Media College
Department of Digital Media
Program Vision: The department provides qualitative educational programs for students to develop their cognitive, technical and skill capabilities in the field of dealing with digital media technology, which qualifies th...
About the programme
Program Vision:
The department provides qualitative educational programs for students to develop their cognitive, technical and skill capabilities in the field of dealing with digital media technology, which qualifies them to assume any tasks that may be assigned to them in the future in the field of digital media work.
Program Mission
Preparing a graduate capable of practicing media work with a high level of quality and mastery, encouraging scientific research, keeping pace with technological developments in the fields of digital media, and actively contributing to supporting and consolidating professional work and its ethics to serve society.
Program Objectives
The college seeks to achieve the following strategic goals through optimal investment of available material and human resources
1 - Creating infrastructure that contributes to the numbers and graduation of media professionals capable of providing the best media services to citizens.
2 - Providing all the material and human requirements to apply advanced scientific curricula in both their theoretical and practical aspects to keep pace with scientific development in the field of media.
Admission requirements
Admission for 2026–2027 is centralised through the Qaddim platform of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
- Eligible applicants: graduates of secondary school in the biological, applied, scientific and literary streams, and graduates of arts secondary schools.
- Minimum average to apply: 53.5% for morning study, 51.5% for evening study.
- Places are allocated competitively by average, order of preference and capacity.
- Applicants for morning study must have been born in 1996 or later.
- A medical examination meeting the requirements of the programme.
Annual tuition for 2026–2027: IQD 1,250,000,. Discounts are explained under “Fees and scholarships” on the admissions page.
Curriculum
The programme runs on the annual system. These are the first-year courses, with their theory and practical credit hours; the programme guide gives their syllabi.
First year
| Course | Theory | Practical |
|---|---|---|
| Media Language | 2 | — |
| Media Psychology | 2 | — |
| Fundamentals of Information Technology | 2 | — |
| News and the Online Report | 1 | 2 |
| Human Rights and Democracy | 2 | — |
| Media English | 2 | — |
| Applied Statistics and Data Analysis | 1 | 2 |
| Graphic Design for Digital Media | 1 | 2 |
| Digital Media Literacy | 1 | 2 |
Career opportunities
Graduates work in fields including:
- Digital journalism and news websites
- Content and social media management
- Media and public relations in institutions
- Video and radio production