Studying Journalism at the Abat Oliba CEU University
The Abat Oliba CEU University in Barcelona offers an International Degree in Journalism Studies, with 50% of its courses in English. We are open to establishing international agreements with universities around the world in order to create an international network for student and teaching staff.
The degree in Journalism from de Abat Oliba CEU University of Barcelona provides an academic program marked by four key characteristics: Internationalization,training in journalism production, analysis of reality and personalized training.
– Internationalization:
The Journalism program at the UAO offers 50% of the subjects in English, allowing students not only to gain a command of the language used in the profession itself, but also to contact with journalism teachers and professionals with international exposure through various courses and conferences, internships and inter-university exchanges. It also allows foreign student to adapt their curricula to courses taught directly in English.
– Training in journalism production:
Studying Journalism at the UAO provides an understanding of the essentials of journalism production, not only in the specific courses imparted throughout the academic program, but from the very beginning through radio, television, photojournalism and digital journalism workshops,addressing above all the needs of the younger students. In turn, the «Abat Oliba Journalism Awards» exposes students, from year one, to journalism production in the fields of sports, social, culture and much more. Foreign students can also participate in these awards with journalist productions in English.
– Analysis of reality:
In the UAO we stress the importance of not only being able to communicate reality, but to interpret it. As such, we offer an academic program, that includes humanities and social sciences studies so as to provide the tools to analyze reality and current events, providing a vision of both the national and international media industry.
– Custom Training:
The atmosphere of the UAO emphasizes a personalized relationship between pupils and their colleagues as well as their teachers based on reduced groups of students that can be monitored, both during their studies as well as in their career orientation thanks to the Internships and Job Opportunities Service that assists students in their future choices as journalists (especially in the fields of sports, social, political, cultural and intercultural journalism), or as an analyst and/or director of a press office.
In summary:
Studying journalism at the UAO means access to an academic program with international projection, with a solid knowledge of English, developing not only the journalistic production capacities of the student, but also their analytical skills with proper training in humanities and social sciences. This, together with a solid command of technical resources of journalism from day one, makes our students ideal candidates when entering an increasingly challenging work environment.
Erasmus and International Exchange
The Department of Journalism of the Abat Oliba CEU University is looking forward to establish new International Exchange Agreements and Partnerships with other Faculties and Graduate Journalism and Communication Schools in Europe (Erasmus Programs), United States and Asia, both for students and teachers.
Summer Schools
Students from all over the World are invited to apply to the Summer School Programs held in the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Abat Oliba CEU University. The Journalism Department is also willing to organize specific one week to four week Summer Courses regarding Journalism and Communication for international students and teachers. Such courses have to be negotiated in advance and a minimum of participants is required.
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You may download the UAO International Journalism Presentation document, which includes the information in this section and more detailed descriptions of our programs. Click here to download the file.