Undergraduate degrees in film and television

Film and television at York gives you everything you need to realise your vision and tell your story.

Why study film and television at York?

Join a collaborative community of visual storytellers. Our staff are experienced, award-winning industry practitioners. Develop the skills to create your own studio productions in our exceptional facilities, and discover the theory and history of visual storytelling. Choose option modules that let you follow your passion, from filmmaking and directing to postproduction.

Enhance your employability with masterclasses with visiting professionals. Take an internship or placement in British film and television. We work with broadcasters including the BBC and ITV, and independent production companies.

This course is industry recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK's screen-based industries, and carries the ScreenSkills Select quality-mark which indicates courses best suited to prepare students for a career in the screen industries. The accreditation means that our students learn professional skills on courses approved and supported by the industry; and it gives access to various schemes, eg internships and traineeships with the BBC, ITV and other broadcasters, as well as independent production companies in British film and television.

The School of Arts and Creative Technologies is part of the BAFTA albert Education Partnership. albert is the leading screen industry organisation for environmental sustainability. Through this partnership students are introduced to the sustainability knowledge they'll need when joining the production workforce.

The School of Arts and Creative Technologies works in partnership with the Mark Milsome Foundation to support the highest standards of safety in film and television production. Through this partnership, all students complete the Mark Milsome Foundation Film and TV Online Safety Passport, ensuring they develop essential health and safety awareness before entering any educational or professional production environment.

Our courses

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Course options

There are opportunities for you to spend time abroad during your course. You'll also have the chance to take a placement year.

If you're studying at a university outside the UK, you may be able to spend up to a year in York as a visiting student.

Scholarships and funding

Find out about scholarships and studentships that are available to students in the School of Arts and Creative Technologies.

Undergraduate funding

Award-winning facilities

Our facilities include three professional HD television studios, theatre stages, post-production suites and a 140-seat 4K digital cinema with surround sound.

6th in the UK

We're ranked 6th in the UK for Graduate Prospects (Times Good University Guide, 2026).

World top 100

We're in the world top 100 for Performing Arts, in the QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2025.

Facilities

You'll be a part of a thriving interdisciplinary community and benefit from exceptional facilities in our £35m arts and media complex, which has also hosted many commercial productions. It includes:

Three fully-equipped TV studios
A Black Box theatre
Two rehearsal rooms that double as sound stages for dynamic creative projects
Post-production facilities include Dolby Atmos recording suites, Da Vinci Resolve grading suites, and fully equipped Mac labs for editing purposes
A 140-seat 4K Digital Cinema for screenings

Our equipment includes top-tier brands like ARRI, RED, Sony, Zeiss, Angenieux, Aputure, Dedo, Sound Devices, Neumann, Soundfield and Schoeps. Key software includes AVID Media Composer, Pro Tools, Da Vinci Resolve, and Adobe Creative Suite.

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Careers

Many of our courses are accredited by Screenskills, the industry-led skills body for the UK's screen-based industries. This means our curriculum is approved and supported by the industry. Students have undertaken internships and traineeships in British film and television, with broadcasters including the BBC and ITV, and independent production companies.
We have connections with Warner Bros., Disney, Universal and more, and our students have taken placements with them.
We incorporate masterclasses from industry professionals to support your professional development. As part of our dedicated careers support, you’ll have the opportunity to attend talks, productions and festivals.
You'll enter the professional world equipped with the creative, analytic, technical and practical skills relevant to your production specialisation and an understanding of the collaborative nature of screen production.

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