Bachelor's Degree in Audiovisual Communications

What does this degree entail?

This degree aims to train students in the field of information processing, creation, production and direction across the different audiovisual media.

The program is innovative and develops the capacity for analysis and criticism, creativity, the mastery of audio-visual language, the ability to adapt to multimedia communication and future technological environments, and the predisposition to innovate across the different audio-visual and digital media productions.

What skills do you need before starting this degree?

A basic knowledge of Spanish language and its literature, as well as a taste for reading and writing, are advisable. Students should also have a basic awareness of the different media channels and be enthusiastic about learning more about them.

What skills will you have once you finish this degree?

Once you finish this degree, you will be able to:

- Plan, coordinate, organize and manage processes in the audio-visual field.
- Create an audio-visual product by using and applying the language, expressive capacities and technologies of each media and audiovisual communication format.
- Express yourself clearly and consistently in the official languages of the Valencian Community and also in English.

What are your professional options after you finish this degree?

A common choice for graduates in Audio-visual Communications is to work in companies in the audio-visual and media sector that create products for the different media (cinema, radio, television, internet, etc.). It is also common for companies to need an expert in either internal or external communications.

You can also work as a self-employed contractor in media agencies or producers; in the civil service, engage in research; work in the development and innovation of media (in private or public centres and R&D departments in big companies) or teach.

What are your internship options?

Students can do internships in institutions, organizations and companies in the audiovisual communication sector. The school has signed agreements with 108 entities, such as municipal and local radio stations; UPV radio and television; national, autonomous and local television networks, private producers and federated audio-visual enterprises in the Valencian Community, municipalities, associations, advertising agencies and corporations, regional and local newspapers and specialized magazines.

Where can you spend a semester abroad?

The Higher Polytechnic School of Gandia has signed agreements with universities in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden and Turkey.

What are your master's degree options?

The degree in Audiovisual Communications qualifies you to enrol in to the master's degree studies in Digital Post Production, which has two specializations: Video Post Production and Audio Post Production. You can also apply to study the master's degree studies in Content and Legal Issues in the Information Society, whose speciality in E-consulting in the Information Society, and the specialization in Social Media, is taught at the campus in Gandia.

You may also enrol in to other UPV master's degree courses by taking the corresponding bridging courses.