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Master of Arts in Digital Documentaries

Cardiff University

UK,Wales

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12 Months

Duration

CAD 19,450/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 0 FREE

Application Fee

Sep 2025

Apply Date

UK, Wales

Type: University

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 2005

Total Students: 33,510 +

Int. Students: 9,135 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

Cardiff CF10 3AT, United Kingdom

Overview
Key Facts
Fees & Funding
Admission Requirements
Additional Info
Scholarships
Student Visa
Work Permit

Master of Arts in Digital Documentaries

Program Overview

Documentaries are a vital, successful and constantly evolving media with an ever-growing number of places where they are screened, broadcast and streamed.

With us, you'll be trained in the craft and technical aspects of filmmaking, producing films of integrity and importance.

Hands-on film making

Intensive practical workshops, group sessions and one-to-one guidance will help you locate subjects and stories that matter to you, find a method of making and a mode of encounter with your subject, develop distinct shooting and editing strategies, and evolve your own unique visual language.

On this degree you’ll gain a range of skills including:

Producing, directing, camera, sound and editing.
Learning how to communicate imaginatively through the moving image.
Researching and writing original non-fiction film.
Developing visual storytelling.
Shooting and editing.
Project management, scheduling, budgeting, distributing and fund-raising.

We’ll train you to be an all-rounder, with valuable expertise in directing, production managing, camera operating, recording sound, editing, and pitching your projects to funders and promoting your films to festivals.

Detailed Program Facts

Program Level

Master's Degree

Application Processing Days

84 Days

Program Intensity

Full-Time

Duration of Program

12 Months

Program Intakes

Intake Month/Year		Intake Status
sep 2024		Closed
sep 2025		Open

Application Fee

Application Fee: CAD 0 FREE

Tuition Fee

CAD 19,450 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

Living Cost in Cardiff University

CAD 12,006 per year

*Note: The fee is approximate and is subject to change

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

Check program website for more information about funding options.

English Test Requirements

IELTS
- Minimum Overall Score - 7.0 - 6.5 - With No Band Less Than
TOEFL
- Minimum Overall Score - 100 - 20 - With no score less than
PTE
- Minimum Overall Score - 70.0

Minimum Level of Education required: To be accepted for this program, students must have a Bachelor's degree.

Minimum CGPA Required: 60.00 %

Additional Information

Career Opportunities

The documentary is one of the forms of media which is expanding across all platforms. Most businesses and non-governmental organisations (NGO's) use videos to inform their internal and external audience about what they do.

An MA in Digital Documentaries will offer a wide range of opportunities for those who not only wish to become filmmakers, but those who want to use this exciting medium for a wide range of different purposes.

Scholarships

Work Permit

PGWP

There are various options through which a student can get a post study work visa in the UK.
Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur Visa for the graduates with a genuine and credible business idea.
Tier 2 (General) is the leading immigration visa to work in the UK.
Tier 4 Doctorate Extension Scheme is for students who have completed their Ph.D. and is valid for 12 months for them to work, look for work or set up a business.
Tier 5 Youth Mobility is for individuals of certain countries like Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and New Zealand aged between 18 -30 who wish to move to the UK.
Tier 5 GAE is for individuals who want to come to the UK for work experience, training, research or a fellowship.
UK Ancestry is for individuals who are a citizen of a commonwealth and plan to work in the UK and have a grandparent who was born in the UK.