International Journalism (English)

• First year | You learn the ‘journalism basics’: researching, writing, interviewing, taking photos, making audiovisual footage,… with a focus on news. You produce your first journalistic output: video news stories, a radio newscast, your own newspaper and news blog. You will gain insight into the world we are living in: you’ll take classes in media, sociology, ethics, politics, economics and culture.
• Second year | You specialize in one medium: Text, Video or Audio. You are part of a newsroom with students from different backgrounds and nationalities and produce magazines, radio programmes or TV shows together. There are elective courses to develop your own profile. If you want, you can take editorial classes in Dutch.
• Third year | You learn how to work in a newsroom environment with sharp deadlines and intensive projects. You produce a Final Work which consists of a portfolio of journalistic articles and reports or one in-depth story you work on during 6 weeks within the framework of our in-school newsroom. You also have an internship of 10 weeks at the editorial office or newsroom of a media company. 

*The second year of the programme is still under construction. The mentioned courses are merely an indication of a possible curriculum.

Your internship in the third year will take place in an international environment. You can choose between interesting opportunities at international media companies in Brussels, or going further afield and do your internship in other countries, not only in Europe, but also in North or South America, Asia or Africa. 

We think personal coaching is very important, so there’s a close dialogue between teachers and students. You get direct feedback on your work and you’re developing a professional attitude. 

Within the practical courses and projects you work in small groups. Teamwork is an essential part of the study method. 

In addition to the general admission requirements for English bachelor programmes, these are the specific diploma requirements for the abbreviated/one year degree in International Journalism:

• Based on EOQ for students with a Bachelor's degree in the specific field of Media and Communication, with basics in Economics, Politics, Sociology and Culture.
• Based on EOQ for students with a Master's degree at a Faculty of Arts or a Faculty of Social Sciences who obtained qualifications in:  
  • Media and Communication skills
  • Basics Economics, Politics, Sociology and Culture
• Based on EOQ & EOC for students with at least 120 ECTS-credits on EQF level 6 (i.e. within a Bachelor's programme), proving experience/expertise/competence in:
  • Media & Communication skills
  • Basics Economics, Politics, Sociology and Culture
  • Basic Journalistic skills