Master's in Journalism and Communication

📖 Introduction

Communication University of Zhejiang, also known as Zhejiang University of Media and Communications (ZUMC), is a public national university in Hangzhou, China. 

Communication University of Zhejiang, jointly established and jointly administered by the State Administration of Radio, Film & Television and People’s Government of Zhejiang Province, is a higher learning institution that trains personnel in radio, film and other forms of media. Currently there are two main bases in China training personnel in radio, film and other forms of media, and there has been the saying “Communication University of China in the north, Communication University of Zhejiang in the south”. Since its establishment, CUZ has made great contributions in training a large number of professionals for TV stations and radio stations at the state, provincial, autonomous region, city and county level as well as other film and television production units.  

CUZ currently has 2 teaching departments, i.e., Department of Social Sciences and Humanities and Department of Physical Education, and 9 colleges, i.e., School of Journalism and Cultural Communication, School of Film & Television Art, School of Electronics and Information Engineering, School of Animation, School of Announcing & Anchoring Art, School of Management, School of International Cultures & Communication, School of Music, School of Continuing Education. It has 28 undergraduate programs including Radio and Television Journalism, Announcing and Anchoring Art, Radio and Television Directing, Radio and Television Engineering, etc. and a number of programs for students at the junior college level. With the approval of the Education Department of Zhejiang Province, CUZ started a “3+2” program of upgrading graduates from junior colleges to undergraduate level, which enrols outstanding graduates from junior or vocational colleges in Zhejiang province and charges tuition fees according to public school standards, with two-year schooling. Students in this program will be issued a full-time regular undergraduate diploma after graduation and enjoy the same status as graduates from regular universities in China. 

🏛️ About Communication University of Zhejiang (CUZ)

Communication University of Zhejiang (CUZ) is a high-level media university with distinctive industry characteristics, co-funded by the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government and the National Radio and Television Administration. On September 8, 2004, President Xi Jinping, the then Secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, inspected the University and proposed the earnest hope of "keeping up with the times and highlighting the characteristics". 

   CUZ is a high-level media university with distinctive broadcast industrial characteristics, which was jointly established by Zhejiang Provincial People's Government and the State Administration of Radio and Television (SARFT). on September 8, 2004, Comrade Xi Jinping, the then Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhejiang Province, visited CUZ and put forward his earnest hope of "keeping abreast of the times and highlighting the special characteristics". Its former Zhejiang Radio and Television School founded in 1978 and Zhejiang Radio and Television College founded in 1984 were merged to form the new Zhejiang Radio and Television Higher College in 2000, which was upgraded to Zhejiang University of Media and Communication (ZUMC) in 2004 and later the current CUZ, and was approved as a master's degree-granting unit in 2021. It has been honored with the titles of National Party Member Education and Training Demonstration Base and National Graduate Employment Typical Experienced Colleges and Universities.

   The university has two campuses in Qiantang, Hangzhou and Wuzhen, Tongxiang, covering an area of 1355.14 acres. It has 14 schools and colleges ( and departments), more than 13,300 undergraduate students, nearly 1,000 graduate students, more than 400 international students, and more than 1,400 teaching staff, including more than 150 national, provincial and ministerial-level talents and high-end talents in the industry.

   The university covers six disciplines, including arts, literature, engineering, management, economics and education. Theatre and Film and Television, Journalism and Communication are the first-class disciplines in the province (Class A), while Information and Communication Engineering and Public Administration are the first-class disciplines in the province (Class B), and there are three professional degree authorization points for the Master of Journalism and Communication, the Master of Drama and Film and Television, and the Master of International Chinese Education. There are 37 undergraduate majors, among which 13 majors such as Radio and Television Studies are national first-class major construction points, and 10 majors such as Network and New Media are provincial first-class major construction points.

   There are 3 national teaching platforms such as National Animation Teaching and Research Base and National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Centre for Television Editing and Guiding, 11 provincial teaching platforms such as Provincial Experimental Teaching Demonstration Centre, 4 provincial teaching teams, 2 modern industrial colleges under provincial support, 12 first-class courses at the national level and 177 first-class courses at the provincial level. There is the first 5G+4K gaming comprehensive laboratory in domestic universities, 1 provincial key laboratory, 1 provincial engineering research center, and 1 provincial ministerial laboratory. There are more than 400 industry-university-research practice and teaching bases, including 1 national off-campus practice and education base for college students, 10 provincial off-campus practice and education bases for college students, and 5 overseas internship bases.

   There are 12 provincial and ministerial-level science and innovation platforms such as China Radio and Television Art Data Research Centre and Zhejiang Institute of Social Governance and Communication Innovation, etc. In the past five years, the university has been granted more than 100 national scientific research and creation projects, including 9 major key projects, and more than 100 governmental reports have been approved by leaders above the provincial and ministerial levels, and the university has been granted the Ministry of Education's Outstanding Achievement Award in Humanities and Social Sciences, the Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress Prize, and the Provincial "Five Firsts Project" Award. He has won more than 60 awards, including the "Five One Project" Award, and 9 monographs have won the Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Science of Zhejiang Province. The university has created or participated in the creation of a large number of literary and audio-visual masterpieces, such as the movie "Changjin Lake", "Wandering Earth 2", the TV series "Age of Awakening", "Glory and Dreams", "Little Happiness", the documentary "Sentiment", "Going Home", "No. 31 Lushan Road", and the animation "Chickens Rainbow". The documentary "Hand in Hand, for the People" appeared at the summit meeting between the Communist Party of China (CPC) and leaders of political parties in the world.

   The university has established cooperation and exchange relations with more than 150 universities or institutions in more than 40 countries and regions in five continents, and cooperates with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and the University of Bolton in the United Kingdom in organizing undergraduate and master's degree Chinese-foreign cooperative education programs. The university is a unit of the EU Erasmus program, an international humanities exchange and media talent cultivation base of the Ministry of Education, a unit of the Student Exchange Program of Chinese and Foreign High-level Universities of the Ministry of Education, and a unit of the Teacher-Student Exchange Program between Hong Kong, Macao, and Mainland Universities, and a unit of the Innovative Talent International Cooperation Cultivation Program of the Scholarship Council of China, and the Talent Support Program for Country and Regional Studies of the Ministry of Education. It is the implementation unit of the project of the National Scholarship Council's innovative talents international cooperation and training program and the country regional research talents support program, and it is the institution of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination Enrollment Program of the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Office of the Ministry of Education, as well as the base of exchanges with Taiwan and the platform of entrepreneurship and innovation for Taiwan youth in Zhejiang universities.

   The university adheres to the fundamental task of promoting moral education, promotes the diversified integration of industry, academia and research, and makes great efforts to cultivate new media talents with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor who can take up the great responsibility of national rejuvenation. The quality of talent cultivation is well recognized by all walks of life, and many graduates have become key elites in the fields of news propaganda, film and television publishing, and cultural industry, etc. More than 100 of them have been awarded the highest prizes in the industry such as Yangtze River Taofen Prize, Golden Microphone Prize, and Golden Voice Prize. The school is the demonstration base of "Mass Entrepreneurship and Mass Innovation" in Zhejiang Province, and there is a highly influential media culture and creative industry park in the province, and the entrepreneurship rate of graduates one year after graduation ranks the forefront of colleges and universities in the province.

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You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it.

Accommodation Fee: 5400RMB Per Year (four Sharing Room)

Hostel Fee: Free (Scholarship only)



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