Portuguese/Digital Media & Information Studies

Portuguese and digital media and information studies is a pairing that connects the linguistic and cultural depth of one of the world's major languages with a contemporary discipline concerned with how digital content and information are created, circulated and understood in modern society. Portuguese opens access to the cultures of Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola and the wider Lusophone world, giving you linguistic and cultural fluency in a tradition that extends across several continents. Digital media and information studies brings a human and humanistic perspective to the questions of the digital age: how digital technologies change the way we communicate, consume culture and understand information.

This five-year full-time degree at the University of Glasgow includes a sandwich year with a work placement, giving you substantial professional experience alongside your academic studies. You will develop your Portuguese to a high level while engaging with the theoretical and analytical frameworks that digital media and information studies provides. The combination asks you to think about how digital technologies are changing communication in Portuguese-speaking cultures specifically and more broadly, and how the skills of linguistic and cultural analysis translate into digital contexts.

Graduates from this combination are well positioned for careers in media and communications with international or Lusophone dimensions, digital content development, publishing, journalism, libraries and information management, cultural organisations, education and the growing range of roles in tech and media where cultural and linguistic expertise alongside digital skills is valued. The professional placement develops practical competence and professional connections alongside the academic qualification. Further study in Portuguese, digital humanities, information science or media studies is a natural route for graduates seeking specialist or research careers.