Overview

The Sports Journalism (Hons) program at University of Salford is designed to help you develop creative, technical and analytical skills. You’ll create content for a range of different video, audio, social and online platforms – while learning vital knowledge of the media and sports industries to help put your abilities into context.

Career

You may be asking yourself, ‘what can you do with a Sport Journalism degree?’ Well, here’s the inside track.

Throughout this course, you’ll gain both theoretical knowledge and invaluable real-world experience, helping you to clinch your first role in sports journalism. You will become comfortable working behind, or in front of, a camera or microphone, and reporting live from matches and press conferences. You will understand the technical elements of sports news production, as well as critical journalistic disciplines, such as how to investigate stories, interview people and format video and audio reports.

A degree in Sports Journalism prepares you for a career in the media, communications or information sector, as well as a variety of roles in related fields. You will be in a great position to pursue roles with broadcasters and online news organisations. However, more broadly, you will have transferable skills that can be applied to related fields such as PR, content creation and video production.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Sports Journalism

Broadcast Journalism

Sports Newsroom

Sports Broadcasting and Commentary

Globalisation of Sport

Magazine Journalism

Photojournalism

Political and Campaigning Journalism

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-15 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-14 00:00:00

Language

English

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IELTS

6

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Salford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Journalism Sport and Exercise Science View 587 other Bachelors in Sport and Exercise Science in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

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79

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PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

English Language at grade C/level 4 or above (or equivalent). Maths at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent) is preferred but not essential.
UCAS tariff points: 112 points
A level: 112 points
T level: Merit
BTEC National Diploma: DMM
Access to HE: 112 points including Media or Humanities subject area
Scottish Highers: 112 points
International Baccalaureate: 29 points including Media or Humanities
European Baccalaureate: Pass in Diploma with 74% overall including Media or Humanities

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

18120 GBP / year

≈ 18120 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

9535 GBP / year

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Living costs

Salford

United Kingdom

500 - 800 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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