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continuously revise our course offerings to reflect
emerging issues, adding electives in areas such as
generative AI, media computing, and data science.
The programme not only reacts to change but also
equips students to be adaptive in the new media
landscape, and indeed we see these features
among our graduates.
2024 Graduation
How to ensure that our students stay at the
forefront of industry trends is always a significant Established in 2000, the New Media programme
question and challenge when we are developing our is one of the first of its kind in the region. We
curriculum. We continue to reflect on media trends have applicants from diverse backgrounds and
and make our best effort to stay ahead of the curve welcome full-time and part-time students whose
by actively integrating professional expertise into different experiences enrich classroom discussions
our teaching. Some courses are led by lecturers and project work. The instructors are always
who are experienced practitioners. We also invite excited to see students bring their perspectives
guest speakers, such as social media managers, and experiences to case studies, collaborative
startup founders, campaign strategists, platform assignments, and final projects, as they are often
specialists, and digital influencers to share their creative, insightful, and socially engaged. More
real-world insights. One of our events, New Media importantly, the programme has tried to foster
Speaker Days, brings together leading voices in the a strong sense of community. We encourage
industry for panel discussions, project showcases, gatherings and meetings during and after the
and networking opportunities. These engagements semester to help full-time and part-time students
enrich the classroom experience and help students work together. The students and alums also form
build meaningful networks with people and tight networks that are helpful for career transitions.
organizations. We embrace insights from the new In the past 25 years, we are proud that our
media industry and build strong industry-academy graduates have pursued a broad spectrum of
connections to make students’ learning grounded career paths and landed in various digital media-
in reality and pointed toward the future. related industries such as entrepreneurship,
creative production, and UX/UI design. Others have
entered digital marketing agencies, communication
consultancies, and tech companies. At the same

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