Why AURO School of Journalism and Mass Communication
The SJMC at AURO University is the only institute that stands out amongst all the journalism, media and mass communication education facilities across India. Here is what makes it unique:
We have an outstanding syllabus, designed with focus on the requirements of tomorrow’s market, retaining the relevant learnings of the past.
We impart integral skills for communication professionals of the future – Critical Thinking and Ideating, Writing, Public Speaking, Conversations – all coupled with Photography, Audio, Video and Immersive Media (Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality) content creation and editing. We also help develop capabilities for Fact Checking as well as understanding Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence from media use perspective.
We have the best team of professionals to teach our students – journalism professionals with decades of work experience in mainstream media brands like, The Times of India, DNA, India Today TV, BBC and more. Also, academically oriented faculty, who have taught in Mumbai and Surat. An adjunct faculty from the University of Sydney, Australia, and many other partner universities. IIT-trained professionals teach immersive media and its skills.
We are the first media education facility in Gujarat to incorporate a Media Lab that has the facility to learn VR and AR skills for immersive media, in addition to the standard audio and video skills. We will be providing local, regional, national and international internships and training opportunities to our students, depending on their requirements. This will be followed by placement support too.
We follow blended mode of learning. So in addition to conventional learning we also use VR and AR projects, live media projects, live news gathering and documentary film-making projects, debates and discussions, seminars, interviews and interactions, which constitute core of learning processes.