I’ve been preparing my grad school applications, and am really hoping to achieve a masters abroad!

I’m hoping to be accepted somewhere that has one of the following kinds of programs: Multimedia Engineer/Creation and Interactive Media, Broadcast Journalism, Digital Media and Communications.

I love all things related to multimedia/digital content and broadcast television. Of course I love video games, TV, and movies, too! I’m unfortunately limited by language as I only know English and Spanish.

Here are the schools I am hoping to apply to:

UK: University of Stirling, University of Glasgow, University of Leeds, and Cardiff University

Spain: Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Portugal: University of Porto

France: SciencesPo

Does anyone know of any other programs that have great media training? If it helps, I have a dual bachelors related to these programs and am from/live in NYC.

I am totally okay with practical masters that teach technical skills, as well as theoretical/philosophical ones. I am also very, very open to programs tangentially related (i.e. Web design, video game design). My main goal with this masters is to develop skills and learn from somewhere outside the US! If it leads to jobs or even the option to immigrate (like the UK Graduate Visa, or France’s reduced time to get permanent residency) - even better - but my main goal is to develop skills in my field and have experiences (learning about other cultures, meeting new people, maybe even learning a new language) abroad. Not certain of my budget right now as it will depend on how much more I can save in the next few months, so pretend the sky is the limit (though it most certainly will not be).

Thank you so much for any info or ideas! :)

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  • starryeyesmaia@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    France does not reduce time to permanent residency for studying. In fact, student visas don’t even count towards residency for PR. It does technically reduce the time to citizenship, but the other requirements just make it so that your time as a student counts towards residency for citizenship. And naturalization takes years in most cases.

    In any case, all that requires actually getting a job after your degree which (while I don’t know your field well) would likely require fluent French, which takes a loooong time if you can’t make it your primary activity. Doesn’t mean you can’t come to study or that it’s totally impossible to stay after your degree, but just wanted to inject some reality on the immigration front (because honestly it is brutal to live through so best to be prepared).