学院2005年成立，其前身为文化传播学院，是辽宁省卓越新闻传播人才教育培养工程共建单位、全国多语种国际传播教育联盟副理事长单位，中国新闻史学会理事单位，教育部中外人文交流全媒体产教融合基地，设有全国唯一的中华文化国际传播硕士二级学科，人文、创意、国际、数字四大特色鲜明，致力于打造国际新闻传播的东北重镇。
学院拥有高素质师资队伍，国务院政府特殊津贴获得者1人，全国新闻出版行业领军人才（学术类）1人，博士比50%。另聘有新华社、耶鲁大学等学识精湛、经验丰富兼职教师10余人。学院教学成果丰硕，曾获辽宁省优秀教学团队，连续三届获得全校青年教师教学大赛非外语组一等奖。承担国家社科重大项目等20余项国家级、省部级教学科研项目。在《新闻与传播研究》等期刊发表论文300余篇，出版专著、教材40余部。深耕中华文化走出去，创办国内唯一《中华文化海外传播研究》集刊，校级中华文化海外传播研究中心是国内领先的研究机构。主办的中华文化海外传播大连论坛在国内外产生较大影响。
学院现有新闻学、国际新闻与传播、传播学3个本科专业，设有中华文化国际传播硕士学位点。新闻学专业特色为双语新闻和全媒体应用，突出全媒体传播格局下的全球新闻人才培养；国际新闻与传播专业特色为国际新闻报道与中华文化国际传播，突出战略传播后备人才培养；传播学专业特色为全球创意传播，旨在培养具有国际视野的创意传播人才。其中，新闻学专业是国家一流本科专业建设点、辽宁省一流本科专业。国际新闻与传播专业位列软科专业排名全国第8位。
学院与新华社、人民日报海外网等国家级媒体共建实践教学基地，建设有大外-中国日报网中华文化海外传播新媒体研究基地。《多语种国际传播教育联盟人才培养报告》显示，在六家中央主流媒体就业人数具全国第五位。
学院与英国斯旺西大学、澳大利亚昆士兰大学等本硕博国际联合培养，实现系统的人才培养。设有东北一流的省级新闻传播学实验教学示范中心、省级虚拟仿真实验教学中心和一流的实习实训基地，建设了东北高校首家融媒体实验平台、首家智能媒体实验平台。
在校生曾获得中国大学生新媒体创意大赛特等奖、全国大学生英语大赛一等奖；考研率连续多年稳定在30%左右。大批学生进入中传、伦敦政经等一流大学深造。任静被密苏里大学新闻学院录取并获全额奖学金。
毕业生就业率保持在96%以上。质量受到社会的高度评价，优秀毕业生在新华社、中国新闻社、路透社、《金融时报》、浙江大学、美国威斯康辛大学等单位工作。
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Founded in 2005, the School of Journalism and Communication featuring humanities, creativity, global vision, and digital education, has been designated the provincial base for cultivation of outstanding talents in journalism and communication in Liaoning as well as the only base for cultivation of outstanding talents in international journalism and communication in Northeast China, and the School are also committed to the construction of a vital base for international journalism and communication in Northeast China.
The School name has been inscribed by Fang Hanqi who is leading authority in the field of journalism and communication in China.
Relying on DUFL’s strength in foreign language teaching, the School, whose motto is “truth-seeking, creativity, knowledgeableness and practice”, is committed to nurturing versatile, global and practical talents with global vision, critical thinking and humanistic literacy in journalism and communication in accordance with the current social development of China and the national strategy “enhancing the capability of international communication and international discourse power”.
The School now offers undergraduate program in journalism, which is noteworthy for its emphasis on international journalism with intensive English instruction and journalism practice. The program will equip students with theoretical and professional knowledge in international journalism, empower students with English proficiency through four-year English study, and assist students in getting familiar with Chinese policies in international communication as well as western journalism in order that by means of all media students become competent for editing, hosting, interviewing and writing in both Chinese and English in international journalism. In the undergraduate education report, which was assessed by a third party and published by DUFL in 2018, journalism major has been on top of both Undergraduate Employability Rankings and the Overall Index of Undergraduate Education from class of 2013 to class of 2017.
