| The School of Communication is a renowned part of HKBU, with a tradition of providing talented and well-prepared recruits to the local media. The School has three departments. |
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| The Department of Journalism offers concentrations in Chinese, International and Broadcast Journalism. Its programmes are professionally orientated and well supported by the local industry. All Journalism students are required to undertake a professional internship during the summer following the second year of study. The Department also regularly organizes overseas reporting programmes (e.g. to the Taiwanese general election and Beijing Olympic Games) to emphasise hands-on experience. In 2006 the Department founded the Pulitzer Prize Winners Workshop, which brings award-winning journalists to Hong Kong for lectures and classroom sharing. The first of its kind in Asia, the workshop aims to advance journalism education and practice locally and in the Greater China region. |
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| The Academy of Film is the first of its kind in Hong Kong. It prepares students for careers in the local film and television industries. Students won awards in the Global Chinese University Student Film and TV Festival and the Beijing Universities Film Festival, and made HKBU the top tertiary institution in terms of the number of awards received in the 6th Global Chinese University Student Film and TV Festival in 2008. |
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| The Communication Studies Department is a diverse community of teacher-scholars, in which three options—Digital Graphic Communication, Organizational Communication and Public Relations and Advertising—are integrated to constitute a full-fledged communication programme. It emphasises critical thinking and problem-solving ability for use in a wide variety of communication contexts. The Department hosted the 2009 Conference on Emerging Mode of Communication: Technology Enhanced Interaction in partnership with Monash University in Australia, Seoul National University and the Communication University of China. |
