Social media and online platforms are at the heart of modern life – from communicating with friends and family, to how we shop or take part in politics.

You’ll gain an in-depth understanding about ourselves and our online world, and develop your skills ready for a career in one of the many new, cutting-edge jobs being created in digital media.

We’ll educate you as a thinker, maker and creator of digital media, as you develop a rich blend of creative, analytical and technical skills.

Why study Digital Media and Communication at Huddersfield?

• We’ll help you develop the skills and knowledge you need to turn your digital passions into a career you’ll love.
• Use our industry-standard software, equipment and studios, to make and distribute content across media platforms.
• Learn from our top academics who do world-leading research into digital media and communication.
• Work experience opportunities help you take the next step into a graduate job in digital media.

Placements

Our Digital Media and Communication degree includes two exciting placement opportunities. Students are encouraged to undertake a full professional training year in Year 3. We support our students in finding suitable placement opportunities in the Creative Media Industries and beyond. During the placement years you are supported by an academic tutor and will build professional experience invaluable for your final year of study and graduate career alike.

All students not undertaking a full placement year study our final year compulsory placement module that gives you the chance to put your skills into practice in a short placement. This could be a block of a few weeks or one day a week over several months.

Previous placement providers have included the BBC and independent TV companies, a variety of radio stations and newspapers and magazines, along with leading public relations companies and social media agencies.

Your Career

Media, creative and cultural sectors are one of the biggest and fastest growing in the UK. This degree will provide you with a combination of creative, technical and analytical skills for a variety of careers and roles in a rapidly developing digital economy.

*Whilst this is a new course and therefore no graduate statistics for this specific course are available, 90% of graduates from this subject area at Huddersfield are in work and/or further study fifteen months after graduating (HESA Graduate Outcomes 17/18, UK domiciled graduates).