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PhD Digital Media at Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

Programme overview

The PhD in Digital Media requires 60 credit hours and accepts three to five new candidates each year. Graduates are prepared for research and leadership roles in academia and industry and for public service and university work.

Faculty: Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts  |  Department: School of Literature, Media, and Communication  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Atlanta, GA, United States

What you will study

Requirements are 36 credits of foundational and required courses including a 6-credit dissertation (LMC 9000), a 9-credit minor outside the home school and 15 credits of electives. Sample courses include LMC 6310 The Computer as an Expressive Medium, LMC 6313 Principles of Interaction Design and LMC 6316 Historical Approaches to Digital Media.

Career pathways

Research and leadership roles in academia and industry, public service and universities.

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Application information

Entry requirements

International applicants (Georgia Tech graduate admissions): TOEFL iBT overall 4.5 with Reading, Listening and Writing at least 4 and Speaking at least 3.5 under the scoring used from January 2026 (earlier scale: 90 overall, 19 per section), or IELTS Academic 7 overall with at least 6.5 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 5.5 in Writing; scores are valid for two years, Duolingo is not accepted, and applicants with a degree from a regionally accredited US institution or an English-medium or approved-country degree can be exempt; individual programmes may set higher scores.

Requirements published at faculty level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate applications use one online graduate application (gradapp.gatech.edu) for all programmes and campuses; deadlines vary by programme and are published on each programme page.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.gatech.edu/

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