The School also offers undergraduate program in communication which is noteworthy for its emphasis on international creative communication with intensive English instruction and practice. This program aims at cultivating students’ patriotism, intercultural communication skills, English proficiency and global vision, and is also devoted to harnessing student’s skills of using the latest media, and increasing their adaptability to media integration and creative development of media industry in order that students become talents in international communication who are competent in telling Chinese story well and spreading Chinese voice.
The School has initiated the first master’s degree program in International Communication of Chinese Culture in the second-level disciplines in China. This program aims at the cultivation of versatile and creative talents in International Communication of Chinese Culture through intensive English instruction and practice. Through this program, students will have a good grasp of theoretical and professional knowledge in the discipline, lay a solid foundation in both Chinese and Chinese culture, become familiar with relevant knowledge and theory in communication and develop proficiency in both English and intercultural communication.
From 2020, the School begins to offer a minor program in journalism which is noteworthy for its emphasis on international journalism and communication as well as basic instruction and intensive practice. In compliance with the requirements of journalism majors, this program aims at empowering non-journalism majors with basic theory, knowledge and skills in journalism and communication through systematic and rigorous cultivation. The program is also devoted to nurturing versatile, global and practical talents with all-round qualities, creative spirit, interdisciplinary knowledge and theory, comprehensive and all-media working skills who can work in the field of journalism and communication in overseas media institutions, international organizations, institutions of foreign affairs and publicity to contribute to national and regional social and economic development.
The School boasts a team of faculty members with outstanding qualities, professional competence, and academic achievement. Also, we have more than twenty professional experts and renowned professors with exceptional academic achievement and rich experience from Xinhua News Agency, Yale University, etc., working in our school as part-time faculty. The School has reaped fruitful results in teaching and has been honored with the title of Provincial Excellent Teaching Team in Liaoning. Besides, teachers in our school have won the first prizes for three consecutive years in the group consisting of non-foreign language teachers in DUFL’s Young Teachers Teaching Contest. In recent years, the School has undertaken a series of teaching and academic research projects led by the major project of National Social Science Fund, and has published more than 300 research articles in academic journals such as Journalism and Communication Study and People’s Daily, as well as more than 40 academic books and textbooks. “The Chinese Culture Overseas Communication—Dalian Forum” hosted by our school has also gained great influence at home and abroad.
DUFL’s academic institution—Research Center of Chinese Culture Overseas Communication, a leading one in China, is owned by the School. The Center’s journal Chinese Culture Overseas Communication is the only Monographic Series in the field of Overseas Communication of Chinese Culture in China.
The School also collaborates with universities from countries and regions such as USA, UK, Australia, Czech, Canada, Hong Kong China, and Taiwan China in joint cultivation, and has established cooperative mechanism with those overseas counterparts through overseas study, short-period exchange, exchange visits of teachers and students, etc. The School has set up Provincial Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for journalism and communication which is deemed as first-class in Northeast China, Provincial Virtual Simulation Experimental Teaching Center, first-class Vocational Practice and Training Base, and the first Converged Media Lab and Intelligent Media Lab in universities of Northeast China.
Since the establishment of the School, postgraduate employment rate has remained steady at 100%, while undergraduate employment rate has been above 96%. The quality of graduates from our school has been highly recognized and praised by employers, and outstanding graduates are working in large media organizations, universities, public institutions and enterprises such as China News Service, Xinhua News Agency, Reuters, UK’s Financial Times, China Daily, Zhejiang University, Soochow University, East China Normal University, Shanghai International Studies University, University of Wisconsin, Huawei, Sina and Baidu. An increasing number of graduates of journalism and communication are stepping out to the world to publicize Chinese civilization and spread Chinese voice.