If you’re an early or mid-career creative media industries professional keen to boost your career or take it in a new direction, our postgraduate degree can help get you there. Whatever your creative industries sector – music business, audio production, marketing, film production, games, animation or web development – you’ll have the opportunity to critically reflect on areas of interest through creative media projects of your choosing.
100% FLEXIBLE: LOCATION
Our postgraduate program is fully online, fully remote, meaning you can study anywhere in the world. But don’t worry; you’ll still get the opportunity to network and connect with other fellow students. Every trimester, we host a conference – open to the students and also staff – where you’ll be able to present your work and also know about other people’s projects, creating meaningful connections with creatives from all over the globe!
IT’s YOUR JOURNEY
Here at SAE, we co-create a bespoke Master’s journey for every single student that joins the programme. Following some assessments, we design a research project specifically for you, relying on the framework that we developed over the years, meaning you can choose exactly what you want to study. In short, anything is really possible on this programme!
The course is offered on a full-time (1 year) or part-time basis (2 years), and we can also discuss switching from one to the other in due course to make sure you can carry on with your other career endeavours.
SUCCESS STORIES
JOIN OUR MASTER'S IF YOU WORK IN:
INDUSTRY RESEARCH PROJECTS
EXAMPLE: SONARWORKS
We recently teamed up with Latvia’s Sonarworks, the world’s largest audio calibration company, to work on some exciting, cutting-edge research. Our first collaborative research project began in September 2024, with the results due to be published at the end of 2025.
Our collaboration with Sonarworks continues as they look to engage more students in their audio calibration software research and its utility in mastering music.
Come join our thriving postgraduate community at SAE and help deliver cutting-edge industry research. For further information, please email course leadder John Markey at j.markey@sae.edu.
PGCertHE in Professional Development: An Alternative Route
Alongside our MA/MSc Professional Practice, we also offer a PG Certificate. This course perfect for those interested in further study, yet not ready to commit to a masters programme. The course is also suited those without an undergraduate degree, yet who have 3+ years of relevant industry experience.
Our PGCert programme cam be studied full-time over four months, or part-time over eight months. The course has two distinct routes, the 'Negotiated Project' which involves the creation of original practical and academic work, or the 'Review of Learning', which involves detailing your industry experience via a portfolio, CV and reflecting upon it.
This course is perfect for those who’d like to use their industry experience to gain a level 7 qualification, outside of a full masters programme. Alternatively, it suits those looking to return to study after some time away,or even graduates keen to continue their studies without committing to a full masters degree.
ACCESS SAE CAMPUSES
SAE Postgraduate students local to one of our many campuses can access our facilities. Whilst taking advantage of industry-standard equipment, this also offers the opportunity to network with our global community of creatives!
OPEN TO GRADUATES AND PROFESSIONALS
Due to the research nature of our postgraduate programme, this is a great master’s course for those looking to undertake research on their creative practice.
PROFESSIONALS
If you have 5+ years of experience in a creative field and would like to reflect on your practice over the years, this Master’s is for you.
GRADUATES
If you recently graduated and would like to upscale in a particular area of your practice, this course is for you too.
