MSc Digital Policy 12 months Postgraduate Programme By University College Dublin |TopUniversities
Subject Ranking

# 101-150QS Subject Rankings

Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

21,230 EURTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

Communication and Media StudiesMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

MSc Digital Policy will be hybrid learning of online & face-to-face environments. UCD’s School of Information and Communication studies has estabished the Microsoft-UCD Digital Policy Programme with the goal of building digital policy training and capability in Ireland and Europe.
The innovative programme mixes the abstract and the applied with modules from the School of Information and Communication Studies. This programme introduces students to basic concepts and issues in digital policy, giving a historical and critical understanding of how to theorise digital objects and environments by learning to situate them in perspectives such as platform capitalism, governance, data infrastructures, information analytics, interface critique and software studies.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

MSc

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

Blended

MSc Digital Policy will be hybrid learning of online & face-to-face environments. UCD’s School of Information and Communication studies has estabished the Microsoft-UCD Digital Policy Programme with the goal of building digital policy training and capability in Ireland and Europe.
The innovative programme mixes the abstract and the applied with modules from the School of Information and Communication Studies. This programme introduces students to basic concepts and issues in digital policy, giving a historical and critical understanding of how to theorise digital objects and environments by learning to situate them in perspectives such as platform capitalism, governance, data infrastructures, information analytics, interface critique and software studies.

Admission Requirements

100+
7+
  • Applicants should present with a primary (bachelor's) degree in any subject with an overall score of 2.1 or higher.
  • Names and contact details of two referees who can assess their intellectual ability, maturity and motivation.
  • Applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate English language proficiency of IELTS 7 (no band less than 6.5 in each element), or equivalent.
  • While applications are accepted up to August of the year of entry, offers are made to suitably qualified candidates on a first-come-first-served basis so early application is recommended. Entry to the programmes is very competitive and the number of places is limited.

1 Year
Sep

  • Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance

Domestic
9,100 EUR
International
21,230 EUR

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