Applications are open for a unique two year programme which enables students to study for one year at LSE in London, the UK’s media capital, and one year at the University of Cape Town (UCT) – the top-ranked university on the African continent with close links to Cape Town’s media and film industry and NGO sector.

The MSc/MA Double Degree in Global Media and Communications (LSE and the University of Cape Town) aims to provide:

• critical exploration of mediation in the global context, examining processes of globalisation in relation to organisation, production, consumption and representation in media and communications;
• the opportunity to study a range of courses, flexibly tailoring the programme to develop specialist interests, culminating in an independent research project on a topic in global media and communications at LSE and a further dissertation or creative media production at UCT;
• preparation for high-level employment in media and communications related professions anywhere in the world;
• the opportunity to carry out an internship in Cape Town.

Students on this degree will be trained to examine the intersection of media and globalisation from an African vantage point. They will gain an understanding of global media and communications in an African context and African media and communications in a global context.

General information about the programme:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/study

http://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Graduate/Degree-programmes-2018/MSc-Global-Media-and-Communications-LSE-and-UCT

Watch video about the programme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5etxv19nZE&t=17s

Detailed course information about Year Two at UCT:

http://www.cfms.uct.ac.za/msc-global-media-courses

How to apply:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/study/mscProgrammes/globalMedia/HowToApply.aspx

http://www.lse.ac.uk/study/graduate/enquirer/howToApply/HowToApplyForGraduateStudyVideo.aspx

Request for administrative fee waiver:

https://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Graduate/Applicants/How-do-I/Secure/Administrative-fee-waiver

Entry requirements:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/study/graduate/enquirer/entryRequirements/home.aspx

Financial support for all students:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse/Graduate/fees-and-funding

Other LSE financial support for African students:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/africa/study/scholarships/scholarshipsHome.aspx

For general enquiries about the admissions process, please email: Media.Communications.Msc@lse.ac.uk

For further details about LSE programme content, please contact Prof Robin Mansell, (r.e.mansell@lse.ac.uk)

For further details about UCT programme content, please contact Dr Wallace Chuma (wallace.chuma@uct.ac.za)