# Digital Media, Global Cultures and Communication at Beijing Normal University

> Digital Media, Global Cultures and Communication (Master's Media) at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

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- Last reviewed: 2026-10-31
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## Key facts

- University: [Beijing Normal University](https://www.studentstraffic.com/university/beijing-normal-university) (Public, Beijing, [China](https://www.studentstraffic.com/countries/china))
- Course family: [Master's in Media and Communication](https://www.studentstraffic.com/courses/master-media-communication)
- Duration: 2 years
- Teaching language: English
- Language note: The complete2026 international catalogue and exact programme guide explicitly verify English instruction. Chinese language courses do not change the academic teaching-medium designation.
- Fees: CN¥60,000 full course
- Fee verified: 2026-10-31
- Official programme page: https://admission-is.bnu.edu.cn/docs/2025-10/d53dd351f3d44959b34de9eff85cf414.pdf

## Who can apply

- Availability: restricted
- Eligible: International applicants meeting this exact programme and funding-route conditions
- Restriction: Non-Chinese citizen with a foreign passport, good health and character, and a qualification equivalent to a Chinese bachelor’s degree or above.
- Restriction: General 2026 admission age under 50; CSC master applicants under 35. The guide’s dated birth-date cutoffs must not be rolled into a later cohort.
- Restriction: Programme English requirement for relevant non-native applicants: TOEFL 90 or IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 6.0 in each component.
- Restriction: A previous degree taught wholly in English may support the stated test exemption with official evidence; follow the exact programme’s waiver review.
- Restriction: Provide truthful academic/identity documents, signed references and recent non-criminal evidence; nationality-renunciation documents apply to relevant former Chinese citizens.

## Admissions

A two-year full-time English master’s route in Digital Media, Global Cultures and Communication, offered by 037 School of Journalism and Communication at Beijing Campus. Exact local award and programme-specific conditions are retained.

Follow BNU’s current general guide and this exact programme’s requirements; scholarship rules are additional.

- Non-Chinese citizen with a foreign passport, good health and character, and a qualification equivalent to a Chinese bachelor’s degree or above.
- General 2026 admission age under 50; CSC master applicants under 35. The guide’s dated birth-date cutoffs must not be rolled into a later cohort.
- Programme English requirement for relevant non-native applicants: TOEFL 90 or IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 6.0 in each component.
- A previous degree taught wholly in English may support the stated test exemption with official evidence; follow the exact programme’s waiver review.
- Provide truthful academic/identity documents, signed references and recent non-criminal evidence; nationality-renunciation documents apply to relevant former Chinese citizens.

Steps:

1. Apply through https://international.bnu.edu.cn/ using your own accurate contact information and upload authentic documents.
2. Pay the non-refundable CNY 600 application fee online; cash and incomplete/unpaid applications are not accepted.
3. After initial review, mail required paper materials promptly. Applicants accepted under the stated degree-verification-report exemption need not mail them.
4. Complete the school’s academic assessment and interview where required. For BRS, follow its ten-day paper-document instruction after initial review where mailing is required.
5. Monitor the official application system and email for the final result, formal admission and visa-study documents; pre-review does not guarantee admission.
6. Register at the time/place in the actual notice and present required original qualifications. Simultaneous enrolment at two or more institutions is prohibited.

- Document: Notarised/authenticated highest qualification and transcripts, with required Chinese/English translations
- Document: Expected-graduation certificate if degree pending, followed by original degree verification at registration
- Document: Two signed references from associate professors/higher scholars or a senior relevant expert, with name/contact
- Document: Required programme English evidence or an accepted official wholly-English-study certificate
- Document: Prescribed personal statement form
- Application document: University online application form with photograph
- Application document: Passport biodata, recent China visa and current residence permit if applicable
- Application document: Relevant Chinese household-registration cancellation and nationality-renunciation evidence if applicable
- Application document: Valid non-criminal record, normally issued within six months
- Application document: CSC applicants: CSC form and complete English medical examination form, valid six months
- Application document: CV and academic outputs optional under general guide unless the exact programme requires them
- Application document: Programme-specific CV and Statement of Guarantee
The verified 2026 general online window was 15 November 2025–10 March 2026; CSC applicants had to submit by 25 January 2026. These dates have passed. Exact next-cohort deadlines, start dates, passport/test-validity cutoffs need current confirmation.

- Use the formal admission and JW 201/JW 202 study documentation for the responsible visa authority’s procedure; follow the actual offer.
- Beijing and Zhuhai have different residence/visa support offices. Follow campus-specific booking and registration instructions.

## Teaching phases

- Two-year full-time master’s study (English): Master in Communication; no MA/MSc inferred. Digital media, communication, culture, digital technology/governance and multidisciplinary research. Dissertation must be in English. Two years full time, maximum three years. Teaching campus: Beijing. Confirm actual modules, academic assessment and supervision; no employment/placement guarantee.

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