Why the Creative Industries at UWS?
We offer an exciting range of postgraduate creative industry programmes delivered at the University’s award-winning Ayr Campus and other world-class venues.
Enjoy access to some of the sector’s most impressive broadcasting, performance, and production facilities to help gain skills you need to meet the demands of the creative and cultural industries.
UWS academic staff have wide-ranging experience of professional practice across screen, broadcast, journalism, music performance and the visual arts. Our links with industry ensure our students enjoy hands-on experience in their chosen field.
UWS creative programmes
We offer the following courses at postgraduate level:
Online Information Sessions - December 2024 & January 2025
Join one of our online information sessions and find out more about postgraduate study at UWS.
Attend a Postgraduate Information Session
Research excellence
We have a large and vibrant community of postgraduate research students, who benefit from expert supervision based on our proven research and creative practice strengths.
Our vibrant research culture spans the theory, policy and practice of a wide range of areas, including:
- Popular music, theatre, and visual cultures
- Community regeneration and public art
- The future of journalism and social media
- Cultural policy, cultural practice and cultural economy
- Independent film and transmedia practice
- Dementia, mental health and the arts
Apply for Postgraduate Research
If you're interested in research degrees at MPhil and PhD level, you can apply directly with your own research proposal. For more information, check out our Research pages. For details of UWS funded research opportunities visit our Research degrees page.
UWS ARTS & MEDIA SHOWCASE 2024
In May 2024, we celebrated the creative endeavours of UWS students at our annual showcase and awards event on our beautiful Ayr campus.
The event boasted film screenings, broadcast production work, live music performances, art exhibition displays, theatre productions, songwriters’ circle and news-room journalism material. Elements of the event were also broadcast via UWS Radio.
You can now view the digital showcase to see the types of opportunities available to our students as part of their degrees with UWS.
How else can we support?
Our friendly team are here to support you with any questions you might need answered. We also have a number of students who can give first-hand experience of what it is like to study at UWS.
Register your interest in a Postgraduate course
Alternatively you can contact us by email: ask@uws.ac.uk or phone: 0800 027 1000 (UK) / +44 (0) 141 849 4101 (out-with UK).
