Department of Media & Communication Studies

About Department

Media has been considered as fourth pillar of a state since the inception of democratic form of governments around the globe as media is supposed to educate, inform, entertain and guide the masses in right direction in most aspects of life. The growing involvement of media in the global affairs and its potentials to mould public opinion, a great need was felt to establish media teaching institutions to produce highly skilled professionals in the field to serve the society in the best way.

Keeping in view importance of the subject, Hazara University, Mansehra took serious steps to establish a media studies department equipped with all facilities to play its due role in the development of the society.  The objectives were to produce media graduates, with adequate media education, public relations, advertising, and communication skills for media organizations to serve the county. Consequently, the Department of Communication & Media Studies was established which started functioning in October 2006 with admissions/intake for Fall- semester 2006.

The department is currently offering BS (8 semesters), M.Sc (4 semesters) and MPhil                    (4 semesters) programs. The Department intends to start admissions into PhD program in the area of communications & media studies in near future after fulfilling the HEC requirements. The Department has been producing a good number of young and energetic media graduates equipped with theoretical as well as practical knowledge of the subject enabling them to go beyond the routine duty of not only production of news and other programs for the print and electronic media but to work for the betterment and development of the country. The Department has been updating its curriculum on regular basis and teaches a variety of subjects across a range of contexts, including face-to-face interactions, public discourse, mass media, and digital media. The research and teaching in the department aims at enhancing critical awareness and role of mass media in an increasingly global society.

Department Vision:

The Department intends to produce a critical mass of young and energetic journalists, anchors, reporters, editors and content creators to equipped with theoretical as well as practical knowledge of the subject. We want to enable the students to go beyond the routine duty of news production for print and electronic media and work for the betterment and development of the country after their graduation.

Department Mission:

We have state of the art Radio Station FM 98.6 fully functional, Campus TV Studio equipped with latest equipment, Print Media Newsroom and Digital Media Lab to train our students in all these fields and prepare them for the demands of media industry. Our research and teachings aim at enhancing critical thinking, leadership skills, awareness about current and burning issues and techniques to cover the issues professionally.  

Chairman Message:

Due to advancement in Communication technologies, the world is turned into global village. The information flow is very fast and rapid. Our goal is to train and educate the students to compete in this competitive world of media. The Department of Communication & Media Studies have fully trained and learned teachers who have experience of national and international media.  We will not only educate students theory but also teach them practical aspects of the subjects like , Newspaper, Radio, TV and Online Media. Currently, the students who graduated from Communication & Media Studies are working in big media groups like Geo, ARY, Express News and many other channels.