The degree’s unique combination of core courses, elective courses, research papers and field placement experiences in both countries strike a balance between professional training and scholarly preparation for advanced doctoral studies. Students from the two home institutions will develop not only core intellectual competencies key to building relationships between the two countries, but also the networking links that will tie them together for their careers.
Students in this two-year M.A. Double Degree program will acquire two graduate degrees. Graduates will receive a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree from Simon Fraser University, and a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree from the Communication University of China. All students will spend their first academic year at SFU and the second academic year at CUC in Beijing, during the normal academic terms of each institution.
Due to regulations of the Chinese Ministry of Education, for holders of a PRC passport from mainland China — no matter whether they have landed immigrant status or not in another country — the only way to enter this program is to pass the CUC's national graduate entrance exam to become a CUC regular graduate student FIRST, then apply to this program through CUC as the home university.
持有中国人民共和国护照的学生必须通过中国传媒大学研究生招收程序（招生信息可查询中国传媒大学研究生院或国际学院网站）。中华人民共和国教育部规定，中国人民共和国公民，必须参加全国研究生入学考试以符合资格申请研究院。
The language of instruction at both Simon Fraser University and the Communication University of China is English.
