This course has been designed to produce ‘hands on’ professionals with a broad range of career possibilities in the multimedia industry, either working as multimedia designers/producers, or as part of a development team. This sector is expanding rapidly in all areas, and a report by Forrester Research in 2008 predicted that the Web 2.0 Social Media market will be generating revenues of $4.4 billion by 2013. Other reports estimate that companies will spend $120 billion in 2010 on online and digital strategies (search engines to videos) in the USA alone. The course has been designed to address the needs of these emerging areas, and ensure graduates can adapt to the changing needs of the sector. We have excellent links within the multimedia industry, and many companies and experts have visited the School in previous years to give presentations, including MPC, Sky, Apple and Adobe as well as companies looking to recruit students after finishing the Masters. The Multimedia MSc hosts multimediatrainingvideos.com, a comprehensive repository of freely accessible multimedia training videos to which the teaching team have been significant contributors to the site over the last few years. This site has become one of the biggest Open Educational Resources (OER) sites for multimedia on the internet and was funded by JISC.

At Westminster, we have always believed that your University experience should be designed to enhance your professional life.We place as much emphasis on gaining skills relevant to the workplace as on learning the academic discipline that you are studying. Obtaining a placement, part-time or vacation job while you study will provide you with extra cash and help you demonstrate that you have the skills employers are looking for. In London, there is a plentiful supply of part-time work - most students at the University of Westminster work part-time (or full-time during vacations) to help support their studies.