Overview
- 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
- 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.
UPDATE
Established in 2007 as Northern Europe’s largest centre for journalism training and skills with over 100 training courses and other events offered each semester.
The same year, UPDATE entered into a strategic alliance with the leading training establishment in the USA; the Poynter Institute in Florida, and runs the first Poynter summer school under UPDATE’s management.
Further studies and training are offered both in Copenhagen and in Aarhus.
Updated 27-07-2009
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