LOCAL-G39885
This module is your introduction to basic technical skills and production methods in the field of digital media production. You’ll build your technical skills...
Digital Media Production
BA (Hons), BSc (Hons)
Explore digital storytelling and media production, developing creative and technical skills across platforms.
Key facts
- Duration
- Full time: 3 years, or 4 if a work placement is chosen
- Part time: up to 8 years
- Starts
- September 2027
- Level
- Undergraduate
- UCAS code
- P310
- Location
- Headington
- School
- School of Arts
About this course
Digital media is evolving fast, with new studios and technologies driving demand for creative and technical talent. At Oxford Brookes, you can choose a BA or BSc in Digital Media Production - keeping your options open while you explore a wide range of media forms.
The BA focuses on creative areas like directing, scriptwriting, and producing. The BSc dives into technical aspects such as visual effects, animation, and 3D environments. You don’t need to choose between them until the end of your second year.
Our expert team brings experience in documentary making, cinematography, 3D modelling, and more. With strong industry links, you’ll also have the chance to do a third-year work placement or internship to apply your skills in the real world.
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Top 10 in the UK
Digital Media Production is ranked 8th in the Guardian Media and Film Studies subject league ranking 2025.
Stand out from your peers
Gain hands-on experience with a placement at a company in the UK or abroad. Plus, boost your prospects with an AVID Professional certification in Media Composer Video Editing.
Study abroad
You may be able to go on a European or international study exchange while you are at Brookes. Most exchanges take place in the second year. Although we will help as much as we can with your plans, ultimately you are responsible for organising and funding this study abroad.
Language courses
Our university-wide language programme is available to full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students on many of our courses, and can be taken as a credit on some courses.
Entry requirements
Entry requirements
| Qualification | Typical offer |
|---|---|
| UCAS tariff points | 112 |
| Contextual offer tariff points | 88 |
| A-level | BBC |
| BTEC Extended Diploma | DMM |
| International Baccalaureate | 27 |
We welcome applications from candidates with alternative qualifications, and from mature students.
Fees and funding
Fees
| Fee types | 2026/27 | 2027/28 |
|---|---|---|
| Home full-time | £9,790 | £10,050 |
| Home part-time | £1,220 per single module | £1,255 per single module |
| Home placement year | £1,905 | £2,010 |
| International full-time | £17,250 | £18,500 |
| International placement year | £1,905 | £2,010 |
Please note, tuition fees for Home students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students in line with an inflationary amount determined by government. Oxford Brookes University intends to maintain its fees for new and returning Home students at the maximum permitted level.
For further information please see our tuition fees FAQs.
Tuition fees for International students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students.
The following factors will be taken into account by the University when it is setting the annual fees: inflationary measures such as the retail price indices, projected increases in University costs, changes in the level of funding received from Government sources, admissions statistics and access considerations including the availability of student support.
How and when to pay
Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. Students are not liable for full fees for that semester if they leave before week 4. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.
- For information on payment methods please see our Make a Payment page.
- For information about refunds please visit our Refund policy page.
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Learning and assessment
We do things differently from a traditional media course. For the first 2 years, you cover the same modules whether you’re on the BA or BSc. This gives you time to find out what you really enjoy and what you’re good at before you specialise.
In Year 1, you’ll be introduced to technical skills. On the creative side, you’ll be exploring different media narratives and considering how to develop a short film.
By Year 2, you’ll design special effects, looking at immersive technologies and CGI. You’ll also respond to real-life briefs and shoot short dramas.
In your third year, you’ll have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience through a professional placement year.
Your fourth year is about preparing your final portfolio. The BSc modules cover advanced technical skills in virtual and augmented reality from entertainment and gaming to healthcare. While on the BA, you’ll focus on immersive practice and interactive storytelling, and direct a live magazine news TV show.
Lectures provide you with the knowledge and understanding of the key concepts for each topic of study, however, we put emphasis on the practical elements of the course which enable you to:
- Practise essential skills in a variety of contexts
- Build a wide set of experiences on which to reflect and develop professional expertise.
Practical elements allow you to experiment with the technology in different environments and include:
- Laboratory sessions
- Workshops
- Seminars
- On location filming
- Interface with external clients.
Most modules include an element of teamwork so you can:
- Collaborate with your peers
- Develop an awareness of your abilities as reflected by feedback from others.
Regular lectures and feedback from visiting lecturers and industry professionals ensure that this course stays up to date and relevant.
| Contact hours | Total workload | Timetabled |
|---|---|---|
| about 9 hrs a week | 1,200 hrs a year | Mon–Fri, 09:00–18:00 |
Assessment
We've designed assessments to develop your imagination and creativity. You’ll learn technological skills, shaped by theory, that meet the requirements of the industry. We guide you through gaining a complex set of professional skills. Your assessments will be diverse, and will support different learning styles - you’ll have a real opportunity to showcase your strengths. Your learning may be assessed by a combination of individual or group coursework, presentations, and examinations. We provide assessment feedback in good time. We celebrate what you’ve achieved, and tell you what you need to improve. Where appropriate we use self and peer assessment to involve you in your own professional development. We use teamwork to assess your acquisition of personal and interpersonal skills. These are important for this degree and for most career paths in the media industry. Assessment for group work is well defined so that every student is graded fairly and contributes equally.
Year 1
Compulsory modules
DIGP4016
15 credits
You will investigate ways in which digital media communicates, exploring visual and aural aesthetics and conventions. You will get to grips with critical...
DIGP4017
30 credits
This production studio module will help you build your basic professional production skills that you’ll need to: - initiate - pitch - research - develop - and...
DIGP4018
15 credits
We're here to help you take your technical skills to the next level. In this module, we'll delve into post-production, VFX, and digital modelling. What can you...
DIGP4019
15 credits
We'll help you to take your understanding of media narratives to the next level. You’ll broaden your focus beyond the basics covered in Media Narratives...
LOCAL-G39887
In this module, we'll bring together the skills you've gained so far by creating a digital media short. In small teams, you'll brainstorm and develop ideas...
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Full-time study
Part-time study
Careers
Throughout the course, we focus on giving you first-hand experience of what a career in digital media production will be like. Brookes Creative highlights opportunities on the job board and advertises live client briefs.
Recent graduates have gone on to work for major television companies and post-production facilities including:
- BBC
- HBO
- The Discovery Channel
- Framestore.
Others have gone on to further study at the National Film and Television School, the London International Film School and the New York Film School or moved into research and development for companies like Google.
Your digital media production degree will equip you for a variety of roles such as:
- Producer
- Director
- Editor
- Digital animator.
Or you may decide to start as a runner at a TV company to get your foot in the door.
Whatever route you take, you’ll have developed key transferable skills rated by employers, such as communicating with others and working as a team.
How to apply
Our courses are reviewed regularly as part of our quality assurance framework, so module availability and course structures may vary from what is listed here. On rare occasions, we may also need to make updates to our course programmes after publication; for full details, please visit our changes to programmes page (opens in a new tab)