BA Film and Television / Mathematics

Why study

Film and Television and Mathematics at Aberystwyth? The Department of Theatre, Film and Television at Aberystwyth is one of the largest and most highly regarded in Britain in terms of staff reputation and the quality of the student experience. We can offer you an unrivalled range of student choice, staff expertise, and state-of-the-art facilities for practical work, including industry standard HD and digital cameras, editing suites, viewing areas, and practical workspaces so that you can utilise your creative skills to the full.

You'll benefit from our connections with key industry partners, such as the BBC, S4C, BAFTA Cymru, Tribeca Film Festival (New York), Fiction Factory, Tinopolis, Edinburgh International Film Festival and Avid. These partners provide an excellent opportunity to network and liaise with those in the industry before graduation. The National Sound and Screen Archive of Wales is also situated next to the campus in the National Library of Wales so that you can benefit from an unrivalled source of material.

Aberystwyth Arts Centre, one of the largest campus Arts Centre in the UK, is situated on the main university campus and is a popular venue where you can stage your work and enjoy performances and screenings of all kinds. Mathematics has been taught at Aberystwyth since the foundation of the university in 1872, making it the oldest Mathematics department in Wales. Despite our heritage, we have continued to innovate ensuring that the degree schemes we offer will provide you with an exceptional academic experience.

All academic staff at the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies are research active and/or involved in Knowledge Transfer projects and have either relevant academic qualifications at doctoral level or equivalent professional experience and expertise. All lecturers in the Department of Mathematics are qualified to PhD level and are research active. The majority have a postgraduate teaching qualification and new staff are required to complete the PGCTHE.

The department also employs a number of part time tutors, with extensive teaching experience, and some student demonstrators, who are selected from our undergraduate and postgraduate students.