Course Summary
The course seeks to produce journalists who are multi-skilled and critically aware, and have a good understanding of the role of journalism in society.
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Career Sectors
This course prepares you for working in the Career Sectors below. Follow the links to get a fuller understanding of the sectors you are preparing for.
Entry Requirements
Applicants should have an honours bachelor degree (2.2 grade or higher), or equivalent, in any relevant discipline. Non-standard applications are also considered.
If English is not your first language you will need to provide evidence of your English language proficiency as detailed on our website. Applicants for this course should have a minimum IELTS (Academic Version) English Proficiency of 7.5 overall (or equivalent) with nothing less than 6 in each component.
Applicants may be required to attend an interview. A short-list is then drawn up and successful applicants are sent first-round offers. If any places are not taken up, these are offered to applicants on a reserve list.
Note: Due to the considerable competition for our postgraduate courses satisfying the minimum entry requirement is not a guarantee of a place. Depending on the course of study applications will be assessed based on your academic grades and may also take into account your work/life experience.
Application Details
Applications for courses commencing in September 2025 will open in November 2024.
Commencement Date: September 2025
Fees
Fees (Non-EU): €13,500
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Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests. If these interests do not describe you, this course may prepare you for work you may not find satisfying.
Linguistic
The Linguistic's interests are usually focused on ideas and information exchange. They tend to like reading a lot, and enjoy discussion about what has been said. Some will want to write about their own ideas and may follow a path towards journalism, story writing or editing. Others will develop skills in other languages, perhaps finding work as a translator or interpreter. Most Linguistic types will enjoy the opportunity to teach or instruct people in a topic they are interested in.
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Career Progression
Graduates are competent to take up employment as journalists and content creators across a wide spectrum of media, including broadcast or on-line news organisations, newspapers, magazines, radio stations, TV stations, digital and technology companies and in-house news and communications positions in NGOs and charities. They are equipped to work as (among other things) reporters, presenters, sub-editors, feature writers, producers, researchers, online-content providers and communications specialists.
Duration
Mode of Study: Full Time
Method of Delivery: On-Campus
Schedule
The course is full-time, which means approximately 20 hours of contact time with lecturers per week in semesters one and two. It is an intensive course, but time is set aside so that students can carry out course work and projects as well as the work placement. However, it is useful for students to begin to make contacts and pursue professional journalistic work during the duration of the course, and to this end there is likely to be one day each week that is free of lectures and other academic commitments.)