MA Photography (with Advanced Practice) at Teesside University

Programme overview

A two-year full-time master's adding an Advanced Practice component to the MA Photography curriculum, covering artistic, documentary, commercial and socially engaged photography with analogue, digital and post-photographic approaches. Students have access to chemical darkrooms, professional studios and industry-standard digital tools.

Department: Art & Design | Duration: 2 years full-time | Intake: January, September | Study mode: full-time | Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules are Approaches and Images, Audience and Encounters, The Resourceful Photographer, The Connected Practitioner, a Master's Project: Photography and Advanced Practice.

Career pathways

Independent photographer or professional photography roles in businesses requiring visual skills, such as editorial, press or documentary photographer and fashion photographer.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A 2.2 undergraduate degree in photography; other relevant experience or qualifications are also considered. Applicants should be confident, independent learners with a good understanding of photographic techniques, idea development and critical thinking, and submit a portfolio of images or a completed project and a proposal outlining the direction of their work and aims for the course. International applicants: IELTS 6.0 or equivalent.

Domestic applicants: GBP 5,417 a year (2026/27) Source

International applicants: GBP 20,000 for the whole programme (2026/27). International two-year Advanced practice/Applied master's total (GBP 10,000 per year); tuition only Source

Intake: January, September

Duration: 2 years full-time

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