Master of Digital Media (MDM)

The Master of Digital Media (MDM) is a 16-month (including 12-months of work integrated learning) professional graduate degree that emphasizes collaborative, project-based learning where you will get hands-on experience developing digital media products. Informed by industry mentors and diverse faculty with decades of experience, students graduate with in-demand skills that accelerates their careers.
The MDM program offers students a learning environment that fosters bold creativity and cross-disciplinary collaboration in a realistic industry-based work setting. The MDM empowers students to develop leadership, collaboration, and communications skills through multidisciplinary teamwork. Students come from around the globe, and from many different undergraduate and professional backgrounds, including art, design, natural and social sciences, business, computer science and engineering.
Industry projects and team-based learning are at the core of the MDM curriculum. In the second and third semesters, teams of three to six students work on industry-sponsored projects to develop prototypes or applications from concept to deliverable. Students get hands-on experience working with teammates who are from different backgrounds and disciplines, as well as valuable experience working with clients. Students must also secure a four-month internship, reflect and report back on how their MDM experience is applied in the real world. This is done in a supportive environment where students can get career support and insights from faculty and staff.
The MDM is designed for people who want to use creative technologies in innovative ways to solve big problems and to nurture their leadership potential. Our students come from diverse academic and professional backgrounds, from project managers, developers, designers, and artists. They are entrepreneurs, creatives, and forward-thinkers who want to forge a path to their dream careers and make an impact on the world.
We accept students from a wide array of backgrounds and stages in life, all having a shared passion for digital media or creating digital products.

Applicants must have completed a four-year undergraduate degree (or equivalent) acceptable to all four CDM partner institutions in a field related to digital media. If applying from an unrelated discipline, applicants must make the case for the relationship between the discipline in which they hold their previous degree and this program and how they would benefit from the MDM program.

Minimum overall average in the B+ range (76% or higher) in third and fourth year courses.

Applicants who do not meet these requirements may be granted admission on the recommendation of the MDM program if they:

hold 12 credits of third and fourth year courses in a field of study related to digital media in the "A" range (80% or higher), or

hold a four-year undergraduate degree, and have had significant formal training and relevant professional experience.

Upload unofficial transcript(s) (scanned, saved, etc.) for each post-secondary institution you have attended and listed in the application form. If you have a degree in progress, submit the transcript to date.

If you receive an offer of admission, you will be required to submit official transcript(s). If you fail to submit official transcripts before the program starts your offer will be rescinded.

IELTS Academic overall band score of 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in each section, or

TOEFL minimum score of 100 with no less than a score of 20 in each category.