Student Handbook

DMJX: Background
A historical scribe
• The Danish School of Media and Journalism was
formed in 2008 by a merger between
• The Danish School of Journalism
• UPDATE
• The Graphics Art Institute of Denmark
The merger of the three educational establishments
means that the school now covers the whole media
sector and provides design and content to the media
industry, as well as giving students and teachers the
opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience
of the media sector across specialist groups.
The Danish School of Journalism
The first Danish journalism course was established
as part of Aarhus University in 1946. In 1971,
Danmarks Journalisthøjskole (the Danish School of
Journalism) was established as a free standing
institution doing research and teaching at the
undergraduate level offering a BA in Journalism.
In 1992, the four year BA course of photojournalism
was started. Part of this course is taught together
with the BA in journalism.
Both journalism and photojournalism have been
internationally oriented for a long time. The very first
international program, ” Europe in the World”, was
launched in 1990, and have been followed by five
international semester programmes in journalism,
photo journa lism, and corporate communication.
In 2004 the Danish School of Journalism in
cooperation with Aarhus University and four
European Universities was granted the Erasmus
Mundus Masters stamp with the Erasmus Mundus
Masters Journalism, Media and Globalization.
This global start was followed by two national
masters courses in journalism offered by the Danish
School of Journalism and Aarhus University with the
degree issued by Aarhus University.
In 2011 a BA education in Corporate Communication
was offered to start 2011 in Aarhus and 2013
in Copenhagen.
UPDATE
Established in 2007 as Northern Europe’s largest
centre for journalism training and skills with over
100 training courses and other events offered each
semester.
The same year, UPDATE entered into a strategic
alliance with the leading training establishment in
the USA; the Poynter Institute in Florida, and runs
the first Poynter summer school under UPDATE’s
management.
Further studies and training are offered both in
Copenhagen and in Aarhus.
The Graphics Art Institute of Denmark
Founded in 1943 with the objective of creating a
theoretical education for future graphic managers.
For many years, its training courses have been
focussed on economics and technology, but since
the 1990s digital and print media have played a
larger part in the training which has today
developed into the existing Bachelor degrees in
Media Production and Management.
In 1956, a new stream was launched: Special
studies in Graphic Design. The special study course
puts most initial emphasis on book presentation,
but moves on to include many other graphic design
processes in both print and digital media. Over the
years, the course has developed into a Bachelor
degree course in Graphic Communications.
At the suggestion of the TV and media industries,
the Bachelor course in TV and Media Planning was
added to the school’s full-time courses in 2006.
In order to meet the increasing need for specialist
staff in the media industry, Graphic Communications
was divided into three streams in 2007:
Graphic Design, Interactive Design and Creative
Communication. A new BA course in photographic
Communication was launched in 2012, and the BA
course in Corporate Communication was launched
in Copenhagen in 2013.
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