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Queen's University Belfast

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Undergraduate 2027

Undergraduate 2025

BA | Undergraduate

Media and Broadcast Production

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Entry year : Academic Year 2027/28

Entry requirements : ABB

Attendance : 3 years (Full-time) \

UCAS Code : P310

Placement : Optional

This Media & Broadcast Production degree at Queen’s University Belfast is for those interested in careers in creative media, content production and broadcast programme making for television, radio, journalism, podcasts, online, social media and other new and emerging digital media platforms. \ \ Students will acquire advanced knowledge and skills in digital media production, research, writing, directing, shooting and editing, as well as developing their understanding of broader media culture.\ \ Students benefit from our cutting-edge digital production facilities including the Live Television Studio, Vision Mixing Suite, Sonic Lab, Radio Studio, Stage Box, Audiovisual Gallery, individual editing studios and classroom computer suite. Students also have access to a range of 4K cameras, sound and lighting kits on loan for location work. \ \ Across the programme, practice-based learning is framed by the study of media and broadcast concepts, critical contexts, and current industrial practices. This approach encourages our students to become creative and critical practitioners with highly developed audio-visual literacy. All of these skills enhance the employability of our graduates within the media and creative industries sector.\ \ This degree aims to introduce you to the widest possible experience of modern broadcasting and media production combined with critical thinking and excellent online skills.\ \ Whether it is programme making for online or traditional broadcast, live or on location, in front or behind the camera or microphone, you will gain substantial practical skills supported by the kind of theoretical and critical skills highly desirable to employers in the Creative Industries.

Media & Broadcast Production is one of the most practical, industry focused degrees for media, television, radio, podcasting and online content creation offered at any Russell Group University in the UK.

Course highlights

Global Opportunities

As well as having the opportunity to apply for study abroad for a semester or academic year through student exchange in Europe or North America, this degree will give students a highly portable set of practical and critical skills that will be recognised by and applicable to broadcast sectors globally.

It is an exciting time to get involved in broadcasting and media production in Northern Ireland. The region has one of the fastest growing creative sectors in the UK economy. Broadcast programme making for entertainment, news,\ documentary, current affairs and online is a huge part of the industry here. The work placement module at Level 3 provides students with the opportunity to connect with many of the local production companies.

Queen's has a collaborative agreement with BBC Northern Ireland, to promote opportunities for placements for our students and research/training between both organisations. Broadcast Production at QUB has direct links a wide variety of the regions production broadcast and media production companies with addition links to NI Screen, Screenskills, the Belfast Media Festival, The Belfast Film Festival, Doc's Ireland and the Digital Cities Belfast initiative.

Career Development

This highly practical course allows students to build up a portfolio of outputs to share with potential employers. The new skillsets developed such as programme-making, media productions skills and building digital content for online distribution and social media are highly sought after by employers and provide an excellent background for work in the creative industries.

World Class Facilities

Access to a television and radio studio with broadcast quality LED lighting and green screen facilities; off-line and on-line editing suites, utilising industry software such as Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro and Avid Pro Tools; access to the Sonic Arts Research Centre for audio training and industry standard audio recording and post production equipment; full high-definition cameras are available as are substantial lighting and sound kits for location work

Student Experience

We are an Avid Authorised Learning Partner for Media Composer and Pro Tools, offering certified industry-approved training as part of the degree. Broadcast Production benefits from close relationships with BBC NI, UTV, Northern Ireland Screen and the Belfast Media Festival with industry professionals connecting to teaching right across the programme from many of the production companies in Northern Ireland.

Further Study Opportunities

Further study is also an option - the School offers a Masters (MA) in Media and Broadcast Production. Based within the same department, those students who wish to continue their studies into a fourth year in this subject area can take a one year full-time\ taught Masters or two years part-time. Other opportunities include our MA in Arts Management, and the research led MRes in Arts & Humanities.

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