AJRC is integral to the extension work of the Journalism Department and the UP College of Mass Communication.

As a CHED Centre of Excellence, the Journalism Department endeavors to play its role as the lead research institution in the Journalism research in the country. The student conference's primary goal is to encourage research in the field of Journalism.

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The AJRC seeks to:

1. Encourage Mass Communication and Journalism students around the country to pursue research in the field;

  

2. Provide Journalism students from around the country a venue in which to share their research regarding timely Journalism issues and its subjects;

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3. Help build a body of research on timely themes in Journalism studies;

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4. Build a network of Journalism schools and academics throughout the country.

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The official website of UP CMC is <masscomm.upd.edu.ph>