In the Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism at UIC Barcelona, we create communication professionals capable of working in today’s media context, without losing sight of the social function of journalism or ethical values. We help students master new technologies and digital tools, ensuring they are able to meet the profession’s current challenges in any medium or format.

This degree is intended for anyone interested in pursuing a career in communication, whether as a writer of journalistic information in any medium (radio broadcaster, television presenter, print journalist, community manager for digital media...) or in media or media company management. Some of the practical tasks assigned in this degree programme include writing news stories for written press, performing a radio broadcast in English and editing a documentary.

Our academic project, through work in small groups and quality teaching, helps maximise student performance. To this end, we have a committed teaching staff made up of both academics dedicated to teaching and research and prestigious journalists who work at some of the biggest media companies in television, radio and press.

We also offer students the opportunity to gain work experience at some of the industry’s most renowned companies, giving them initial contact with the professional world and helping them acquire the skills necessary for a successful transition to the job market. TV3, Telecinco, La Vanguardia, El Periódico, Cadena SER, Radio Cope and Catalunya Ràdio are just some of the over 120 organisations with which we hold a work placement agreement.

In addition, UIC Barcelona’s adaptation to the Bologna Process enables students to work as journalists anywhere in the European Higher Education Area.

Objectives

Our main aim is to create excellent journalists, with the skills necessary to work in today’s new media scenario. With this principle in mind, our model focuses on achieving a series of objectives:

1. To create responsible professionals who are fully aware of the social aspects of journalism.
2. To provide students a high-quality general education that takes into account the profession’s ethical values.
3. To foster an enterprising spirit and business perspective.
4. To help students acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to comfortably handle the new media context and undertake communication projects that are adapted to the characteristics of this scenario.
5. To shape professionals with an international view of journalism, who are able develop professionally in a global context.
6. To provide students the skills required to work flexibility and competently in any media company.

Prospective students

Anyone who fulfils the admission requirements and general prerequisites for access to the degree programme is eligible to apply. Most of our students have a background in humanities or social sciences, though students from all academic backgrounds are welcome.

This degree is intended for anyone who feels that journalism is their calling and wants to pursue a career in this sector. We are looking for driven students who are eager to learn and investigate; responsible people who are critically aware, analytical and enterprising, who know how to work as a team, are interested in current affairs and want to grow as communication professionals.

Competences: Graduates

Competences

Students will develop a series of general and specific competences that will enable them to work successfully as a communication professional in today’s media context.

Job opportunities

Job opportunities for programme graduates include:

Writer of journalistic information for any medium:

• Television: writer, reporter, editor, presenter, correspondent, scriptwriter and director.
• Radio: writer, editor, broadcaster, presenter, correspondent, commentator, scriptwriter and director.
• Written press: writer, correspondent, section editor, editor and editor-in-chief.
• Non-daily publications, magazines and weeklies: writer, correspondent, editor and director.

Media management:

• Social media expert-community manager: responsible for tasks such as managing the corporate blog or social media...
• Web page manager.

Media company management:

• Corporate communication departments and offices.
• Press officer or head of institutional communication.

Academic accreditation

Graduat o Graduada en Periodisme per la Universitat Internacional de Catalunya.

With this degree, thanks to UIC Barcelona's adaptation to the Bologna Process, students can work as a journalism professional anywhere in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).