What can you expect from a communication degree?

Communication students will be encouraged by their university to attend creative workshops and events and may get access to exclusive events held by their university. 

The University of Lima holds an annual film week, which is currently in its seventh year. This week is comprised of a series of activities that encourage students to reflect on, expose and produce films, and gives them a chance to showcase their work. 

The best films are awarded with different prizes, such as the Grand Jury prize, Best Photography, Best Sound, as well as the Best Screenplay Award. These awards provide incentives for students to produce quality, thought-provoking films, which they often submit to other film festivals. 

A communication degree will help you build the skills needed to analyze, understand and work in communication projects of all kinds. You will develop broad, transferable skills in critical thinking and conveying information.  

At the University of Lima, students can tailor the communication degree to suit their career aspirations. Students will enjoy a flexible curriculum which contains a mix of mandatory credits, elective credits and degree elective credits, with the choice of seven elective and combinable majors.  

To help shape your career, students at the University of Lima can complete specialist majors in: 

• Visual arts: Photography and graphic design  
• Corporate communication  
• Communication for development: Sustainability, social responsibility and development projects 
• Advertising and marketing  
• Journalism and information management: Production, editing and research 
• Video games and applications 
• Audiovisual management and production 

Communication graduates often go on to work in roles such as human resources manager, advertising manager, film makers, tv producers, event planner, public relations specialist, journalist or even lead their own business. These roles are based on communication skills and will give you the opportunity to interact and work with people from different backgrounds in a variety of situations.  

University of Lima´s communication graduates include film directors, journalists, artists and social communicators. The communication programme has produced many successful alumni, including:  

• Oscar nominee Claudia Llosa: director of Madeinusa (2006), La teta asustada (2009), No llores, vuela (2014) and Distancia de rescate (2021). 
• Aldo Salvini, El corazón de la luna (2021) and director of Bala perdida (2001). 
• Goya nominee and Oscar pre nominate Melina León: director off El paraíso de Lili (2009), and Canción sin nombre (2019), streamed on Netflix platform. 
• Rocío Lladó: director of La amante del Libertador (2014) and Vidas paralelas (2008). 
• Bruno Ascenzo: director of A los 40 (2014), Soltera codiciada (2018) and Hasta que nos volvamos a encontrar (2022). 
• Rosa Maria Oliart: specialist in cinematographic sound in films such as Alias “La Gringa” (1991), El bien esquivo (2001), ¡Asu Mare! (2013) and Autoerótica (2021). 
• Enid Pinky Campos: partner of The Immigrant, a company that was co-producer with Netflix in the production of the series El Chapo and the films Hasta que nos volvamos a encontrar and Mochileros. 

To help you produce communication products and build your portfolio, students can take advantage of their campus’s state-of-the-art facilities to work on creative projects. 

The University of Lima boasts television studios; sound booths; a journalism, graphic design and animation area; a photography area; and a TV mobile unit, among other infrastructure.  

The Center for Audiovisual Creation (Crea) at the University of Lima was built in 2017. It is used by students, professionals and academics for the creation of content for film, TV, web and new media.  

Crea has provided audiovisual services and products that meet social demands, such as Crea Fest in 2020: a competition aimed at young filmmakers and audiovisual creatives to explore fiction and documentaries in the midst of the pandemic.