Bachelor's Degree in Journalism (Bilingual, Spanish)
Getafe, Spain
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 7,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for non-European students | for EU students: € 1,500/year
Introduction
The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Bachelor’s degree in Journalism aims to train versatile professionals in journalism capable of informing in different types of media and organizations, adhering to the basic principles that govern journalism: rigor, truth, honesty, timeliness, social relevance, and defense of equality and democratic principles.
It encourages a critical and analytical spirit based on knowledge of media and the digital society while training the student in the different languages and forms of journalistic works, both written and audiovisual, with special emphasis on the new patterns of information consumption through the Internet and mobile devices.
The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid’s degree in Journalism strikes the right balance between theory and praxis. In addition to their practicums during the whole term in multimedia newsrooms, radio studios, and TV studios, the students can intern in companies in the industry.
Studies with a bilingual option
In this degree, the university offers the opportunity to study in English more than half of the subjects of the studies program. Once you have been admitted, you will choose, at the time of enrollment, the language in which you will study by the following conditions:
- In groups in English, all work (classes, drills, exercises, tests, etc.) will be conducted in English.
- During the first year, it must establish an English B2 level, perform a test, and provide one of the supported official certificates or any way determined by the university. In the first weeks of the course will inform students how they can prove their level.
- The courses offered in English are in the studies program.
- In case there are more applications than places available in English, interested persons will be ranked according to their admission grade.
- If you are enrolled in English and exceed at least 50% of the credits offered at the UC3M, in the DS appears a mention of bilingual studies.
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Admissions
Curriculum
Year 1 - Semester 1
- Information Skills (3 ECTS)
- Writing and communication skills (3 ECTS)
- Political Philosophy (6 ECTS)
- History of Spain (6 ECTS)
- Skills: Humanities (6 ECTS)
- Media Theory (6 ECTS)
Year 1 - Semester 2
- Communication and participation of civil society in the Internet (6 ECTS)
- Spanish language and the media (6 ECTS)
- Structure of the Media System (6 ECTS)
- Statistics applied to journalism (6 ECTS)
- News Reporting (6 ECTS)
Year 2 - Semester 1
- Economics (6 ECTS)
- Theory and analysis of the documentary film (6 ECTS)
- Journalism and social change in Spain (6 ECTS)
- Radio Journalism (6 ECTS)
- Information Law (6 ECTS)
Year 2 - Semester 2
- Spreadsheet. Intermediate level (3 ECTS)
- Soft skills (3 ECTS)
- Research methodologies for journalism (6 ECTS)
- Television Journalism (6 ECTS)
- Online Journalism (6 ECTS)
- Newspaper design (6 ECTS)
Year 3 - Semester 1
- Newspaper Reporting (6 ECTS)
- Organization and management of media enterprises (6 ECTS)
- Interpretative and investigative reporting (6 ECTS)
- Electives: Recommended 12 credits
Year 3 - Semester 2
- International journalism I: global information (6 ECTS)
- International journalism II: key international organizations (6 ECTS)
- Local Journalism (6 ECTS)
- Electives: Recommended 12 credits
Year 4 - Semester 1
- Institutional Information (6 ECTS)
- Social Journalism (6 ECTS)
- Scientific and technological journalism (6 ECTS)
- Electives: Recommended 12 credits
Year 4 - Semester 2
- Bachelor Thesis (6 ECTS)
- Information and conflict I: the media and violence (6 ECTS)
- Data Journalism (6 ECTS)
- Electives: Recommended 12 credits
Electives to choose in 3rd and 4th year - First semester
At the end of your studies, you must have obtained a total of 48 credits of selectivity.
- Business Journalism (6 ECTS)
- Speech Techniques (6 ECTS)
- Mass media oratory (6 ECTS)
- Advertising in news media (6 ECTS)
- Multimedia Journalism (6 ECTS)
- Universal History (6 ECTS)
- Enterprise Communication (6 ECTS)
- Opinion Journalism (6 ECTS)
- Sports Journalism (6 ECTS)
- Narrative in Journalism (6 ECTS)
- Philosophy and belief systems in contemporary societies (6 ECTS)
- Best Practices in Journalism (6 ECTS)
- Professional Internships I (6 ECTS)
Electives to choose in 3rd and 4th year - Second semester
At the end of your studies, you must have obtained a total of 48 credits of selectivity.
- Courts Journalism (6 ECTS)
- Political and parliamentary journalism (6 ECTS)
- Digital Documentation (6 ECTS)
- Television news production (6 ECTS)
- History of Journalism (6 ECTS)
- Geography of contemporary world (6 ECTS)
- News information graphics (6 ECTS)
- Journalism and conflict II: the role of religion (6 ECTS)
- Business strategies in today's world (6 ECTS)
- History of writing, publishing, and reading (6 ECTS)
- Photojournalism (6 ECTS)
- Professional Internships II (6 ECTS)
Mobility
Exchange programs
The Erasmus program permits UC3M first-degree and post-graduate students to spend one or several terms at one of the European universities with which UC3M has special agreements or take up an Erasmus Placement, a work placement or internship at an EU company. These exchanges are funded with Erasmus Grants which are provided by the EU and the Spanish Ministry of Education.
The non-European mobility program enables UC3M degree students to study one or several terms in one of the international universities with which the university has special agreements. It also has funding from the Banco Santander and the UC3M.
These places are offered in a public competition and are awarded to students with the best academic record and who have passed the language threshold (English, French, German, etc..) requested by the university of destination.
Rankings
- QS World University Rankings Top 50 Under 50
- 35th spot worldwide and ranked 10th in Europe, on QS Top 50 Under 50 Ranking
- QS World University Rankings
- 319th position on the QS World University Rankings 2024
- QS World University Rankings Subjects Rankings
- Among the world’s best universities in 13 academic fields, according to QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023
- QS Graduate Employability Rankings
- Among the 136 best universities in the world for employability, according to THE’s Global University Employability Ranking 2022
Program Outcome
Students who complete the dual degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication will be professionals qualified to perform any information job in any communication media and any format: written press, TV, radio, online, and in the multimedia area.
In particular, the digital communication world of the XXI century demands:
- Professionals with an all-purpose education, who know how to prepare information adapted to the style and format requisites of any medium.
- Journalists with general education, that is, professionals with criteria to recognize the newsworthiness of an event or occurrence, no matter what area it takes place in.
- Journalists specialized in their areas, who must be experts in gathering and accrediting information, searching for resources and sources, and writing news stories that interest and benefit the public, who go further in-depth in their specialized subjects of expertise, from the most generic (economics, social, political, international, local…) to the most specific (scientific and environmental, parliamentary, courts, sports, conflict situations and social violence –terrorism, abuse, religion, housing-…).
- Journalists whose sensitivity, the result of knowledge, makes them creators of media content that transmits general and specific knowledge, letting the public know and recognize the framework of realities that make up the world they have to live in.
- A specific aspect of the graduates’ professional profile is that of institutional and company communicators. This branch of expert communication for Communication Offices of companies and institutions is important in the professional placement of our students.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
- Proofreader of texts and/or styles
- Copywriter
- Community Manager
- Literary editor
- Web content manager
- Scriptwriter
- Press officer
- Broadcaster
- TV host
- Reporter
- Corporate communications manager
- Internal communications manager
- Literary critic
- Editorial manager
- Institucional communicantions offices
- Communication consultancy
- Photojournalism
- Freelance professional