PhD Scolarship King's College London, UK for Film Studies

King's College London is one of the oldest and prominent college about film and acting studies in UK.  Located in central London, the college combine academic excellence with the city's diverse facilities for film research. The college has internationally recognized research strengths in European cinema, American cinema, East Asian cinema, cultural studies, and film-philosophy. King's College London as one of the top 20 leading institutions worldwide  ranking by QS World University Rankings 2014.

 Research Environment in Kings College London:

• Students work with a world-leading faculty in areas from European popular genres and art cinema to stardom, documentary, and experimental film.

• Research encompasses a wide range of national cinemas (American and East Asian as well as European) and examines topics such as transnational identity, queer cinema, gender and ethnicity, cinema and and urbanity, and new media.

• Interdisciplinary researchers can focus on the relationships between film and other disciplines such as philosophy, psychoanalysis, literature, geography, music, and art installation.

•  Alongside their research, students take part in skills training within the department and across the University of London, teaching on our undergraduate degree, and working on film festivals and scholarly events across London's thriving film culture.

Study Environment

Student will enjoy being part of an outstanding research culture, with an unparalleled group of staff research specialisms and a lively postgraduate student body. Alongside their research, our students take part in skills training within the department and across the University of London, teaching on our undergraduate degree, and working on film festivals and scholarly events across London's thriving film culture. We are also part of the Screen Studies Group, formed across the University of London, which offers PhD training and opportunities to present research among peers.

Joint PhD

KCL offer a PhD and Joint PhD with Comparative Literature at Hong Kong University. With a growing interest in film and media theories developed outside Europe, the strategic partnership between King's College London and Hong Kong University facilitates and secures a truly comparative, interdisciplinary approach to the film and media environment.

About postgraduate research at King's College London

To study for a postgraduate research degree at King's College London is to study at the city's most central university and one of the top 20 leading institutions worldwide (2014 QS World University Rankings). The 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) confirmed the world-class standard of research undertaken in the School of Arts & Humanities and its leading international reputation. The Department of Film performed strongly in the REF with 87% of its research being rated 3* or 4*.
Graduate students will benefit from close connections with the UK's professional, political, legal, commercial, scientific and cultural life.
The excellent reputation of our PhD program ensures our alumni are highly sought after by some of the world's most prestigious employers. This success is due to the high caliber of our students, combined with a clear emphasis on providing graduates with skills that are highly valued not only in academia but also in business, government and the professions.

For information on funding, visit www.kcl.ac.uk/study/pg/funding/sources

Free language tuition at King's
All research students in any discipline at King's can take a module from a choice of over 25 languages with the Modern Language Centre without any additional cost.
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