BACommunication and Media Science
| Study location | Hungary, Dunaújváros |
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| Type | Undergraduate Programs, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 6 semesters (180 ECTS) |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | BA |
| Tuition fee | €1,975 per semester |
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| Application fee | €150 one-time |
| Registration fee | €100 one-time |
| Entry qualification | High school / secondary education (or higher)
The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English / Hungarian. Often you can get a suitable transcript from your school. If this is not the case, you will need official translations along with verified copies of the original. Original and translated documents are to be shown in person as part of the registration process in Hungary. |
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| Language requirements | English Intermediate command of English is required. Please note that all applicants need to participate in an online admission interview. During this interview, you will need to prove your language skills and the admission committee will make the decision based on this performance. If you do not reach the necessary language level, you won’t be granted admission even if you have previously obtained language certificate. Applicants who do not meet the minimum language requirements have to start their studies with a University Foundation Program. |
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Overview
University of Dunaújváros is a regional innovational center, which is also set to become Hungary’s center for training and development in the field of nuclear technology, given its proximity to the largest nuclear plant in Hungary. The University of Dunaújváros is located in the lovely town Dunaújváros, approx an hour drive from Budapest.
The history of the university goes back the 1950’s, but got a massive renovation and investment in the early 2000s. The University of Dunaújváros is the perfect choice for you if are looking for an affordable, yet modern tech university with a family-like campus.
It consists of 15 buildings forming a complex of modern classrooms, lecture halls, on-campus dormitory, a public library, professional laboratories, sport and leisure facilities and newly renovated student hostels.
UOD has great laboratories as well, a part of which serves the practical needs of our education, and quite a few of them are devoted to research & development in cooperation with the significant industrial companies of the region.
In electric transport and the operation of electric vehicles, complex mechatronic systems, electric drive technology, sensor and actuator technology, as well as modern computer-based control technology appear with great emphasis, which provides the main knowledge of the mechatronic specialization of basic mechanical engineering.
UOD is proud to have established great industrial relationships, that provide internship and future career opportunities for our students and graduates. They established strategic partnerships among others with Tungsram, Paks Nuclear Power Plant, Rusatom International Network, MÁV Group (Hungarian National Railway Company) and HANKOOK Tire Company.
Thanks also to their partners, students find internship placement or employment at e.g. Apple, Mozilla Foundation, SUN and CISCO IT, labs, Omron industrial automation, Siemens mobile technology, SKF Swedish Ball Bearings, FESTO pneumatics.
Communication and Media Science: This BA programme in Communication and Media Science offers a broad-based approach to the methods, channels and institutions of social and mass communication and provides the students with an educational profile that combines in-depth intellectual and practical communicational competence with a solid knowledge in social sciences. Specialist options are business communication and media informatics.
Students learn how to work with the basic aspects and principles connected to communication and media, how to form and express their thoughts effectively in accordance with the basic theories and conceptions of the social communication and how to communicate information, arguments and analyses to professional and non-professional audience by the use of the modern tools of communicational technologies.
Programme structure
Specializations:
- Business Communication
- Media Communication
Reasons to choose our Communication and Media Science BA Course:
• Gain thorough understanding of the communication processes in the human society, the main functions, interpretations and methods of communication;
• Develop excellent communicational skills that are essential in the everyday business life;
• Acquire the basis of practical media technological knowledge by the use of the high-level communication technology infrastructure (TV-studio, radio station, media laboratories) of our campus;
• Take the opportunity to study in a multi-cultural environment.
During their studies students are required to take up to 210 credits, each semester totalling 30 credits.
Year One
Core Modules: Communication Skill Development I., Man and Society I., Public Administration and Business Law, History of Society, Man and Society II., Introduction to Social Science Researches, Social History of Communication and Media, Social Communication, Significant Functions and Interpretations of Communication, Significant Field and Tools of Communication, Informatics, Communication Skill Development II.
Year Two
Core Modules: Communication and Media Dynamics, Man and Society III., Professional Language, Regulation of Communication and Media, Communication Difficulties, Specific Fields of Media and Communication.
Option modules/ Electives, Modules of Specializations (Business Communication and Media Communication).
Year Three
Option modules/ Electives, Modules of Specializations (Business Communication and Media Communication), Thesis Project.
Please note that specialisations are launched only with the necessary amount of students.
Career opportunities
Graduates with a knowledge of the communication systems in the society and of the main institutions of communication and media, can fulfil the social role of a mediator, have numerous career opportunities. Those students who see their future in communication and media sector, this degree is an ideal choice.
Communication is the global challenge of the third millennium. The appreciation of communication and media experts means that the prospects of students after graduation are excellent and include a wide range of professions:
- editor or director of radio and television programs,
- journalist,
- online journalist,
- web designer,
- anchor-person of a television or radio program,
- media technician,
- manager of public relations,
- marketing and marketing communication department,
- manager, or co-worker of a communication agency etc.
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