Film Studies PhD

University of Sussex

With our internationally respected team of researchers and exclusive film and documentary library, you’ll find Sussex an ideal place for your postgraduate research in Film Studies.Areas of studyWe offer expert supervision across a wide range of topics, including:Hollywood, British, Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern and European cinemasgender, sexuality and representationfilm, history and popular culturegenre, authorship and stardomfilm and new mediadocumentaryindustry and production studiesaudience studies.You can choose to study for a PhD or an MPhil. PhD and MPhil degrees differ in duration and in the extent of your research work.For a PhD, your research work makes a substantial original contribution to knowledge or understanding in your chosen field.For an MPhil, your work is an independent piece of research but in less depth than for a PhD. You’ll graduate with the degree title Master of Philosophy. You might be able to change to a PhD while you study for an MPhil.

Faculty of Media, Arts and Humanities