What will I learn?

The rapid development and distribution of digital media technologies in so many aspects of everyday life raise new research questions. Specialist methods and approaches are needed to understand the transformations in everyday life and social worlds. Exploring these questions in your PhD, you鈥檒l work with expert faculty guiding and supervising you throughout your research project.

You can participate in the Sussex Humanities Lab, which is dedicated to developing and expanding interdisciplinary research at the cutting edge of digital humanities and digital media.

Areas of Study

We welcome research proposals in areas such as:

philosophy of media, critical theory, and technology
digital humanities
computational media and the political economy of computation.
Projects can be co-supervised by faculty in another school as appropriate.

Which department am I in?

Digital Media

Study options

Full Time (4 years)

Tuition fees

拢21,500.00 (US$ 27,766) per year

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

April 2025

Venue

University of Sussex

Sussex House,

Brighton,

Brighton & Hove,

BN1 9RH, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, England

Full Time (4 years)

Tuition fees

拢21,500.00 (US$ 27,766) per year

This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please

Start date

January 2025

Venue

University of Sussex

Sussex House,

Brighton,

Brighton & Hove,

BN1 9RH, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, England

Entry requirements

For international students

Degree requirements: You鈥檙e normally expected to have a Merit (an average of 60% overall) in a Master鈥檚 degree and an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree. Subject-specific requirements: Your qualification should be in a subject relevant to your chosen area of research. You may also be considered for the degree if you have other professional qualifications or experience of equivalent standing. English Language Requirements: IELTS (Academic) High level (6.5 overall, including at least 6.0 in each component); TOEFL (iBT) - 88 overall, including at least 20 in Listening, 19 in Reading, 21 in Speaking, 23 in Writing.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.