You are here

Study
Communications
& Media

Apply now Make an enquiry

Explore Communications and Media degrees

Media and communication skills are in high demand. Learn how to share ideas, stories and critical messaging using media technologies and platforms. Along with technical skills, you’ll study the way media systems are changing locally. Gain experience in media design, find audiences for your work and learn how to be an effective, adaptable and engaging media creative.

UOW College offers a Diploma of Arts, Social Science, and Humanities, which is an academic preparation program that can help you gain entry into the first and second year of various degrees within the Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities at the University of Wollongong.

Explore your options

We know that work is changing. In times of change and disruption, employers across a wide range of industries look for skilled and experienced communicators who know how to work across platforms, and who understand the media landscape. Here is just a sample of careers you can pursue:

  • Advertising
  • Communication specialist
  • Content development
  • Copywriter
  • Digital publishing
  • Editor
  • Feature writer
  • Global communications specialist
  • Journalist
  • Market researcher
  • Media strategist or adviser
  • Public relations specialist
  • Publicity officer
  • Social media manager
  • Strategic communications specialist
  • Tourism officer

Read more: what can I do with my degree?

Admission and application information

Notepad icon Admission information
Award ribbon star icon Scholarships
check badge icon Early Admission
touch finger icon Applying to UOW
Shuffle button icon Entry pathways
Key dates Key dates

Study in Wollongong

UOW has eight Australian campuses located across Wollongong, Sydney, and regional centres of the NSW South Coast and Highlands. Communications & Media is currently offered at our Wollongong campus only. If you're looking to study close to home, take a look at the degrees offered at our other UOW campuses.

Wollongong campus

 

Wollongong campus

Belong to one of the best

The Bachelor of Communication and Media allows you to choose your specialisation with:

  • Common undergraduate first year: Bachelor of Communications and Media students have the chance to try all study areas before selecting a major in second year.
  • Five majors: Choose to major in Digital and Social Media, Screen Media Production, Journalism, Marketing Communication and Advertising and Visual Communication Design.
  • Choose more than one: The undergraduate program allows you to specialise in a particular field, or combine complementary specialisations in a double degree.

The Bachelor of Communication and Media (Journalism) is a specialist degree to prepare you for a dynamic career in journalism with:

  • In-depth, hands-on training in journalism
  • Converging media (audio, video, web, mobile)
  • Digital communication
  • Multimedia storytelling

  • UOW received 5 stars for teaching quality in Communications (The Good Universities Guide 2023).
  • Hands-on learning: You decide what to work on, and you are in charge of your own media projects.
  • Purpose-built facilities: A brand new UOW communications and media hub will house specialised facilities including a professional video production and media studios, vocal booths, radio studios edit suites, and a media centre/newsroom.
  • Design studios and maker spaces: Available for animation, interactive media, 3D printing and prototyping.

Comms and Arts students in recording studio

  • Internships: Complete an internship with a reputable news or media organisation to put your knowledge into practice.
  • Build your portfolio: You will graduate with a portfolio of work and experience informed by up-to-date industry knowledge that you can present to future employers and clients.
  • Practical skills: From day one you will work on live projects. You will be pitching ideas, creating content, researching needs and designing solutions. You will enter the workforce as an independent, entrepreneurial, multi-skilled individual.

Student getting interviewed  

 

  • Access to experts: learn from experts about the ethical challenges and new opportunities driven by changing technologies.
  • Get noticed: Enter local and international creative design competitions.
  • Travel: Take part in an international exchange program, short course or internship.

Journalism industry contacts helping students in recording studio. female standing up speaking into the microphone.

Student experience

What you'll learn from doing an internship

It's more than just applying what you learn in the classroom.

Study abroad and exchange

Combine study and travel to turn your degree into a global experience.

2 students at a table Clubs and societies

Meet like-minded students by joining a club or society for a complete university experience.

Moving to Wollongong

Relocating to Wollongong for study? Discover the tips and tricks for making the journey much easier.

Meet Alice

I loved taking photos, I loved writing, I loved creativity and it seemed to all come under the umbrella of journalism. In my degree I got to go to Mexico for six months. When I came back to uni one of my teachers set me up with an internship at the ABC, and it all went from there. I’m working to help people better understand this warped world and, in understanding it, empower them to make it a better place. Alice Bachelor of Journalism & Bachelor of Arts (Spanish)

Student and alumni stories

Arts and Culture, Alumni

The power of writing and reading

Catherine McKinnon, Shady Cosgrove and Hayley Scrivenor share the insights and inspirations they have gained through reading and the influence it has had on their own creative writing.
Arts and Culture, Alumni

Insight into Kumi Taguchi's whirlwind career

For someone like Kumi Taguchi to consider her time at the University of Wollongong (UOW) as “the best days of her life” is a glowing review.
Alumni

UOW graduate to explore disinformation and AI at Oxford

University of Wollongong (UOW) graduate Callum Harvey will head off to the hallowed halls of the University of Oxford to explore some of the most pertinent ethical territory facing Western democracies.

Contact us

1300 367 869 futurestudents@uow.edu.au
Got a question? Enquire now