Bachelor's Degree in Audiovisual Communication
We teach you the art of storytelling
On the Bachelor's Degree in Audiovisual Communication, we give students the skills they need to become versatile and dedicated professionals, capable of generating, managing and producing high-quality audiovisual content, whilst adhering to professional ethics and fulfilling their social responsibility. One of the Faculty’s main objectives is to offer completely personalised, future-focused training that reflects the current audiovisual communication context.
This bachelor’s degree is aimed at anyone looking to work in the audiovisual sector as a director, scriptwriter, editor, producer, filmmaker or camera operator, among other roles. Skills such as how to write a film script, how to produce a television programme or shoot and edit a short film are just some of the techniques we study with a view to giving every student the expertise they need to access the audiovisual job market.
In order to fulfil the proposed goals, our team of lecturers, made up of academics dedicated to teaching and research, as well as professionals from the world of audiovisual communication, offer students their wealth of knowledge essential for succeeding in this profession. Additionally, the degree's curriculum includes subjects in English that are suited to each programme, which aim to give students a more international outlook.
We also offer students the chance to complete a work experience placement in leading audiovisual companies such as RTVE, El Terrat Produccions, TV3, Telecinco, Onda Cero, Radio Marca, and more. On-the-ground experience is the best way to acquire professional skills.
What’s more, as UIC Barcelona is adapted to the Bologna Process, graduates are also able to work as communication professionals in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
Objectives
The main objectives of the Bachelor's Degree in Audiovisual Communication are to:
- Train professionals capable of generating, managing and producing high-quality audiovisual content, whilst adhering to professional ethics on all occasions.
- Nurture communication skills, creativity and technical expertise.
- Help students master written and audiovisual languages, new technologies and other tools used in the sector.
- Facilitate knowledge about the audiovisual world and all stages of the production cycle.
- Provide students with a multicultural and international outlook.
- Facilitate knowledge on the evolution of different film, radio and television genres with the aim of generating novel formulas for the market.
- Encourage an entrepreneurial spirit, self-learning and vocational responsibility.
- Develop teamwork and leadership skills.
Who is it aimed at? Prospective students
Anyone who fulfils the admission requirements and general prerequisites for accessing the degree programme may apply. The majority of our students come from the humanities or social sciences, but the bachelor’s degree is open to students from any academic background.
This programme is aimed at anyone who’s passionate about audiovisual communication and wants to work in the sector. We're looking for motivated students who are eager to learn and innovate; creative people who want to design and create audiovisual content, with a critical, analytical and entrepreneurial eye; who know how to work in a team; students that are engaged in what’s going on in the world today and who want to grow as professional communication experts.
Competences. Graduate profile
Competences
Students will acquire a range of skills that will equip them for a successful career in today’s world of communication.
Graduate profile
The graduate profiles for this bachelor’s degree are:
- Director: film, television, video, advertising, radio, computer graphics and multimedia.
- Scriptwriter: film, television, video, advertising, radio, computer graphics and multimedia. See example (link)
- Editor/reporter: film, television, video, advertising, radio, computer graphics and multimedia.
- Audiovisual producer and content manager
- Production design and post-production visuals and sound
- Researcher, teacher and expert in visual studies
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Directing film by Juan Antonio Bayona
The success of Polseres vermelles (The Red Band Society), explained by its director, Pau Freixes:
Academic accreditation
Graduate in Audiovisual Communication from the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya.
What’s more, as UIC Barcelona is adapted to the Bologna Process, graduates are also able to work as communication professionals in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

