PhD Communication and Media

The School of Social Sciences and Humanities is recognised as an international centre of academic excellence and for our cutting-edge interdisciplinary work. Loughborough is home to world-leading research in communication and media and has connections with a wide range of public and third sector bodies, including BBC Trust, Metropolitan Police, the Electoral Commission, the College of Mediators and the Department of Health.

The Communication and Media Study area is home to a lively community of postgraduates working closely with specialist supervisors who conduct research at the cutting-edge of developments in their field.

Our graduates have gone on to work in industries including television, marketing, academia and publishing. They work for companies and organisations such as China Development Research Foundation, Elsevier Ltd, Image Line Communication, Institute of Psychiatry, Metropolitan Police Service, Oxfam, and X-Pert Med GmbH.