The University of Aarhus

The University of Aarhus (AU), was established in 1928, and has more than 20.000 students. AU is the degree awarding institution of the Danish part of the ERASMUS MUNDUS MASTERS Journalism and Media within Globalisation: The European Perspective. The Department of Information and Media Studies and the Department of Political Science contribute to the teaching.


Fotograf: Poul Ib Henriksen.

The Department of Information and Media Studies

The Department of Information and Media Studies is the formal host of the degree scheme. The research and teaching of this department falls broadly within the scope of Information and Media Studies. The departmental research in Information Studies includes historical, sociological, communicative, and design-oriented approaches to the study of the development and application of information technology on the level of individuals, organisations and society.

The departmental research in Media Studies includes projects concerning production aesthetics, textual analysis and reception within the print media, radio, TV, film and the Internet as well as topics concerning the theory, policy, history and institution of the media. In between these two fields, where information and media studies increasingly meet, research is carried out in such areas as IT and Learning, the Internet and in Multi Media.

Concerning globalisation the departmental research aims to undertake extensive and focused analysis of the ways in which media and media cultures take part in processes of globalisation, including how they challenge existing cultures and create new and alternative symbolic and cultural communities. This includes research into the audience reception of transnational television genres, the production of global media events like the Olympic Games and local adaptations of transnational television formats. The profile also includes research in to governance of the Internet in network society and various changes that global mass media industries are currently undergoing, and will undergo in the future, as a result of the development of the Internet. Thus, theories and methodologies draw upon both humanistic and social science disciplines.

The Department of Political Science

The Department of Political Science is one of the largest political science departments in Europe. It is also Denmark’s oldest, most well-established social science department, from where a long line of prominent politicians, intellectuals and other public figures have graduated over the years. The research and teaching of the department covers all central areas of political science. Day to day work is structured around six sub-disciplines: General and comparative political science (including political theory and the history of political ideas), international relations and organisation, public administration, policy studies, sociology, statistics and information technology.

Fotograf: Poul Ib Henriksen.

The wide range of subjects and methodologies of the department enables our candidates to leave the university with a generalist education, proven over the decades. The department is therefore well-equipped to offer post graduate studies on an international  level.

Aarhus and surroundings

With a population of about 300,000 inhabitants, Aarhus is the second largest city in Denmark, and the capital of Jutland. It has a lot to offer journalism students.

Aarhus was founded around the year 900 by an unknown King of Denmark, at the time when the Vikings ruled the country. Today, Aarhus is a thriving business and commercial sector as well as many schools and educational institutions are located in the area. Thus, the city hosts more than 30,000 students of higher education, making Aarhus a young and vibrant city. Aarhus is situated right on the waterfront – close to the beaches, and Aarhus offers all the usual city comforts, such as restaurants, cafés, parks and gardens, theatres, art galleries, shopping centres and night clubs. It has also a variety of offers for all levels of sports enthusiasts. Foreign films are subtitled and cultural events take place all year round. The city has an international reputation as a living music venue with the Aarhus Festival every first week of September as one of the highlights.

Living in Denmark

Calculate with a budget of about 6.000 DKK (about 810 euro) per month for a reasonable level of living.

Contact for the Erasmus Mundus Masters in Journalism and Media

The University of Aarhus
Centre for University Studies in Journalism,
Director Per Mouritsen, pm@ps.au.dk, +45 8942 6920;

Centre coordinator Bettina Andersen, erasmusmundus@hum.au.dk, +45 8942 6921.

Links

The Department of Information and Media Studies:
http://www.imv.au.dk/eng

The Department of Political Science:
http://www.ps.au.dk/showpage.asp?lLangCode=1033