- Level
- 3-Year Bachelor Degree
- Duration
- 1 year bachelor degree completion
- Field
- Media, Journalism, and Communication
- Institution
- Public University
- Offer speed
- Fast Offer Speed5–7 days
Program overview
A final year top-up to an honours degree in journalism and communications, covering reporting, media law and ethics, digital publishing and a produced portfolio of journalism.
Cheltenham hosts major literature and science festivals, which gives journalism students here reporting opportunities most towns cannot offer.
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Journalism and Communications (Top-up) is taught at the University of Gloucestershire, a public university in England with full degree awarding powers. Because the journalism and communications top-up is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after you finish. No job offer or sponsor is needed for the journalism and communications top-up, but you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. Your student visa covers the length of the journalism and communications top-up plus a short period afterwards. UK rules from January 2024 bar a dependant partner or child on taught courses, so the journalism and communications top-up does not support a family move.
The academic bar for Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Journalism and Communications (Top-up) is a completed undergraduate diploma or equivalent with 65 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.0 with no band below 5.5, and tuition for the journalism and communications top-up is recorded at GBP 17,950. Gloucestershire charges no application fee, and Gloucestershire charges no application fee, and an India Scholarship of GBP 4,000 to 5,000 may apply to the journalism and communications top-up automatically. The journalism and communications top-up lists two entry windows, the earliest in 2027. Apply Study Visa manages your the journalism and communications top-up application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.
What it costs per year · indicative
Living cost is an estimate; tuition is the institute's published international fee. We confirm exact, current figures before you pay anything.
Do you qualify?
These are the published minimums. Whether your profile fits — with your marks, gap and budget — is exactly what a free counsellor check confirms.
Admission requirements
Who can apply (guide for international students):
- Education: A completed undergraduate diploma or equivalent, at the percentage stated.
- English (meet any one): IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band below 5.5; TOEFL iBT 80 with reading 20, writing 19, speaking 22 and listening 19; or PTE Academic 64. The Duolingo English Test is NOT accepted.
- Application and deposit: The University of Gloucestershire charges NO application fee, so applying costs you nothing. Confirm the tuition deposit and its refundability in writing before any money is transferred.
- Scholarship: Gloucestershire runs an India Scholarship worth GBP 4,000 to 5,000 for self-funded international students, awarded automatically with no separate application. A Global Scholarship of GBP 1,500 also applies, and merit awards run higher again. You cannot hold more than one university scholarship, so the India award is normally the one to pursue. Confirm the exact figure on your offer letter rather than assuming the maximum.
- Additional requirement: Entry requires a relevant journalism or media diploma for direct entry to the final year. The Duolingo English Test is NOT accepted at this campus on any course. Plan for IELTS Academic, TOEFL iBT or PTE Academic instead.
- Work rights: the journalism and communications top-up is a degree, so it supports a UK Graduate Route application giving two years of unsponsored work after you finish. No dependant may accompany you on a taught course.
- Student visa: Apply Study Visa prepares the CAS request, the financial evidence and the UK student visa submission with you.
English requirements
Documents you'll need typical · we confirm yours
- Valid passport (6+ months validity)
- Class 10 & 12 marksheets and certificates
- English test scorecard (IELTS / PTE / TOEFL) or MOI certificate
- Statement of Purpose (SOP)
- Financial proof — bank statement / loan sanction
- Passport-size photographs
- Study-gap affidavit or work-experience letter (if applicable)
Getting documents right is the #1 reason applications succeed or get refused — our team checks every file before submission.
Career opportunities
Typical destinations for graduates:
- Journalist: news organisations
- Content Producer: digital media
- Communications Officer: organisations and charities
- Editor: publishing settings
- Press Officer: corporate and public sector
- Broadcast Producer: after experience
Reality check: British journalism hiring runs on published work, so treat the portfolio as the actual application rather than as coursework.
About University of Gloucestershire - Park
- Type
- University
- Ownership
- Public
- Rating
- ★ 4.5
- World rank
- #1234
- Established
- 1847
- Reference No.
- 10007145
