Program Overview

Key information

Duration

1 year full-time / up to 3-years part-time

Start of programme

September

Attendance mode

Full-time or part-time

Location

Online

Course code

PGTF0313

Entry requirements

We will consider all applications with a 2:2 (or international equivalent) or higher in a relevant subject.

International entry requirements

• Afghanistan: Master's degree, 80% or 3.3/4.0
• Albania: First Level Diploma, 7/10
• Algeria: Licence, 12/20
• Antigua and Barbuda: Bachelor's degree, 2.7/4, B-, 60% or Lower Second Class Hons
• Argentina: Titulo/ Grado de Licenciado, 6/10 or Bueno
• Australia: Bachelor's degree, 2:2 / Credit / 60%
• Austria: Bachelor's degree, 3.5/5.0 and overall Pass (Bestanden)
• Azerbaijan: Bachelor's degree, 70% or 3.5
• Bahamas: Bachelor's degree, 2.7/4, B-, 60% or Lower Second Class Hons
• Bahrain: Bachelor's degree, 74% or 2.67
• Bangladesh: Master's degree, 55% or 2.7
• Belgium: Licentiaat, 60% or 12/20 (Flanders); or 65% (Wallonia)
• Bolivia: Licenciado, 67%
• Botswana: Bachelor's degree, C / 60% / 2:2
• Brazil: Título de Bacharel, 6.5 or 65%
• Brunei: Bachelor's degree, Lower Second Class Hons; 50% / 3.5 out of 5.0
• Bulgaria: Bachelor's degree, 4.0/6.0
• Burkina Faso: Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies, 13/20
• Burma / Myanmar: Master's degree, B- or 55% or 3.0/5.0 or 2.5/4.0
• Cambodia: Master's degree, 65% or 2.7/4.0
• Cameroon: Diplôme d'Ingénieur, 12 (assez bien) or 2.5
• Canada: Bachelor's degree, 2.7 or 67%
• Chile: Grado de Licenciado, 5.0/7
• China: Bachelor's degree, 70-75% or 2.5-2.9/4.0
• Colombia: Licenciado, 3.5/5.0
• Croatia: Baccalaureus, 3.0/5.0
• Cuba: Titulo de Licenciado, 3.5/5.0
• Cyprus: Bachelor's degree, 6.0/10 or 2.7/4.0
• Czech Republic: Bachelor's degree, 2.0/4.0
• Denmark: Bachelor's degree, 5/12 or 6/13
• Dominica: Bachelor's degree, 2.7/4, B-, 60% or Lower Second Class Hons
• Dominican Republic: Título de Licenciado, 65% or 6.5/10
• Ecuador: Bachelor's degree, 70% / 7
• Egypt: Bachelor's degree, 65% or 2.7/4.0
• Estonia: Bakalaurusekraad, 3.0/5.0 or C
• Ethiopia: Master's degree, 2.5/5.0
• Fiji: Bachelor's degree, B/3.0
• Finland: Bachelor/Kandidaatti, 2.5/4.0 or 1.4/3.0
• France: Grade de Licence, 11/20
• Gambia: Master's degree, 2.7/4.3 or 60%
• Georgia: Bachelor's degree, 71%/C/ Good
• Germany: Bachelor's degree, Befriedigend: 2.6-3.5/5.0
• Ghana: Bachelor's degree, Lower Second Class Hons
• Greece: Bachelor's degree, 6/10 (University) or 6.8/10 (Tech Institutes)
• Grenada: Bachelor's degree, 2.7/4, B-, 60% or Lower Second Class Hons
• Haiti: Bachelor's degree, 2.7/4, B-, 60% or Lower Second Class Hons
• Hong Kong: Bachelor's degree, 2.5/4.0 or Lower Second Class Honours
• Hungary: Bachelor's degree, 3.5/5.0
• Iceland: Bachelor's degree, 6.5 out of 10
• India: Bachelor's degree, Top unis: 55%, or 5.5/10. All other: 60%, or 6.0/10; or 5.0/8.0
• Indonesia: Bachelor's degree, 2.7/4.0
• Iran: Licence, 13/20
• Iraq: Bachelor's degree, 65% or Good
• Ireland: Bachelor's degree, Second Class Honours Grade II
• Israel: Bachelor's degree, 65%
• Italy: Laurea, 94/110
• Jamaica: Bachelor's degree, 2.7/4, B-, 60% or Lower Second Class Hons
• Japan: Bachelor's degree, 70-75% / Good/ B or 2.7/ 4.0
• Jordan: Bachelor's degree, 2.5/4.0 or 70%
• Kazakhstan: Bachelor's degree, 2.67/4.0 or 3.5/5.0
• Kenya: Bachelor's degree, 2:2 or 50-59% or 2.4/4.0
