• Australia and New Zealand

InAustralia, there is no official ranking of journalism schools or courses butCharles Sturt University,RMIT UniversityandUniversity of Technology, Sydneyare widely considered to offer the best journalism degree programmes in the country. Entrance to these programmes is highly competitive and their graduates have the highest rate of employment in the industry. Nevertheless, a ranking of all journalism schools has been assembled based on graduating students' assessments of the quality of their courses. The ranking, based on student satisfaction ratings over four years, are (in order), Jschool Journalism College in Brisbane,University of the Sunshine Coastin Queensland,University of Western Sydney,Murdoch Universityin Western Australia and theUniversity of Technology, Sydney. Figures for the most recent year for which data is available (2008) indicate 100 percent satisfaction among students at Bond University and Jschool (both in Queensland), and 85-86 percent satisfaction among students at the Universities of Canberra, Newcastle and the Sunshine Coast.[5][self-published source?]. The New Zealand Training Organisation has published a list of New Zealand's journalism schools recognised by industry.[6]

New Zealand Institute of Business Studieshas been teaching Freelance Journalism & Non-Fiction Writing for more than 20 years. Training is less 'academic-focused' and more 'income-earning' focused. Graduates are given a fortnightly list of journalism job vacancies.[7]

• Europe

The Centre de Formation des Journalistes (CFJ[8]) was founded in 1946 by two Resistance leaders, although both Ecole Superieure de Journalisme of Paris and Lille had been founded earlier (1899 and 1924 respectively). Located on the rue du Louvre in Paris, many of the leading journalists in France today graduated from this school and come back to help train today's students.Other main French journalisme schools are École supérieure de journalisme de Lille, created in 1924, Ecole de journalisme de Sciences Po, CELSA, École supérieure de journalisme de Paris and Institut Pratique du Journalisme, all in Paris.

During the Third Reich, the Nazis established the Reichspresseschule (Imperial School of Press), in which journalists were taught to write what the National Socialist German Workers' Party wanted the German public to think. After the war, the first Journalism school in Germanywas founded in 1949 as Werner Friedmann Institute. 1961 the schools name was changed intoDeutsche Journalistenschule(German school of journalism). In 1979, a new journalism school was created in Hamburg, later renamed after the founder ofSternmagazine,Henri Nannen.

Britain's newest and most innovative university based education in journalism is offered at the University of Kent's Centre for Journalism.[9]Established under the leadership of Professor Tim Luckhurst, a former editor of the Scotsman and former BBC Editor[10]The Centre runs both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees that are accredited by the National Council for the Training of Journalists.[11]Teaching blends professional training in multimedia journalism and intense instruction in traditional academic disciplines including history, politics and law. The Centre is equipped with three state-of-the-art multimedia newsrooms including radio and television studios. It has its own dedicated multimedia website[12]Admission is competitive. Every candidate must attend for interview and test and must demonstrate sincere commitment to journalism. Very high academic standards are maintained and one to one teaching is offered to all students. The Centre offers guaranteed work placements with the KM Group.[13]It awards the annual Sky Bob Friend Memorial Scholarship, named after the legendary Sky News presenter, Bob Friend, and sponsored by Sky News[14]Mark Thompson, Director General of the BBC delivered the 2010 Bob Friend Memorial Lecture[15]Jon Snow, Presenter of Channel 4 News, delivered the lecture in 2011[16]

One of Europe's longest established centres of journalism education is the department ofJournalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire(also known as UCLan), which launched its first print journalism course in 1962 at the then Harris College, which later became part of theUniversity of Central Lancashire.[17]The Timessaid, in 2008, that "It is acknowledged as one of the leading centres for the teaching of journalism in Britain".[18]In 2010, the University won theBroadcast Journalism Training Council's award for general excellence.[19]

Another well-established course is the highly-regarded School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies atCardiff Universitywhich was founded in 1970 bySir Tom Hopkinson. The course was also theUK's top-rated course by theNational Council for the Training of Journalistsfor the academic year 2007/8.[20]

The International Media Center (Slovenia-Austria-Serbia), offers in cooperation with South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) and South East and Central Europe PR Organisation (SECEPRO) several courses, including master programme.

