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THE DANISH SCHOOL OF MEDIA AND JOURNALISM
- Approx. 1460 full time
students
- Education in journalism, photojournalism, graphic design,
interactive design, creative communication, TV and media directing, and media
production and management.
- A wide range of Bachelor's and Master's
degrees, diplomas, courses and further education programmes within the field of
journalism, media, design.
- Northern Europe s largest centre for
journalism training and skills (UPDATE) with over 100 training courses and other
events offered each semester.
- Cooperates with a large network of
international partners to exchange students and teachers
- Strategical
partnerships with international partners on specific projects
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Copenhagen and Aarhus campuses
A historical scribe
The Danish
School of Media and Journalism was formed in 2008 by a merger between
- the
Graphics Art Institute of Denmark
- the Danish School of
Journalism/UPDATE
The merger of the three educational establishments
means that the school now covers the whole media sector and provides design and
content to the media industry, as well as giving students and teachers the
opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience of the media sector across
specialist groups.
The Graphics Art Institute of Denmark
Founded
in 1943 with the objective of creating a theoretical education for future
graphic managers. For many years, its training courses have been focussed on
economics and technology, but since the 1990s digital and print media have
played a larger part in the training which has today developed into the existing
Bachelor degrees in Media Production and Management.
In 1956, a new
stream was launched: Special studies in Graphic Design. The special study course
puts most initial emphasis on book presentation, but moves on to include many
other graphic design processes in both print and digital media. Over the years,
the course has developed into a Bachelor degree course in Graphic
Communications.
At the suggestion of the TV and media industries, the
Bachelor course in TV and Media Planning was added to the school s full-time
courses in 2006.
In order to meet the increasing need for specialist
staff in the media industry, Graphic Communications was divided into three
streams in 2007: Graphic Design, Interactive Design and Creative
Communication.
The Bachelor courses in Graphic Communications, Media
Production and Management as well as TV and Media Planning are offered in
Copenhagen.
The Danish School of Journalism
Established in 1962 as
the officially designated vocational training course for journalists in Denmark.
As part of the three-year master course, six months at the School of Journalism
is compulsory for all masters trainee journalists.
In 1971, the first
class of journalism students started the current form of training: a four-year
BA course of education with practical training. Students are selected by an
anonymous entrance test.
In 1992, the four year BA course of
photojournalism was started. Part of this course is taught together with the BA
in journalism.
Both journalism and photojournalism have been
internationally oriented for a long time. The very first international programme
Europe in the World started in 1990, and have been followed by four
international semester programmes in photojournalism, TV journalism and
multimedia journalism.
In 2004 the Danish School of Journalism in a
cooperation with Aarhus University and four European Universities was granted
the Erasmus Mundus Masters stamp with the Erasmus Mundus Masters Journalism,
Media and Globalization.
This global start was followed by two national
masters courses in journalism offered by the Danish School of Journalism and
Aarhus University with the degree issued by Aarhus University.
The Danish
School of Journalism has for more than 15 years conducted and participated in
projects to support the development of a professional and independent media,
journalism education and, mid-career training in third world and transition
countries.
Courses at BA level are offered in Aarhus. |
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