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Push your practice in bold and experimental directions on Falmouth’s online Photography master’s course. Supported by award-winning lecturers and working with diverse peers from across the globe, you will enhance your critical thinking and learn how to make photographic work that explores and communicates challenging themes and ideas. Throughout the course, you will embrace the myriad possibilities within contemporary photography and visual culture, making work that is critically informed and compelling.
There is no ‘typical’ route for career development as a photographer, but graduates use the skills, network, and the portfolio they develop during the programme to advance their careers in various ways: winning awards, commissions, bursaries and residencies; gaining new commercial clients; and securing permanent roles as photographers within industry.
As a postgraduate course, most students will already be working with photography or media in some professional capacity and make use of the course to progress or diversify their careers in the photography industry. As an internationally recognised master’s degree, the award will make roles and careers outside of the creative industries accessible, too.
Whilst the course is designed with the career progression of its graduates in mind, the programme welcomes those who are taking the course primarily for personal development. Some graduates explore careers in academia and further study at doctoral level.
In addition to the guidance offered by the tutors, you can also access Falmouth’s careers and employability service throughout your studies, and for up to five years following graduation. Falmouth’s expert team will help you identify potential opportunities in the UK or internationally, prepare for job interviews, advise you on starting up your own business, and more.
Qualifications
An honours degree or Level 6 equivalent qualification is desirable. However, candidates without a degree or formal qualification are still encouraged to apply.
Portfolio
A digital portfolio of your current photographic practice. The portfolio should indicate both your technical aptitude and the quality and sophistication of your practice.
You shouldn’t attempt to encompass a range of styles and genres of photography, but rather try to give the admissions team a sense of your practice specialisms and your interests as a practitioner.
You should title or briefly caption each image in your portfolio, explaining – if necessary – how the image is indicative of your practice and why you have selected it.
If your first language is not English, you’ll need to take an English Language test. Falmouth accept:
IELTS – minimum overall score of IELTS 6.5 with at least 6.0 in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
TOEFL iBT (online test) – minimum of 88 overall and at least 21 in all 4 components
LanguageCert (online test) – a High Pass from the ESOL B2 Communicator test in reading, writing, speaking and listening (2 parts)
The university also accept a range of other recognised English language qualifications.
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ARTU Ranking (Out of 45 UK universities included in their table)
QS World University Rankings- QS Quacquarelli Symonds rankings data– (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
