About Creative Technologies MA/msc in De Montfort University

In our world of rapidly developing technologies, the workforce of the future must be equipped with a hybrid range of contemporary skills necessary for digital technology innovation.

On this course you will learn to utilise and combine technologies in creative ways, and gain higher-level digital, technical and interpersonal skills, analytical and problem-solving skills, and become a critical thinker and creative developer.

The course is suitable for students from a varied backgrounds, attracting recent graduates wishing to increase their employability within the creative technology and digital cultural industries, mature students who wish to expand their interdisciplinary portfolio, and company-sponsored professionals working in creative technology industries.

Whether your specialism lies in technology but you are interested in exploring the creative dimensions, or you are an artist or designer working with technologies or programming skills, this course will give you the grounding in contemporary creative technologies.

Our multi-disciplinary approach to teaching, learning and research brings together eScience, digital arts and design and humanities to cross traditional disciplines and boundaries, encouraging innovation and developing new modes of collaboration.

Students on this course can choose to explore modules including Artificial Intelligence, Computational Intelligence, Creative Coding, Digital Arts, Digital Cultures, Future Cities, Holography, Internet of Things, Interactions Design, Systems Design, Transmedia Practice and Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Realities.  Students are able to select modules from a range of areas and combine them into an independent project.

Key features

• Develop your own area of specialism at the convergence of technology and creative practice, working across and beyond disciplines and boundaries.
• Be encouraged to develop innovative and experimental practice in a supportive collaborative environment.
• Work on live research projects within the Institute of Technology, including the Creative AI Research Group, Imaging and Displays Research Group, Immersive Realities Research Group and Digital Arts Performance Practice - emerging research (DAPPer).
• Access resources and expertise from both the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media and the Faculty of Arts, Design and Humanities, including labs, studios and workshop spaces.
• Equip yourself with a range of expertise from across disciplines to face challenges presented by the rapidly evolving technological environment and the needs of contemporary creative technologies’ employers. Graduates have gone on to work for companies including Sky, Jaguar Land Rover, Abbey Road, the BBC and ITV.

Entry criteria

Applicants should normally possess a 2.1 honours degree in a creative technologies-related subject area. We take a transdisciplinary approach and welcome applications from a wide range of subject areas and all non-standard applications will be carefully considered.

Equivalent qualifications from other international systems will receive the same consideration and applicants whose first language is not English should have IELTS 6.0 or equivalent.

There is a three-stage application process:

1. Application form.

2.  An example of their Creative Technologies-related work.

3. A personal statement explaining why the candidate believes that this course is right for them and how it relates to their work with creative technologies.

International students

If English is not your first language an IELTS score of 6.0 or equivalent when you start the course is essential. English Language tuition, delivered by our British Council accredited Centre for English Language Learning, is available both before and throughout the course if you need it.

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DMU International Scholarship up to 1500 pounds

• TEF Gold Outstanding Alumni Scholarship up to 3000 pounds
•  Leicester Castle Business School Scholarships:

1. Global MBA Scholarship £3,000 - £5,000
2. Full Postgraduate Scholarship

• LGBTQ + Allies Scholarship-two fully funded post graduate taught scholarship packages including full fee weaver and maintenance bursary.
• Vice Chancellor's Sports Scholarship- three different scholarship packages are available with eligible students being awarded up to 6000 pounds of support.