Our courses
Communication and Media at Loughborough has long been recognised as an international centre of academic excellence driven by cutting-edge research and teaching.
Undergraduate
Foundation
Why choose Loughborough?
There are so many great reasons to choose us, but here are just a few reasons why Loughborough is an excellent place to study Communication and Media.
Employability
We were recently ranked 1st in the UK for Graduate Prospects in Communication and Media Studies, so you could not choose a better university for employability if you wish to study Media and Communication.
Our curriculum will equip you with key transferable skills that are attractive to employers in a variety of sectors. These skills are built into our degree course, including:
- critical reasoning and analytical skill problem solving
- creative thinking
- communicating orally and in writing
- presentation of strong, cohesive, well constructed arguments
- objective thinking
* Times Graduate Prospects 2024
Teaching and learning excellence
We are currently ranked 1st in the UK for Communication and Media Studies so you could not choose a better university to study this exciting subject.*
Our academic staff play an active role in helping shape the world with their research and expertise. This includes engagement in policy on militarisation, immigration, populism to work with the Department for Education and the Institute for Education.
In addition to the more traditional forms of assessment, you can expect to be set a wide variety of assessment types that could include designing and delivering a poster presentation, the use of film, writing a political blog or speech to role play simulation exercises.
* Complete University Guide 2025
Placements and study exchange
All of our students have the chance to undertake a professional work placement during their degree, in organisations from across the public and private sectors.
Recent placement destinations include: BP, Volkswagen, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Samsung Electronics, Confederation of British Industry, PwC, Department of Work and Pensions, Food Standards Agency and Sky. Students also have an opportunity to spend a year (or semester) abroad by securing paid work teaching English to school children or studying at a partner university.
Language opportunities
The Language Centre which is also based in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, provides a range of language modules in French, German, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese from beginners’ level upwards.
You may take these modules as part of your degree, enter the programme at your level of competence and work upwards one semester at a time.