Programme Details

Programme Highlights:

Full-time
Part-time

Expected Duration

1 year

Fees

Self-funded
HK$255,000

Expected Programme Start Date

01/09/2025

Application Deadline

Main Round:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), January 15, 2025

Description

Full Time (one year, including classes on evenings and weekends)

Closed to Applications

Expected Duration

2 years

Fees

Self-funded
HK$255,000

Expected Programme Start Date

01/09/2025

Application Deadline

Main Round:
12:00 noon (GMT +8), January 15, 2025

Description

Part Time (two years, including classes on evenings and weekends)

Closed to Applications

Overview

As the first graduate degree course in Hong Kong dedicated to the training of news professionals, the Master of Journalism [MJ] programme focuses on the core ingredients of a sound education in journalism. Students received training in the best practices in print, digital and multimedia journalism, as well as media law, standards and ethics. Students may also pursue their interest in business & financial reporting, cultural journalism, global affairs, documentary production, data journalism, photojournalism and in journalism covering China. The programme, taught in English, seeks to prepare students for the professional world, and to become standard bearers in a fast-changing media environment shaped increasingly by commercial pressures and revolutionary technological developments. The programme is also suitable for mid-career journalists interested in professional enhancement or a teaching career, as well as for non-news professionals seeking a media-related career.

Entrance Requirements

1. A Bachelor's degree or an equivalent qualification.

2. A score of 587 or above (paper-based test) or 240 or above (computer-based test) or 95 or above(Internet-based test) in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or a minimum overall band of 7.0 with no subtest lower than 6.0 in International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is required for applicants seeking admission on the basis of a qualification from a university or comparable institution outside Hong Kong in which the language of instruction and/or examination is not English.

3. Working experience in journalism is desirable.

4. Candidates may be required to pass a qualifying examination and interview administered by the Journalism and Media Studies Centre.

5. Candidates who do not hold a Bachelor's degree with honours from this University or another qualification of equivalent standard may in exceptional circumstances be permitted to register if:

- they possess proven professional experience in journalism or in relevant professions, and
- show proof of competence in the English language, and
- satisfy the examiners in a qualifying examination, if appropriate.

6. Applicants with outstanding merits could be exempted from the qualifying examination and considered for early admission, subject to an interview with the admission panel.

Tuition Fee notes

Tuition rate applicable to local and non-local students:

Total 60 credits @HK$4,250 per credit

(Students have the option to complete up to 72 credits for the award of the Master of Journalism programme)

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Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences

The Faculty of Social Sciences was established in 1967, and has undergone rapid expansion and significant transformation since. The Faculty has six core Departments/Centre: Geography, Politics and Public Administration, Psychology, Social Work and Social Administration, and Sociology, and Journalism and Media Studies Centre. The Faculty is also the home to eight multidisciplinary research centres. These link scholars in the same field with experts from diversified disciplines in The University of Hong Kong and other research institutions both in Hong Kong, Mainland China and elsewhere in the world; and to provide a convenient focus for research, teaching, professional training, publication and international scholarly exchange and collaboration on specific areas of interest.