Course Overview

Our MA History of Photography enables you to learn about - and to negotiate your individual path through - past and present photographic practices and cultures, in order to develop your interests, whether your engagement with the medium is academic, artistic, personal, or vocational. You will develop subject-specific and transferable research, critical and writing skills that will enhance your career opportunities in the field and beyond, whether in academia or teaching, photography as a practice, galleries, and museums, or in the media. The program is also ideally suited to preparing students with a practice-based background considering a Ph.D., academic or practice-based. This degree offers you the opportunity to study with internationally recognized experts. Our teaching staff is defining the field, conducting groundbreaking research in the history and theory of photography in its various uses and manifestations. You will work closely with our staff while also benefiting from our diverse and vibrant student body of all ages and backgrounds. The teaching program is enriched by the international research culture of the History and Theory of Photography Research Centre. You can take part in exclusive visits to photographic archives and exhibitions, and take advantage of placement opportunities in the Jo Spence Memorial Library and Archive. Alternatively, there are opportunities for work placements with other London museums, galleries, and archives.

General Eligibility

A second-class honors degree (2:2) or above in a relevant subject or equivalent (for example, professional experience). For students with a degree in a subject other than the history of art, the one-year part-time Graduate Certificate in History of Art and Architecture can be used as a conversion course. Students who successfully complete the Graduate Certificate with merit will normally be guaranteed a place on this program.

Part Time Work Details

Language Requirement

• If English is not your first language or you have not previously studied in English, the requirement for this programme is the equivalent of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic Test) score of 6.5, with not less than 6.0 in each of the sub-tests.