In the first year, you will have the choice to study two subjects in arts, humanities and social science, and at the end of that year, you will choose one to take to degree level. This will allow you to build up an expertise in a particular field of journalism and develop your research and analytical skills. There is a strong emphasis on team work on the course and students are constantly developing a portfolio of work which can be used for presentation to future employers. Our lecturers combine academic expertise with significant professional industry experience in a number of national and international news organisations, including The Irish Times, The Irish Examiner, Ireland’s state broadcaster RTE and The Cambodia Daily International. Our adjunct professors include Fergal Keane, BBC Africa Editor. In a special seminar series, editors, correspondents, reporters and other media-interested professionals visit the University of Limerick to talk to journalism students about key contemporary issues. The four year programme includes a work placement opportunity in a national or regional news organisation and an international study abroad placement. Journalism graduates from UL are employed in a range of internataional organisations including: CNN, BBC, Google, The Guardian, Storyful and Ireland’s national broadcaster RTE.

In the first year, you will have the choice to study two subjects in arts, humanities and social science, and at the end of that year, you will choose one to take to degree level. This will allow you to build up an expertise in a particular field of journalism and develop your research and analytical skills. There is a strong emphasis on team work on the course and students are constantly developing a portfolio of work which can be used for presentation to future employers. Our lecturers combine academic expertise with significant professional industry experience in a number of national and international news organisations, including The Irish Times, The Irish Examiner, Ireland’s state broadcaster RTE and The Cambodia Daily International. Our adjunct professors include Fergal Keane, BBC Africa Editor. In a special seminar series, editors, correspondents, reporters and other media-interested professionals visit the University of Limerick to talk to journalism students about key contemporary issues. The four year programme includes a work placement opportunity in a national or regional news organisation and an international study abroad placement. Journalism graduates from UL are employed in a range of internataional organisations including: CNN, BBC, Google, The Guardian, Storyful and Ireland’s national broadcaster RTE.