhodes, Marshall, Churchill and Gates Cambridge scholarships. These scholarships are among the most prestigious and sought-after awards for U.S. students. Recipients pursue funded graduate studies at world-renowned institutions. The OURSD website contains information about each scholarship opportunity, including criteria for acceptance and deadlines.
• The Beinecke Scholarship is a need- and merit-based award to fund graduate studies up to $34,000 for students pursuing their education in the arts, humanities and social sciences. The scholarship website provides information about the application process and deadlines.
• The Harry S. Truman Scholarship was created by Congress in 1975 and provides students with up to $30,000 for two to three years of graduate study. The scholarship is awarded to students with strong leadership and service experiences who plan to pursue a career in public service (e.g., government, education, law, uniformed service, nonprofit and more).
• The National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship supports graduate students pursuing research-based degrees in science, technology, engineering and   This fellowship provides up to three years of support for graduate education in science and engineering research.

See the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholar Development webpage for many more competitive scholarship opportunities. OURSD provides invaluable guidance and continued support for students interested in these transformative scholarship opportunities.

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We're committed to every aspect of your education - including helping you afford it. Currently, 90% of our undergraduate students finance their education through a combination of scholarships, grants, work-study, graduate assistantships, and loans. Many of our graduate students also receive aid to help finance their education. We realize that every student has a unique set of circumstances, and we'll work with you one-on-one to do everything we can to help you attend Fairfield. On this site you'll find a comprehensive list of financial aid options available to you. Our financial aid staff is happy to answer your questions and to help you learn how you can make Fairfield a reality.

As a prospective Fairfield University student, you are considering an outstanding, private Jesuit institution that requires a significant investment. The value of this investment - both academically and personally - will not only be realized over your four years as a student at Fairfield, but you will reap the benefits in the years well beyond college when you are enjoying a successful career and an enriching life.

Fairfield offers you the kind of education that:

• Makes you an agile thinker with the multidisciplinary education to form a well-rounded citizen and scholar.
• Encourages you to develop the intellect, skills and confidence to make your own way in the world, and perhaps change it for the better.

Applicants often assume they cannot afford a highly selective liberal arts college such as Fairfield University, but we are committed to helping you do exactly that. There are a number of ways financial aid can help close the gap between what a family can afford to pay and the full cost of attendance. We are here to advise you on how to bridge the gap and make a Fairfield University education a reality for you.

Just as all students have different academic goals in college, we recognize that their financial aid needs may vary over the course of their four years at Fairfield. We pride ourselves on working individually with students and their families every year to provide the latest information to help them manage and navigate through their financial aid choices.

For a student to receive financial aid and/or merit scholarships, regulations require satisfactory academic progress toward a degree. The following are the satisfactory academic progress standards for students seeking federal or institutional financial aid at Fairfield University.

From its founding, Fairfield University has been committed to providing educational opportunities to motivated students of diverse social and economic backgrounds. While students and families have the primary responsibility for college expenses, Fairfield University sees this as a shared endeavor and will assist students with as much financial aid as possible.

Eligibility for financial aid is based primarily on financial need. Fairfield University uses the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the College Board's CSS Profile to determine financial aid eligibility for all undergraduate students. These applications take into account the income, assets and investments of parents and students, the number of dependents in the family, the number of siblings attending college, and several other important factors when calculating financial need.

Forms that may be required in order for the Office of Financial Aid to complete the verification and/or appeal processes in order to confirm financial aid eligibility. Please refer to your my.Fairfield account for instructions on how to complete these forms.

Whether you are a current or prospective student, we want to make your Fairfield education as affordable as possible. We also created a checklist to make your financial aid application process as easy as possible too.

Federal work-study (FWS) is a program funded by both the federal government and Fairfield University that provides part-time employment to undergraduate students who have significant financial need. Eligible students have an opportunity to earn money to help with educational expenses while gaining valuable professional experience in University or community service jobs.

Fairfield University uses both Federal Methodology (FM) and Institutional Methodology (IM) to determine a student's demonstrated financial need. Federal aid (grants, loans, work-study) is awarded based on information provided on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Federal Methodology calculates a student's financial need with a formula that was established by U.S. Congress.

Students (or parents of dependent students) may be eligible for federal loans at Fairfield University.

At Fairfield, we know that the cost of a private college education is an important investment and a major decision for you as a student and for your family. We are pleased to provide you with this resource to help you estimate the merit-based and need-based aid for which you may be eligible at Fairfield.

All admitted students are automatically considered for a merit scholarship, regardless of whether he or she has completed an application for financial aid. Fairfield Tuition Grants (need-based) awards are made after a thorough analysis of a family's ability to pay and they may vary from year to year according to the student's need and the availability of funds.

Tuition and Fee Schedule - Undergraduate

The Office of the Bursar is responsible for the Accounts Receivable of the University. The student accounts area is specifically responsible for issuing the student bills, processing receipts and responding to inquiries.

Investing in a college education can be a major financial decision, and many students need to look beyond their own resources for assistance. The Office of Financial Aid is committed to helping students find the best opportunities to meet their needs, including a wide range of scholarships, loans, tax credits, veterans' benefits and other programs.

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Scholarships available to pursue graduate studies in the UK

Interested in pursuing graduate study and/or research at a university in the UK starting in fall 2025? Consider whether these scholarship programs fit your interests and goals. Most require university nomination to apply (but not all). Get more details, information, tips and advice about exploring UK graduate programs and applying for UW nomination through our  Global Fellowships Prep  resources.

>>   Gates Cambridge Scholarships : Supports 1-4 years of graduate study at Cambridge University. Open to citizens of any country outside the UK considering almost any graduate-level program at Cambridge.

>>   Rhodes Scholarships : Provides funding for 2-3 years at Oxford University. Open to citizens of any country, and eligibility requirements and nomination processes vary by country. US applicant eligibility requirements include a 3.7 GPA or higher and 18-23 years old by Oct. 1, 2024, or up to 27 years old if you will complete your first degree after 10/1/23.

>>   Marshall Scholarships : Provide 1-2 years of funding to study at any university in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. Eligibility requirements include US citizenship, 3.7 GPA or higher, and earn a first bachelor’s degree anytime between April 2022-August 2025.

>>   Churchill Scholarships : Support one year of graduate study in mathematics, science and engineering fields, or science policy at Cambridge University. Eligibility requirements include US citizenship and graduation anytime between fall 2023 and summer 2025.

UW Application for Nomination:  https://expo.uw.edu/expo/apply/730

UW Application Deadline:  June 20, 2024

Upcoming special event:

Panel discussion with UW scholars: Study and Research in the UK via the Churchill, Gates Cambridge, Marshall and Rhodes Scholarships

Thurs., April 18, 12:30-1:30pm on Zoom.

>>   Register to attend.

Questions? Please feel welcome to reach out to me anytime! And please join us for  Global Fellowships Prep  to get additional resources and support.