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Why study International Relations + Communication?

In times of globalization, with more powerful international companies, ever more independent government agendas, social and environmental problems, renewed bouts of violence – like those of terrorism- and, in spite of all this, a tie that strengthens with each passing day between countries, languages and cultures, there is a growing need for citizens of the world to stay informed in order to be able to make the correct decisions affecting their choice of leaders, how to invest, educate , travel, and , in short, how to live.  This is the why it is important to know how to interpret what is happening beyond our borders, to know how to describe it and to have an international profile.

The dual degree in Communications and International Relations offers the possibility of obtaining two undergraduate degrees in only five years’ time with a versatile profile that multiplies career prospects related to the exercise of journalism and public communication and the ever more important relationship between countries.

Graduates in Communications and International Relations develop the required competencies to understand the international framework, with a broad grasp of how to describe it and transform it.  Thanks to their training, graduates in Communications and International Relations can be press correspondents, responsible for public communication for NGOs or companies, consultants in international security or specialists in the resolution of crises in many types of situations.

At the same time the degree furthers language learning as of the very first course of the degree, because half of the subjects are taught in English. The dual degree, with a balanced blend of theory and practice, offers a multidisciplinary curriculum: journalism, public communication, international relations, security and foreign policy, economy, and law among other subjects.

Students can participate in academic exchanges in the most prestigious universities in Europe, the United States, Asia and South America.

Graduates in Communications + International Relations

The dual degree in Communications and International Relations allows students to simultaneously pursue their studies in the Degree of Communications, and also in International Relations, thus obtaining two undergraduate degrees- a Dual Degree – over a period of five years, while developing a very versatile profile in the labor market.
 
The dual degree provides graduates with theoretical and practical knowledge about international affairs that occupy the world agenda as well as about journalism and public communication, directly linked to these affairs.

It will be necessary to comply with the admission prerequisites of both degrees:

  • Entry requirements for The Communications Degree
  • Entry requirements for The International Relations Degree

Issues related to the specific qualifications that make up the curriculum, like Competencies, Student Profile and other academic questions, can be consulted in the sections corresponding to said degrees.

Career Prospects

Working with the Media: both to perform classic functions in traditional communication media as well as to provide new profiles to accompany the arrival of digital technologies and the integrated news- reporting of the media.
Strategic communication: it is becoming increasingly frequent for graduates in communication to work in companies and institutions where they plan, direct or generate communication strategies oriented toward different publics.
Consultancy:  from the use of social nets for brands to the inclusion of bloggers in the communication media, there is a need for professionals prepared to evaluate when confronted with some communication challenge.
Self-employment: tomorrow’s communicators must be trained to present their own abilities in a flexible and ever-changing media structure.

Internships

For the Degree in Communications, Loyola University provides its students with the possibility of doing internships in external companies and institutions.  The external internships are managed by the Service of Employability and Entrepreneurship which coordinates all the processes and activities leading to the correct development of these internships, which are regulated by existing legislation and the internal regime which complements it.
Below you can find a representative example of companies and institutions that are available to us for our student internships:

  • Accenture
  • Axa Seguros E Inversiones
  • Banco Cetelem
  • Banco Espíritu Santo (Madrid)
  • Bankinter
  • Bodegas Gonzalez Byass
  • Cajasur
  • Casa-Eads
  • Daimlerchrysler España
  • Danone, S.A.
  • Deloitte, S.L.
  • Diario de Información y Difusión Digital de Córdoba
  • El Corte Ingles
  • Endesa
  • Ferrovial
  • Isolux Wat, S.A.
  • Nh Hoteles
  • Once
  • Osborne Distribuidora, S.A.
  • Vodafone Sau
  • Ernst&Young
  • Manpower Team Ett Sau
  • Grupo Santander
  • Grupo Puma, S.A
  • Fundación Focus Abengoa
  • Covap
  • Cb Richard Ellis, S.A.
  • González Byass, S.A.
  • Hojiblanca S.C.A.
  • Mapfre
  • Unicaja
  • Xul Comunicación Social
  • Everis
  • Tapsa Agencia de Publicidad, S.L.U.
  • Ayuntamiento de Córdoba
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Pwc
  • KPMG
  • Management Solutions
  • LG Electronics
  • Cid Sevilla (Agencia de Publicidad)
  • Dialogo Media Slu
  • Dfm (Dos Folios y Medio Agencia de Comunicación Creativa)
  • Foto Video Kitoli
  • Estudio Tres
  • Punto D Impakto Creativas Publicistas Sl
  • Punto Y Seguido Sl
  • Punto Reklamo
  • Retail Password Tres Líneas

To be eligible for company internships, it is necessary to have passed at least 75% of the credits of the subjects in the first three courses (which include all of those corresponding to the complete Basic Training of each degree) in order to register for the Internships of each degree