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 Ana Santos, who graduated in July 09, won Brake's national road safety communication competition. Her prize will be awarded at the Houses of Parliament in January 2010.
Graduates' start-up success Luke Harrison and James Hannaford, who graduated in July 08 have launched a successful company, Creode..

What our graduates say:

"For me, the course was excellent, as it gave me a good insight into a broad range of disciplines but still allowed me to specialise in the area I wanted – interaction design."
Danny Blackman, Web Designer (from The Independent, May 2008).
"The New Media course taught me the importance of creativity and its position within a business model. It also gave me a comprehensive understanding of online media and a real confidence in working with clients who are at the forefront of using digital technology."
Will Oatley, New Media Advertising Planner.
"The course was very varied which allowed me to explore the different areas of new media and determine where my strengths lay."
Heena Mistry, Project Manager.

New Media (BA Hons)

Welcome to the New Media BA Honours degree course at the University of Leeds. This intensive course equips you with specialist skills in interactive design, production and strategy.

The course is for students who want to design, build or manage the interactive products of the future. Prospective students need to be passionate about design, the web and new technologies. The understanding of digital media gained by mixing practice and theory-based teaching means that our graduates are highly sought after within the new media and communications industries and beyond.

Why study with us?

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Taught within the Institute of Communications Studies you'll receive a distinctive, multidisciplinary, 360 degree vision of new media. Design and coding skills are developed in parallel with skills in project management and communications theory. During the three years you will be encouraged to produce increasingly complex practical and written work that will give you a broad range options for employment or further study when you graduate.

Teaching is delivered in a variety of ways including workshops, lectures and seminars where students are encouraged to develop their analytical, conceptual and practical thinking. The University of Leeds is the only Russell Group University to offer a course in New Media. Whilst the University has over 30,000 students we only take 40 students each year. This allows us to help you maximise your particular strengths.

The New Media course is based in the Roger Stevens Building, in the heart of the campus. We are 10 minutes walk from the centre of Leeds, a busy and vibrant city. Leeds is also a thriving hub for creative talent with many new media and communications agencies.

We welcome a range of guest speakers from the public and private sectors who are keen to share their expertise in meeting the communications challenges of working with new media. This, along with our growing alumni contacts, means that you are encouraged to explore possible career paths with people already working in the industry. Employment rates are high for the course. We have graduates working for the world-renowned advertising company M&C Saatchi, graduates at London-based digital design agencies such as Collective London and phd as well as graduates writing content for websites such as MTV online.