In Russia, they named one of the most promising modern specialties in the country’s universities. The rating of directions was topped by “Media Communications”, which are also related to traditional journalism, reports “Rossiyskaya Gazeta”.
According to the publication, “Media Communications” refers to interdisciplinary areas and unites several areas at once. Journalists asked the head of this program for comments at HSE University Alexander Kupriyanov . The expert said that after graduation, graduates will be able to work as journalists, producers, developers of new media products, engage in digital marketing, as well as create documentaries or music videos.
The TOP-3 list includes the directions “Speech expertise” and “Engineering-oriented physics”. The ranking also included such promising areas as “Real Estate Cadastre: Valuation and Information Support”, “Applied Informatics in the Arts and Humanities”, “Organization of Information Production”, “Artificial Intelligence and Software Development”, “Mechatronics and Robotics” , “International relations in the Arctic”, and “History of Russia. Historical and cultural tourism”.
In December 2020 it became known about an increase in budget places in Russian universities in areas such as IT, healthcare and teacher training. Then the authorities said that they had already added more than 11 thousand seats. According to plans, this trend will continue until 2024.