• Kuwait: Bachelor's degree, GPA 2.67/4.0
• Kyrgyzstan: Bachelor's degree, 3.5/5.0 or 2.67/4.0
• Latvia: Bakalaura Diploms, 6/10
• Lebanon: Bachelor's degree, 70% or C or 2.7/4.0 or 12/20
• Liberia: Master's degree, 75% or 2.8/4.0
• Libya: Bachelor's degree, 65% or 2.8/4.0
• Lithuania: Bachelors, 7/10
• Luxembourg: Bachelor's degree, 12/20
• Macedonia: Bachelor's degree, 7/10 or 2:2
• Malawi: Master's degree, 60% or 2.4/4.0
• Malaysia: Bachelor's degree, 2.6/4.0 or B- (Class 2 Division 2)
• Maldives: Bachelor's degree, 50%
• Malta: Bachelor degree, Lower Second Class / 60% / Category IIB
• Mexico: Titulo de Licenciado, 7.5/10
• Morocco: Licence, 11/20
• Namibia: Bachelor's degree, 60% or 2.5/4.0
• Nepal: Master's degree, 55% or 2.4/4.0
• Netherlands: Bachelor's degree, 6/10 or 2.7/4.0
• New Zealand: Bachelor's degree, Lower Second Class Hons
• Nigeria: Bachelor's degree, Lower Second Class Hons
• Norway: Bachelors, Overall C
• Oman: Bachelor's degree, 2.7/4.0
• Pakistan: Bachelor's degree, CGPA 2.7 or 55%
• Palestine: Bachelor degree, 75% or or 2.7/4.0
• Papua New Guinea: Bachelor's degree, Class II Division B
• Peru: Licenciado, 12/20
• Philippines: Master’s, 2.5/4.0 or 80% or 2.5/5.0 or Cum Laude
• Poland: Licencjat, 3.8/5.0
• Portugal: Licenciado, 12/20
• Qatar: Bachelor's degree, 2.7/4.0 or 3.3/5.0
• Romania: Diplomă de Licenţă, 7/10
• Russia: Diplom Bakalavra, 3.5/5.0
• Rwanda: Bachelor's degree, Lower Second Class Hons; 60%; or 13/20
• Saudi Arabia: Bachelor's degree, 3.5/5.0 or 2.7/4.0 or 70%
• Serbia and Montenegro: Bachelor's degree, 7 / Good
• Sierra Leone: Bachelor's Honours degree, Lower Second Class Hons; 55%; 3.4/5.0; 2.75/4.0
• Singapore: Bachelor's degree, 3.3/5.0 or 2.8/4.0
• Slovakia: Bachelor's degree, 70%; or 2.0 overall; or C
• Slovenia: Diploma o pridobljeni univerzitetni izobrazbi, 7 out of 10
• Solomon Islands: Bachelor's degree, B/3.0
• Somalia: Do not accept national qualifications for direct entry
• South Africa: Bachelor's degree, 60%
• South Korea: Bachelor's degree, GPA 2.5/4.0; or 2.8/4.3; or 3.0/4.5
• Spain: Título de Grado, 6/10 or 1.5/4.0
• Sri Lanka: Bachelor Special Degree, 55% or 2:2 or 3.0/4.0
• St Kitts and Nevis: Bachelor's degree, 2.7/4, B-, 60% or Lower Second Class Hons
• St Vincent and the Grenadines: Bachelor's degree, 2.7/4, B-, 60% or Lower Second Class Hons
• Sudan: Bachelor's degree, 60% or B
• Sweden: Bachelor's Degree, Pass OR Godkänd (with a minimum of 90 credits at Good - C)
• Switzerland: Diplom, 4/6; or 6/10: or 3/5
• Syria: Bachelor's degree, 65%+ or 'Good' from a public university
• Taiwan: Bachelor's degree, 65-70% or GPA 2.6/4.0 - 2.8/4.0
• Tanzania: Bachelor's degree, 2:2; or Lower Second; or GPA 2.7/5.0
• Thailand: Bachelor's degree, 2.6/4.0
• Trinidad and Tobago: Bachelor's Degree, B-, 60% or 2.5; or Lower Second Class Hons
• Tunisia: Diplôme National d'Ingénieur, 11 out of 20
• Turkey: Lisans Diplomasi, Top Unis: 2.5/4.0. All others: 2.8/4.0
• Uganda: Bachelor's degree, 2:2 (Lower Second) or 3.0/5.0 or B
• Ukraine: Bachelor's degree, 7 out of 12; or 3.5 out of 5
• United Arab Emirates: Bachelor's degree, GPA 2.6/4.0 or 75% or C+
• United States of America: Bachelor's degree, GPA 2.7/4.0
• Vietnam: Bachelor's degree, 6.0/10 or 2.5/4.0
• Yemen: Master's degree, 70% or 2.7/4.0
• Zambia: Master's degree, 65%; B; Credit; 1.7/2.5; or 2.7/4.0; or 3.3/5.0
• Zimbabwe: Bachelor's degree, 2:2 (60%)

