Communication, Media and Popular Music

Whether you want to work in Communication, Media or Popular Music, research their impact or simply understand more about our relationship with these areas, this programme provides a thorough introduction with plenty of opportunities to develop specialist skills. There is scope for specialisation within a coherent and integrated framework that ensures academic progression, allows for increasing specialisation year on year, and emphasises synergies between the disciplines. Study in a department currently ranked within the world top 75 and 5thin the UK for Communication (Shanghai Global Rankings of Academic Subjects 2025). The Communication and Media side of the programme examines how media shape our understanding of what we know and what we consume. A range of optional modules selected to emphasise synergies between communication, media and popular music, allow students to pursue their own interests and focus on particular media and communication forms. The Popular Music side of the programme provides students with a comparative understanding of Western Popular Music’s varied and diverse significance in a range of different cultural contexts, and caters for both students who would like to concentrate on more historical and theoretical study and those who would like to engage with more practical studies. This programme can also be studied over four years with the third year spent on a relevant, salaried work placement. Students can transfer to theYear in Industry version of the programmeafter their first year if they wish.

IELTS 6.5 overall, with no component below 5.5

International students: Full-time place, per year - £27,000; Year in industry: £1,955; Year abroad: £13,500

UK students: Full-time place, per year - £9,790; Year in industry: £1,955; Year abroad: £1,465

UK/Home: Full-time place, per year - £9,790; Year in industry: £1,955; Year abroad: £1,465

International: Full-time place, per year - £27,000; Year in industry: £1,955; Year abroad: £13,500

28 September 2026

UCAS deadline (equal consideration)

• Liverpool, United Kingdom