I. Disciplines and authorized degree conferring

The School of Journalism and New Media is allowed to grant master’s degree for programs of a first-level discipline, journalism and communication, and to grant professional master’s degrees (masters by coursework) for program in direction of journalism and communication with name of network and new media.

II. Program Objectives and Tutor List

Academic master program refers to the programs aim at developing students' overall ability, including excellent academic quality, solid and broad theoretical foundation, systematic and in-depth professional knowledge, rigorous and realistic scientific attitude, as well as the ability to independently engage in scientific research in related disciplines and innovation.

Professional master program attaches emphasis to practice and application, providing formal and high-level training in professional and specialized technology, and cultivating application-oriented high-level talents with solid theoretical foundations. The graduates will be able to quickly adapt to specific industries or occupations that the actual work needs.

0503 Journalism and Communication (Academic master program)

The objective of this discipline is to cultivate talents who have solid theoretical and profound professional knowledge foundation in journalism and communication. The students should understand the history and current situation of this discipline, grasp the academic development direction and the latest academic research achievements. Students are required to have the practical ability of comprehensive modern journalism communication, the ability to conduct theoretical and practical research through qualitative and quantitative methods, and the ability to independently engage in scientific research in this discipline and related disciplines. Those who acquired the master’s degree of Journalism and Communication, as high-level, inter-disciplinary, and internationally-advanced professional talents, will be able to carry out theoretical research and related practice in media, news agency, publishing company, universities and public institutions.

Tutor list (15 in total):

Li Mingde, Yang Lin, Wu Feng, Chen Jiyin, Huang Rong, Zhang Hongbang, Chen Qiang, Zhang Li, Shen Nan, Zhu Duogang, Ren Tianhao, Xu Jing, Meng Shengjun, Song Huanying, Liu Huan

0552 Master of Journalism and Communication (Professional master program)

Based on Marxist theory of news communication, new media technology and information science, this program is in line with the new demands for media talents in the new era of Internet and mobile Internet. Characterized by the basic theory of network communication and digital media technology, this program integrates the concepts and technology of new media into postgraduate courses, aiming at cultivating inter-disciplinary talents with the knowledge of technology and communication. Students graduated from this program will be able to engage in network product planning, design and development for news websites, business websites, or in Internet companies and communication companies. They can also carry out overall planning, top-level planning, editing, and data analysis in news publishing units, news websites, survey and consulting agencies, government and enterprises.

Tutor list (17 in total):

Li Mingde, Yang Lin, Wu Feng, Chen Jiyin, Huang Rong, Zhang Hongbang, Chen Qiang, Zhang Li, Zhang Cong, Rao Yuan, Shen Nan, Zhu Duogang, Ren Tianhao, Xu Jing, Meng Shengjun, Song Huanying, Liu Huan