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Digital Culture & Society MA

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During this Digital Culture and Society MA, you’ll explore how digital developments around the world shape various socio-political and economic fields such as work, governance, identity, cultural communication, finance, industry, and many more. You will learn to think critically from diverse perspectives and theories about changing industries, technologies, and cultures, making it the ideal training for future practitioners, researchers, and policymakers. And by researching markets and developing your own digital project, you’ll get to apply your learning and start building your portfolio.

Key benefits

  • Gain an understanding of digital technologies’ role and impact on contemporary culture and society.
  • Develop your practical skills through a range of group projects.
  • Specialise your study with optional modules.
  • Learn how to review, synthesise and integrate information and data for research and reporting purposes.
  • Access additional support via the Writing Lab and Coding Lab.
  • Join a Digital Humanities Department that’s the largest in the UK and a global leader in researching digital and culture.

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Employability

Graduates of this Digital Culture & Society MA will be well-placed to pursue careers in social and technology research, think tanks, the arts and the cultural sectors, government and public administration, international development, NGOs, education, media, and communications globally, as well as into marketing and public relations or journalism.

 

It also provides a good foundation for anyone who wants to pursue a PhD.

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Employability

Graduates of this Digital Culture & Society MA will be well-placed to pursue careers in social and technology research, think tanks, the arts and the cultural sectors, government and public administration, international development, NGOs, education, media, and communications globally, as well as into marketing and public relations or journalism.

 

It also provides a good foundation for anyone who wants to pursue a PhD.

Application closing date guidance

We encourage you to apply as early as possible so that there is sufficient time for your application to be assessed. We may need to request further information from you during the application process.

King's College London is committed to the recruitment of students with the greatest academic ability and to maintain a diverse student population. In order to ensure a balanced international student population for our most competitive programmes, we have implemented the following deadlines:

For applicants who are currently residing in mainland China, the first application deadline is 10 January 2025 (23:59 UK time).

  • We highly encourage you to apply by this deadline due to high demand, but applications will continue to be reviewed thereafter until the final application deadline on 9 March 2025 (23:59 UK time).
  • If you reside in mainland China and apply for this programme after the above final deadline, your application may be automatically withdrawn and you will not be eligible for an application fee refund.

For all other applicants, our first application deadline is on 9 March 2025 (23:59 UK time). The final application deadlines for this programme are:

  • Overseas (international) fee status: 25 July 2025 (23:59 UK time)
  • Home fee status: 25 August 2025 (23:59 UK time)

After the first application deadline in March:

  • if the programme is not yet full, we will continue to accept applications until all available places are filled up to the final application deadlines above
  • if the programme becomes full before the final application deadlines stated above, we will close the programme to further applications

Please note, you will not be eligible for an application fee refund if you apply after the first application deadline, and we are unable to process further offers because places are filled and we close the course before the final application deadline.

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