The School of Journalism at theUniversity of Lincolnwas described byJohn Pilgeras '...one of the most enlightened in the world'.[21]The internationally acclaimed investigative journalist formally opened the School in 2004.[22]It provides undergraduate, MA and PhD programmes covering the theory and practice of journalism. Research in the School focuses onmedia ethics, international human rights,peace journalism, the coverage of US/UK warfare, the diasporic media andliterary journalism, with 70% of the research output assessed in 2008 as 'internationally excellent' or 'world leading'.[23]Teaching emphasizes the growing focus on convergence; production workshops are delivered in seven newsrooms with integral broadcast studios. Staff in the school have published leading textbooks in the field of print,[24]broadcast journalism and comparative media history.[25]Courses are accredited by theBJTCandPTC[disambiguation needed][26]and the School is 'Recognised for Excellence’ by the European Journalism Training Association.[27]

City University London'sJournalism Departmentis one of the best known and most well-respected in the UK. The Independent said City's postgraduate courses had "rightly accrued legendary status within the media"[28]and ex-Guardian EditorPeter Prestonwrote: "What's the passport to journalism? The dreaming spires of... City University".[29]City's faculty includesProfessor George Brockand ProfessorRoy Greenslade, and alumni includeSophie Raworthof the BBC, Sky'sDermot Murnaghanand Channel 4 News Economics EditorFaisal Islam.

The Press Associationoffer a fast-track 17-week course in Multimedia and print journalism (NCTJ), which is widely regarded as the best of its kind in the UK and one of the best courses overall. The short length and intensity of the course makes entry on to the course extremely competitive and usually only those with exceptional promise will be accepted. It was previously owned by Trinity Mirror and many national newspapers send trainees to take part in at least some PA-training within a graduate scheme.

The National Student Survey results for both 2009 and 2010 placeUniversity of SheffieldNo. 1 in the UK for overall satisfaction with Journalism. Journalism Studies at Sheffield also ranked 1st under the Times Good University Guide 2009 subject league table for Communications and Media Studies.Liverpool John MooresandBournemouthhave well-respected journalism courses. Kingston University, Bournemouth and Birmingham City have developed fully converged journalism courses without reference to separate production disciplines such as radio, newspaper or magazine journalism. Issues from a European perspective in evaluating journalism schools were discussed by the president of the European Journalism Training Association in an interview with Marianne Peters of the European Journalism Training Association (EJTA).[30]

The London School of Journalism (LSJ)[31]is an independent and highly acclaimed institution with well-recognised Postgraduate programs in Journalism and writing. It was founded in 1920 bySir Max Pemberton.KingstonUniversity also has a well-respected department of journalism. Founded in 2003 it has courses accredited by the NCTJ and PTC. The campus newspaper and magazine produced by its journalism students have won best student publication in the national Guardian Student Media Awards.

In Denmark, theUniversity of Southern Denmarkestablished a journalism study programme in 1998 at the then foundedCentre for Journalism, as didRoskilde University, following the political decision to break theDanish School of Journalism’smonopoly on educating journalists in Denmark. The purpose was and is to increase the diversity of teaching and research within the field of journalism. Since its establishment, the Centre for Journalism has launched several innovative features within the field, including the by now renowned award for journalists, "The Journalistic Fellowship", and the introduction of a journalist’s oath similar to theHippocratic oath. Also, in terms of scientific publications it is the most productive journalism research department in Denmark (status: 2005).[32]

In Russia, theMSU Faculty of Journalismis the leading journalism school and the world’s largest school of journalism.[33]The majority oftextbookson journalism inRussianwere written byMSUscientists.

In Minsk (Belarus), the Institute of Journalism of BSU is one of the leading scientific and educational centers in the sphere of Mass Media in the territory of the former soviet countries. It possesses a highly respected scientific and pedagogical standard and prepares professionals in mass media for work in Belarus and abroad.

The Hungarian, Bálint György Academy of Journalism (previously known as Hungarian School of Journalism) runs under the aegis of the National Association of Hungarian Journalists (MÚOSZ). Before 1989, the Hungarian School of Journalism served as a highly selective post-graduate program for well-trained journalists in Hungary. Since 2003, the Bálint György Academy of Journalism belongs to the accredited professional education system.

The top Journalism School in Spain according to El Mundonewspaper is theUniversity of Navarra. It is the oldest School of Journalism in Spain and among the Top 10 world universities of medium size according to theQS ranking. Many reputed and well-known journalists have studied atUniversidad Complutense de Madrid, one of the Madrid's most prestigious university. Princess Letizia of Spain studied journalism at this University, which is the main public university in the country. Other universities includePompeu Fabra University,Autonomous University of BarcelonaandPontifical University of Salamanca.