USBA announces follow-up informational meeting and Beca Cabezas scholarship

Building on recent coverage, Universidad del Sur de Buenos Aires (USBA) schedules another informational meeting this Thursday at 18:30 for its Comunicación Institucional and Comunicación Periodística careers, with classes starting March 2026. Applications are now open for the Beca Cabezas scholarship, offering tuition-free study for the first year of Licenciatura en Periodismo y Comunicación.

USBA, located at California 2731 in Buenos Aires' Barracas neighborhood within Editorial Perfil's media ecosystem—as covered previously—continues inscriptions for its communication careers. The upcoming informational meeting this Thursday at 18:30 will detail study plans, modality, faculty, and program features. Contact [email protected] or WhatsApp +54 9 11 5060-8474 for info.

Newly opened is the Beca Cabezas for the four-year Licenciatura en Periodismo y Comunicación, covering first-year tuition. It includes in-person/virtual classes and an intermediate Técnico Superior Universitario en Comunicación after two years. Named after photojournalist José Luis Cabezas, murdered in the 1990s for exposing corruption, the scholarship requires completed secondary studies, CV, and cover letter, due by March 31 to [email protected] (subject: 'Beca Cabezas'). All faculty are practicing professionals.

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