BACommunication and Media Studies
| Study location | Hungary, Budapest |
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| Type | Bachelor, partial/exchange studies |
| Nominal duration | 1-2 semesters (60 ECTS) |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | BA |
| Course code | Social Science |
| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher) In order to enter the programme, students have to submit all the required documents that should be submitted for full-time application. Furthermore, they also have to submit a study certificate from the home university and the transcripts of the completed semesters. The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. In most cases you can request a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. |
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| Territory requirements | Applications are accepted from the following territories (based on citizenship): Albania, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo - Kinshasa, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea, St Lucia, Sudan, Syria, São Tomé & Príncipe, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen. |
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| Language requirements | English B2 (IELTS 5.5) Please note that all applicants need to participate in an online admission interview. During this interview, you’ll need to prove your language skills and the admission committee will make their admission decision based on this. If you don’t reach the necessary language level, you won’t be granted admission even if you have a previously obtained language certificate. |
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Overview
Students applying for the partial study programme have to participate in an entrace exam which consists of two parts. On one hand, the applicants’ previous studies are evaluated (based on the transcripts and the final secondary certificate/high school diploma), motivation letter and any additional documents are checked as well. On the other hand, applicants need to participate in an online admission interview. During this interview applicants need to prove their English language skills and also their suitability for their chosen program.
The aim of this programme, which is recognised by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), is to train communications professionals who understand the full spectrum of the media market, with special emphasis on the principles and practices of news and programming and the tools of digital communications in the functioning and institutional systems of both the private sector and public administration. Graduates will not only possess the most advanced theoretical knowledge with respect to new media (web 2.0), e-communications and digitalisation, but will also be able to apply those skills to their respective work situations.
Type of entrance exam:
oral
Entrance exam location:
online
Contact:
sh@uni-bge.hu
Programme structure
Our Communication and Media Studies graduates are able to:
- Understand and use all elements of social media, e-communication and digitalization,
- Know and understand the operational mechanisms of social phenomena and their sub-systems examined by communication and media studies,
- Know the most important factors of the social, structural, economic and political processes determining the field of communications and media,
- Confidently manage print and digital literature resources, social science and media research databases and the tools for their operation and effectively process new knowledge in their field.