Master of Media and Creative Technologies
Creative Media
A course by
University of Waikato
The Master of Media and Creative Technologies empowers media creators, designers, and producers with advanced skills across screen and media studies. Students develop professional portfolios, engage in collaborative projects, and gain expertise in areas like filmmaking, animation, and creative technology.
In-person study
Face-to-face learning in a physical classroom setting
Hamilton, Hamilton
It will take a total of 18 months
Core skills this course teaches
Develop advanced creative skills in media production
Learn to plan, design, and produce professional audio-visual projects such as films, animations, documentaries, and multimedia installations.
Collaborate on creative projects
Gain extensive experience working with peers and academic staff on large-scale collaborative media and creative technology projects.
Strengthen critical and research skills
Build advanced academic research practice and critical methodological approaches tailored to the creative industries and media studies.
What You're Signing Up For
The MMCT at Waikato deepens your knowledge and creative practice across screen and media studies. You will work with renowned academics to develop projects spanning short film, documentary, animation, photography, AI, VR, scriptwriting, online content, podcasts, and multimedia installations. The program provides hands-on, collaborative experience, technical expertise, and advanced creative skills, preparing graduates for leadership in the dynamic creative industries. Exposure to research skills and critical methodologies further builds readiness for a range of media careers or further academic study. The programme is offered at the Hamilton campus and can be started in March or July.
Course Content
- Screen and media studies coursework
- Supervised production portfolio (audio-visual projects)
- Short film, documentary, animation, photography
- AI and VR technology in media
- Scriptwriting
- Online content creation
- Podcast and multimedia installation production
- Collaborative creative projects
- Postgraduate research skills
- Critical and methodological approaches in media
What you need to know first
Relevant Bachelors level qualification or equivalent.
What sort of industry will this job lead to
Media
Creative Industries
Design
Film and Audio Visual Production
Communications
Future employment opportunities might be
Filmmaker