Media and Communication Studies, B.Sc.
Journalism and communication studies is a transdisciplinary, social science and humanities subject that researches the conditions, structures, processes, content and effects of media communication and helps to shape them. This includes all areas of direct and media-mediated public communication, including organizational communication as well as computer-mediated and network-based communication.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) |
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| Duration | 6 semesters, 90 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | C1 |
| Required English | B1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | Admission restriction (NC): a competition of school grades |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €376.80 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
The programme has an admission restriction: the average grade of your certificate, converted to the German scale, decides. The cut-off changes every year — last year's value shows the order of magnitude, not a promise.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
Journalism and communication studies are combined as a core subject with a 60 LP module or two 30 LP module offers. As a 60 LP module offer, journalism and communication studies are combined with a 90 LP core subject.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
Bachelor graduates have academic knowledge and practical skills that qualify them for employment or further study. If journalism and communication science are studied as modules within a combined bachelor's degree program, the core subject chosen usually shapes the professional qualification.
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By acquiring specialist knowledge of public communication and its relevance for the organization of society, the course qualifies graduates for further (master's) studies. In addition, this opens up career fields in the following areas:
- Journalism
- Public relations and organizational communication (in companies, public institutions or non-governmental organizations)
- Media research
- Program planning and development
- Media organization and management
- Communication policy and media self-regulation
- Policy consulting.
For managerial positions or employment in research and teaching, a master's degree and, if applicable, a doctorate are required.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Berlin), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €376.80 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | A school certificate that gives access to university in Germany — directly or after a Studienkolleg. |
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| Language | German C1, English B1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 15.07 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2German up to C1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application via uni-assist until 15.07uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 5Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
Questions about this programme
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When do I need to apply?
Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (274 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.