Journalism

Kingston university is ranked no. 1 in london for journalism, publishing and public relations (guardian university league tables 2020). progression into work or further study stands at 100%. 90% of our students are employed within six months of finishing the course, with half working as media professionals, according to data collected from our graduates in the past two years. in addition, our graduates' first job salaries after six months of finishing the course reach £25,000 – higher than the uk average of £19,000 for journalism graduates.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

Our graduates have progressed to roles at many of the main media organisations such as reuters, cosmopolitan, ok!, channel 4 news, sky, the bbc, the times and al jazeera. examples of recent first jobs after graduation include: journalist, express newspapers picture editor/researcher, the sun, news uk sub-editor, mailonline (snapchat discover desk) junior feature writer, harvey nichols junior fashion writer, secretsales.com multimedia reporter, pink news reporter, copenhagen times reporter, euromoney institutional investor trainee reporter, south west news service video journalist, rt uk editorial assistant, hmg aerospace copywriter, health & care

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. Kingston University London has partnerships with the following companies: