Jönköping University

Located in: Sweden

The Media and Communication Studies Program at Jönköping University stared in the 1970s and is one of the most well-established universities in Sweden.  It requires three years to complete and leads to a Bachelors of Social Science in Media and Communication Studies.

The Program has a strong international perspective and students have numerous opportunities to study and perform practical work abroad.

There are three different areas of specialization in the Communication Studies Program:

Media Production - focuses on producing information in traditional media as well as new media.  Courses include: news production, radio and TV production.

Organizational Communication -  focuses on the management of communication in organizations.  Courses include: crisis communication, internal and external communication.

Public Relations/Market Communication - focuses on PR in a broad sense, and on market-oriented communication.  Courses include: market communication, brand management and copy-writing.

This major is separated into a three year tentative schedule

Year 1: Media and Communications Science

The first year is the same for all students.  The courses include classes such as Mass-Media Studies, Visual Communication, Political Communication, and Communication and Technology.

Year 2: Specialization

The three different areas of specialization are public relations/market communication, organizational, and media production.  All areas of specialization focus on practical work.  The students also receive an international perspective, and the School of Education and Communication cooperates with other partner universities all over the world.  This provides students with the opportunity to meet professors and lecturers from other universities to do their work placement abroad.

Year 3, Semester 1: Media and Communication Science, includes an exam paper

Year 3, Semester 2: Optional

This semester has options for students to choose to study at a partner universities abroad.

Jönköping University Foundation is one of three independent institutions of higher education in Sweden offering postgraduate programmes