Study communication studies

Communication and media careers aren't built on essays. They're built on work you can show. Our students graduate with portfolios full of it – creating advertising and PR campaigns for real clients, and producing films, podcasts and radio content in professional studios. Small classes mean you work with lecturers who critique your work like the industry will. By the time you graduate, you won't just have a degree; you'll have proof you can deliver, and the confidence that comes with it.

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Research in communication studies

Media moves fast. So does our research. From crisis response to digital storytelling, AUT researchers are tackling the real-world challenges that shape how we connect, inform and influence. It’s bold, relevant and built for impact – because communication doesn’t just reflect culture. It drives it.

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What it's like to study communication studies at AUT

Great facilities on campus

Industry-standard equipment

Theory's important. But at AUT much of the real work happens in our world-class facilities.

What is outside the square?

Real audiences, real impact

This isn't practice – it's live radio, real PR clients and published news. Your work reaches real audiences while you're still studying.

Build your degree with AUT

Degrees built your way

Why settle for one subject? Our Bachelor of Communication Studies lets you combine disciplines and build your degree your way.

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Global Communication Studies Collab
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AUT's School of Communication Studies has begun a teaching collaboration with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
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Podcasts filling current affairs gap
11 Dec, 2025
The latest JMAD Media Ownership Report shows that political podcasts are increasingly filling the current affairs gap in New Zealand's legacy news media.
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Award-winning student journalism
08 Dec, 2025
International success for AUT journalism student recognises the real-world impact of revitalising language.
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For a supposedly obsolete music format, audio cassette sales seem to be set on fast forward at the moment.
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AUT’s big, bright career conversations
03 Dec, 2025
Which careers will disappear because of AI?  How will young people’s future careers evolve and help us to sort fact from fiction?

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