Postgraduate
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Study Publishing with the best!
MSc Publishing and MSc Magazine Publishing provide you with indepth knowledge of the publishing industry, enabling you to gain specific skills that are highly attractive to publishing employers.
Our respected MSc Publishing postgraduate degree has recently been accredited by the Periodical Training Council, the lead body for best practice in training, development and people management for the magazine and business media industry.
We are the one and only Publishing programme to achieve this industry endorsement, making us the “standard bearer for publishing in the UK”.
This prestigious accolade means our Postgraduate Publishing programme has been acknowledged as delivering what the industry demands.
Join us if you:
- are a graduate wishing to get into publishing,
- are already working in publishing (or related industry) and want to progress up the career ladder.
Our Postgraduate Publishing degrees offer you the opportunity to gain and develop skills in publishing with the support of experienced academics and industry experts.
MSc Publishing offers a range of specialised training in editorial, marketing, production, management and entrepreneurship. You’ll have the opportunity to undertake an organised work placement and industry visits, including the London Book Fair. If you choose to complete the Masters degree and exit with an MSc, you will complete the dissertation. This will enable you undertake a substantial piece of research into industry issues and practices. Many students have used this to open doors into their chosen career.
One of the major advantages of our postgraduate publishing studies programme is the opportunities it provides for networking with industry professionals. Many of our students securing employment even before graduating, here’s what they have to say…
MSc Publishing provides an academically rigorous understanding of the publishing industry in an international context. It covers traditional book and magazine publishing, digital publishing and corporate publishing. You’ll gain a wide range of skills and specialised professional knowledge and understanding which will make you ideally placed to enter the publishing industry with advanced standing, in the UK or overseas. Emphasising the research-based, practical nature of this degree, you will graduate with the postgraduate award of MSc Publishing.
Click here to see some examples of our live publishing projects – books and magazines.
This Masters programme is closely linked with the Scottish Centre for the Book, a centre for research and scholarship into print culture and publishing history, which hosts seminars and conferences. Edinburgh Napier University is also the proud holder of the Edward Clark Collection, a major collection of around 4,500 rare and valuable works relating to publishing and print media.
We are passionate about publishing and about sharing our expertise with you, the next generation of publishers. All our staff are highly qualified experts in their fields and successful publishing practitioners so you can benefit from our wealth of experience and excellent industry links (meet the programme team).
You’ll meet industry professionals and authors, work on live projects (publishing books and magazines), take part in site visits to publishers and printers, and get the opportunity to undertake a work placement. The course is also supported by industry bodies such as Publishing Scotland and the Periodical Publishers Association.
For more information about studying publishing at postgraduate level, go to our FAQs page, or contact the Programme Leader, Avril Gray: a.gray@napier.ac.uk
