Maynooth,
Ireland
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
Postgraduate Diploma in Critical and Creative Media in Maynooth Ireland | Maynooth University
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Maynooth Ireland
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Qualification
Postgraduate Diploma
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
EUR
14,000
(c. USD16,166.22)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
12 months
The full-time Postgraduate Diploma enhances practical abilities, research methodologies, and analytical reasoning while fostering deeper creative and theoretical exploration across various media formats. This program merges critical analysis with innovative creative techniques to address the complex landscape of today's media sectors. It explores diverse theoretical frameworks and hands-on applications spanning multiple media platforms such as film, digital media, publishing, television, and radio. The curriculum places these mediums within their historical and societal frameworks, investigating audience interactions, economic models, and technological advancements alongside practical media production experience.
The flexible course design enables you to tailor your academic journey.
Participants may choose from three specialized tracks: Creative Media, Society and Justice, or History and Culture, or craft their own interdisciplinary path. The program further encourages personal exploration through elective modules from various disciplines offered at MU.
We advise enrolling in the MA program initially, which includes the opportunity to complete a final dissertation/project. Students may opt to conclude their studies with the Postgraduate Diploma if preferred. Please contact us to discuss your academic pathway.
Duration: 1 year full-time
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Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
Applicants must have a recognised primary degree which is considered equivalent to Irish university primary degree level.
IELTS - 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in each band; TOEFL internet-based test iBT: 90 with no less than 21 in writing and at least 19 in all other sections; Pearson Test of English - 63 with no less than 59 for each item in the Communicative Skills section; Duolingo English Test (DET) - 120 with no less than 110 in literacy, conversation, and comprehension subscores and no less than 95 in production. (This lower production subscore applies to non-EU applicants only), Cambridge Proficiency Cert. - 176+ on Cambridge English scale with no less than 169 in each skill and use of English. Proficiency Certificate, Grade C or better (CEFR Level C1 or C2); Cambridge Advanced Cert. - 176+ on Cambridge English scale with no less than 169 in each skill and use of English Advanced Certificate, Grade C or better (CEFR Level C1 or C2); ETAPP - C1 or better (CEFR Level C1 or C2); Oxford Test of English - 140 with no less than 125 in each skill; Trinity College London ISE - ISE III with at least merit in each skill category.
Tuition
EUR
14,000