Program Overview

Digital Economy MSc

Overview

The Digital Economy MSc is an interdisciplinary programme that critically analyses how digital technologies are changing the ways we work, produce, exchange, and collaborate. The programme aims to approach and analyse the big questions facing global society today. With a global focus on labour, markets, platforms, and institutions, you'll gain a big picture perspective on the transformations being brought about through digital technologies and you'll gain the tools needed to respond to the challenges facing our world.

Key Benefits

• Learn from one of the only programmes that focuses on a critical perspective on the digital economy
• Discover the global impact of new technologies, including topics such as emerging digital divides, global labour markets, digital development and its discontents, and digital colonialism
• Gain a detailed understanding of how platforms and other digital technologies are influencing the culture industries
• Discover how to critically evaluate the strength and value of innovative business models in the private and public sectors
• Engage with a variety of optional modules that cover subjects including artificial intelligence, social media, digital assets, data journalism
• Learn from a uniquely interdisciplinary curriculum that combines insights from areas including economics, sociology, anthropology, management
• Join a Digital Humanities Department that’s the largest in the UK and a global leader in researching digital and culture

Course Essentials

Base Campus

• Strand Campus: Located on the north bank of the River Thames, the Strand Campus houses King's College London's arts and sciences faculties

Regulating Bodies

• King's is regulated by the Office for Students

Entry Requirements

UK Applicants

• Standard Requirements: A minimum 2:1 undergraduate Bachelor’s (honours) degree
• Programme-Specific Requirements: An honours degree at 2:1 standard or above
• English Language Requirements: English language band B

International Applicants

• Equivalent International Qualifications: Select a country to view equivalent qualifications
• English Language Requirements: English language band B

Teaching and Structure

Teaching Methods

• Research-led teaching
• Lectures and seminars
• Independent study

Assessment

• Coursework and written/practical examinations
• Essays, reports, and projects
• Coursework contributes approximately 100% to your final mark

Structure

• Required Modules:
  • Micro Perspectives on the Digital Economy (30 credits)
  • Macro Perspectives on the Digital Economy (30 credits)
  • Research Dissertation (60 credits)
• Optional Modules:
  • Artificial Intelligence & Society (15 credits)
  • Global Digital Audiences (15 credits)
  • Digital Innovation (15 credits)
  • Social Media, Marketing and Platforms (15 credits)
  • Digital Asset and Media Management Technologies In Practice (15 credits)
  • Management for Digital Content Industries (15 credits)
  • Digital Media, Digital Marketing (15 credits)
  • Music and Sound in Digital Societies (15 credits)
  • Digital Storytelling (15 credits)
  • Web Technologies (15 credits)
  • Digital Publishing (15 credits)
  • Data Journalism (15 credits)
  • Communication and Consumption Of Cultural Heritage (15 Credits)
  • Curating & Preserving Digital Culture (15 credits)

Careers

• As a Digital Economy MSc graduate, you’ll be well-placed to pursue a career that requires an understanding of the digital economy itself or to expand your experience with creative roles
• The skills you develop are likely to be particularly transferable to work in digital companies and positions that need skills in digital business models, ecosystem strategies, social media management, analytics, CRM management, digital advertising, market research, and platform scaling and growth analysis

Fees and Funding

Tuition Fees

• UK: Full time £13,500 per year (2025/26), Part time £6,750 per year (2025/26)
• International: Full time £35,800 per year (2025/26), Part time £17,900 per year (2025/26)

Deposit

• Home deposit £500, International deposit £2000

Additional Costs

• Books
• Clothing for optional course related events and competitions
• Library fees and fines
• Personal photocopies
• Printing course handouts
• Society membership fees
• Stationery
• Travel costs around London and between campuses
• Graduation costs

Funding

• Bursaries
• Scholarships
• Grants
• Tuition fees
• Living expenses
• Student loans
• Other financial help available at King's

Application Closing Date Guidance

• Overseas (international) fee status: 25 July 2025 (23:59 UK time)
• Home fee status: 25 August 2025 (23:59 UK time)