According to Kai Tak data, in the 2020-2022 Top 10 UK Master's Degree Applications, Communication Studies and ** Studies ranked 7th, accounting for 525%, second only to accounting and finance, general management, education, computer science and marketing. According toReport on "Top 10 Majors for Graduate Students in Kai Tak Education - Media".According to the introduction, British journalism majors are divided into print media, radio and television news and online news according to their nature. Some universities will divide according to the content of news, and then open journalism majors with different contents, such as: financial news, food news, sports news, ** news, etc. In addition, the British media industry pays attention to the cultivation of talents in subdivided majors, and combines with many majors to form interdisciplinary disciplines, such as media management majors combined with business, creative cultural industries combined with humanities and social sciences, etc.
Curriculum:
The journalism track will learn some theoretical knowledge, and in addition, the curriculum will also include a lot of practical activities, such as news writing, news reporting, etc. Specialist knowledge in language and literature, information and sociolinguistic institutions, and behavioural sciences between people or between people and organizations is also sometimes required.
Application Requirements:
This major requires applicants to have a bachelor's degree background, and the requirements for applicants' English listening and speaking skills are also very high. The language requirement for most schools in the UK is generally IELTS 65-7.0, TOEFL 92-100. Applicants for media majors are generally required to have relevant experience, such as a bachelor's degree background in media, advertising, journalism, etc., or relevant work experience to make up for the lack of academic qualifications. Some institutions and majors may require individual works, and it is recommended that students choose the award-winning works that they are more satisfied with or have higher gold content to submit.
Interdisciplinary Applications:
There are also many universities in the UK that can accept students without a media background, such as the University of Leicester, Newcastle University, etc.
Also, admission preferences vary from school to school. Journalism is classified as humanities and social sciences, and the admission requirements for the University of Leeds are: applicants must have an undergraduate background in social sciences, or humanities, law, or political science. In general, we tend to admit students who are majoring in what we call "liberal arts."
For some students who have already graduated and already have work experience, and want to apply for journalism, they can draw on the admission requirements of the University of Sheffield and Newcastle University. The requirements for the University of Sheffield are: substantial previous work experience in a media-related role, and the requirements for the University of Newcastle are: relevant professional experiencein:The media,broadcast journalism and print journalism ( Journalists in the broadcast news or newspaper industry), combined with the previous application and admission situation, communication, journalism, ** and other related majors, as well as language majors, translation education and other humanities disciplines, when applying, the background is more in line with the application requirements, and it is easier to get admitted to the school. Students with a science and engineering background have a small chance of applying for admission, and schools tend to look at them one by one.
Points to note for application:
There are many large media companies in the UK, so you can also look out for which schools offer internships when applying, which is very beneficial for future employment.