Course overview

Developed in partnership with the Institute for Journalism and Social Change, this pathway on the MA Global Journalism will prepare you for career paths in documentary film-making, and especially those at the epicentre of global justice movements.

As well as acquiring a range of practical camera and editing skills, you will have the opportunity to work intensively with a leading independent film production company in London and produce your own film.

The pathway is taught in partnership with Roast Beef Productions, and under the direction of Mike Lerner, a multi-award winning documentary producer including Oscar nomination, Emmy and Bafta awards.

Our courses integrate history, theory and a future-leaning approach to critical journalism practice. They aim to kick-start and advance careers in the global news industry, with a focus on digital and multimedia journalism for global audiences.

Our course content as well as teaching methods are rooted in a conception of journalism’s potential to speak truth to power, and a concern for the different ways in which that is under threat: from disinformation to emergent forms of censorship and repression.

Our diverse range of modules also share a common orientation towards the Global South, championing decolonised and feminist approaches, and placing both the under-represented and the under-reported at the core of our curriculum.

Above all, you will have the opportunity to develop and hone a cross section of skillsets applicable to a wide range of career paths within journalism and beyond.

Structure

Module type | Module name | Sep 2025 | Jan 2026

---|---|---|--- Core | Documentary and Social Change | | * Writing for Visual Media | * | Final Project | * | * Compulsory | Global News: Theories and Practice A | * | Global News: Theories and Practice B | | * Collaborative Research Project: Documentary | | * Electives | Photojournalism and Social Change | * | Introduction to Data Journalism | * | Data Visualisation and Storytelling | | * Conflict and Human Rights Reporting | * | Investigative Newsgathering Techniques | | *

Teaching and learning

Applications for this programme are made for the MA Global Journalism degree. The MA Documentary and Global Justice degree will be awarded as an exit pathway.

On all modules you will be supported by a dedicated module tutor and convenor with whom you can discuss academic queries at regular intervals during each study session. All course readings, resources and other learning materials are provided through the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) which also provides access to the SOAS Library.

All modules are taught by a mix of synchronous (live) and asynchronous elements. Several modules are taught as hybrid enabling participation of students both on campus and online, and collaboration between them. Students have 24/7 access to study skills support through Studiosity and are able to interact with their module tutor and fellow students in discussion forums, peer-to-peer learning and engagement guided by the tutor.

Assessments are 100% coursework-based and designed to build knowledge and skills over the course of study.

Intensive in-person teaching

Students registered on the online distance program are eligible to study in London for a period of intensive in-person delivery (up to 2-weeks) related to their modules/course. Overseas students who opt for this can do so using the standard visitor visa route.

Please be aware that students who come to the UK on the standard visitor route are not eligible for the graduate visa. For more information and guidance about the standard visitor route, you can find out more at our Standard visa visitor page, or at GOV.UK's Check if you need a UK visa page.

Fees and funding

Mode of study/fee status | Fee per year ---|--- Full-time online (Home or overseas) | £12,710 Part-time online (Home or overseas) | £6,355 Full-time on campus (Home) | £12,710 Part-time on campus (Home) | £6,355 Full-time on campus (Overseas) | £26,330

Postgraduate loans

If you have been a resident in England for 3 years you may be eligible. See postgraduate funding and finance for more information.

• Look through the available postgraduate scholarships

Alternatively, we also recommend students approach their local British Council, British High Commission or British Embassy, for information on local funding.

Dependent on nationality, employment circumstances and other factors, funding and sponsorship sources can include:

• United Nations (UNESCO, FAO, UNDP, UNEP etc)
• Bilateral Aid Agencies (SIDA, GTZ, etc)
• European Union
• British Council
• UK Department for International Development / Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• NGOs
• Educational and other charitable trusts

Employment

The MA Global Journalism and specialist pathways prepare students for freelance careers and journalism roles within conventional news organisations as well as NGO and campaigning organisations. Students will also acquire cross-over skills applicable to a range of career pathways within broader fields including communications, human rights law and politics.

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