Birmingham School of Media is home to a suite of industry-standard facilities: TV studios, radio studios, post-production suites, dubbing suites and a green screen studio.
Facilities are used by industry as well as students. The school has recently partnered with Huffpost UK, giving students the opportunity to experience work in a live newsroom environment.
Birmingham City University (BCU) is ranked 1st in the UK for Film Production and Photography and in the UK Top 20 for Media and Film Studies (The Guardian 2024).
Stage 1 University Foundation
10th: Secondary Education Examination (SEE) - 5 grades at D+ or above including C+ in Maths for courses requiring GCSE level Maths
School Leaving Certificate (SLC) - minimum 50% overall
International Year One
Stage 2 First Year Degree (Accounting/Economics, Business & Marketing)
12th 50% overall
Stage 2 First Year Degree (Built Environment, Computing, Engineering, Technology & Health Science)
12th 55% overall
If you successfully complete your Birmingham City University International College (BCUIC) programme and progress onto your chosen Birmingham City University (BCU) degree, you will receive up to £1,500 off your tuition fee.
This discount does not apply to students who are sponsored by a government/ organisation/company.
You will receive £1,000 off if you achieve 70-79.9%. You will receive £1,500 off if you achieve a minimum of 80%.
This discount applies to students joining BCUIC in the May and September 2024 intakes only.
The bursary is equivalent to 10% of the tuition fee for up to 8 units of study within one programme only with a Navitas member institution. The bursary does not apply to additional units or repeat units that may also be undertaken and excludes mixed English options.
The Family Bursary applies where two or more students from the same family study at a Navitas institution.
The first family member can be studying at a Navitas institution at the same time as the other family members or may have studied at any Navitas institution previously.
The bursary is granted to the second and subsequent family members who study at a Navitas institution.
To be eligible, students must not have previously received a Navitas scholarship or bursary, or had a scholarship or bursary from Navitas withdrawn.