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Culture, Media & Creative Industries

  • BA (Hons)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-time
  • 29 September 2026
  • Undergraduate
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King’s College London
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Course summary

Our Culture, Media and Creative Industries BA gives you a deep understanding of how the cultural and creative industries operate, how media shapes our lives and the world around us, and how you can shape the future of the media and creative sectors.

You’ll get plenty of opportunities to follow your interests and build your own specialism. With a wide choice of modules, you can explore areas like fashion, visual arts, music, performance, film and TV, gaming and more, and how these industries connect and change.

We will also help you build the creative, critical and adaptable thinking skills that employers are looking for. Whatever direction you take after university, you’ll be ready to thrive in creative roles, even ones that don’t exist yet.

Key benefits

  • Join a department that’s ranked Top 3 in the UK for Media & Communication Studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025).

  • Shape your own specialism with a flexible degree that allows you to focus on specific areas of cultural studies, media studies or the creative industries—or combine all three.

  • Develop the transferable skills you’ll need to work in the cultural, creative, media and digital sectors, thanks to a real focus on professional development.

  • Put on a festival with your fellow students in your third year. In previous years these have taken place in Somerset House, one of London’s most prestigious venues for arts and culture.

  • Enjoy being in the heart of London’s cultural industries, on a degree with many guest speakers from the capital's arts, cultural and media industries.

  • Enhance your education by studying abroad for a semester in your second year.

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

  • Course does not award QTS

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Main Site

Study options

  • BA (Hons) • Full-time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • 29 September 2026

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
P300
Institution code:
K60
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Year 1

King's College London, University of London has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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How to apply

This course has limited vacancies, and is no longer accepting applications from some students. See the list below for where you normally live, to check if you're eligible to apply.
  • EU
  • Wales
  • England
  • International
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Republic of Ireland

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
P300
Institution code:
K60
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

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Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff
Not accepted

A level
AAA

Must include an essay-based or creative-based subject.

Please note that A-level General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted by King's as one of your A levels.

Access to HE Diploma
D: 36 credits M: 9 credits P: 0 credits

The Access to Higher Education Diploma must be 60 credits in total.

Access to HE Diploma (for example, in Humanities) with 45 Level 3 credits: 33 must be from units awarded at Distinction, with the remaining Level 3 credits at Merit.

Scottish Higher
ABB

Must be a combination of three Scottish Highers and two Scottish Advanced Highers. We do not count the Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject.

Scottish Advanced Higher
AA

Must be a combination of three Scottish Highers and two Scottish Advanced Highers. We do not count the Higher and Advanced Higher in the same subject.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
36 points

36 points overall or an aggregate score of 18 from three Higher Levels.

Note: The total point score of 36 includes TOK/EE.

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
D3, D3, D3

Combinations of Pre-U principal subjects and other qualifications (such as A-levels) considered.

T Level
Not accepted

Required subjects: An essay-based or creative-based subject. Please see further information below.
Preferred subjects: None

Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in each skill
PTE Academic69 overall with a minimum of 62 in each skill
TOEFL (iBT)100 overall with a minimum of 25 in writing and 23 in each of the other skills
Cambridge English Advanced185 overall with a minimum of 176 in each skill
Cambridge English Proficiency185 overall with a minimum of 176 in each skill
Trinity ISELevel III (ISEIII) with merit in each skill
Institution's Own TestPass the King's Pre-Sessional English Language Programme with Band 7
We also accept a number of English language tests taken as part of school-level qualifications. For more details, please see our website. Please note that the course requirements are under Band B.

Band Bhttps://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/how-to-apply/english-language-requirements

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

At King’s we don’t just use your grades to assess your application. We recognise that not everyone has the same educational journey and that some students have had to overcome challenges to achieve their grades.

Contextual offers are made to applicants who may have experienced barriers that have impeded their academic progress. Contextual offers may be up to two A-Level grades (or equivalent) lower than the advertised entry requirements found on the course pages.

Learn more on the King's College London, University of London website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

For International fees and information, please see the course details on our online prospectus: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/undergraduate

The fees stated are for entry in the forthcoming September. If you are applying for deferred entry, to commence the following September, fees may be subject to change.

All International applicants to Undergraduate programmes are required to pay a deposit of £2,000 against their first year’s tuition fee. This deposit is payable when you firmly accept an unconditional offer to study with us, and will be offset against your tuition fees when you join King’s.

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