The Department of Media and Creative Industries started life as a Mass Communication Department that was formally launched in 1981. Today, the Department of Media and Creative Industries is among the main academic units within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

The academic programs offered by the Department are designed to equip students with competencies, skills and critical thinking to be functional professionals in the contemporary work environment in the UAE and globally.

Our Media and Communication Studies program has three specializations in Journalism, Broadcasting and Public Relations while the Visual Studies and Creative Industries program has specializations in Visual Studies and Digital Video Production that are predicated on a synergy between creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.

Our very dynamic faculty have diverse teaching and research profiles in areas such as digital media and society, media and information literacy, media and identity, media and conflict, media and gender, new media and digital cultures, media management, globalization and international communication, media convergence and on-line journalism, strategic communication, branding and e-governance etc. Faculty in the Creative Industries have successful careers as painters, sculptors, photographers and designers who have exhibited internationally and have taught in institutions around the world.