Program Overview

International Journalism Program

Overview

The International Journalism program at St. Petersburg State University is a Master's level program that takes 2 years to complete. The program is full-time and provides students with a comprehensive education in international journalism.

Main Courses

• Theory and Practice of International Journalism
• The Media Map of the World
• International Journalism and Diplomacy
• Foreign Policy Propaganda
• Digital Democracy
• Intercultural Media Discourse
• Information and International Security
• International Journalistic Media Laboratory
• Creating a Media Project
• Visualisation of International Information: Fundamentals of Photography and Infographics
• Work with International Information in Commerce
• Work with International Information in Public Administration

Program Advantages

• The program is designed with the latest trends in modern education, benchmarked against top journalism schools worldwide, including the University of Missouri, Shanghai University, Freie Universität Berlin, City, University of London, and MGIMO University.
• The program maintains a balance between theory and practice, with a faculty that includes high-caliber academics and practitioners from St. Petersburg University, foreign universities, and the media community.
• Representatives from the Russian News Agency TASS and the International Television and Radio Company MIR were involved in the program's development.
• The program offers a unique combination of majors in "creativity and technology" and "analysis and management," providing graduates with deep knowledge and skills in practical journalism or research.
• Students have the opportunity to master skills in working with international information in commerce and public administration, with a focus on the transformation of mass media and the influence of new information technologies.

Main Areas of Research

• International journalism: regional challenges and integration processes
• Mass media of the Global South: processes, technologies, practices
• Freedom of speech in the political culture of the East and West
• Media activity on social networks
• Electoral populism on social media
• Media consumption of generations in Russia and abroad
• International journalism in the "edutainment" format
• Media ethics in the digital age

Career Opportunities

• International journalist, journalist, correspondent (journalistic activity)
• Editor (editing activity)
• Editor-in-chief, producer, media manager, specialist in working with international information in commerce and public administration (organizational and managerial activity)
• Researcher, analyst, research associate (research activities)
• Teacher (educational and teaching activity)

Tuition

The tuition information for the 2026/2027 academic year is currently being updated.

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