MA Media and Communication Science at Ilmenau University of Technology

Research-oriented, social-science programme whose main aim is research on media communication. It combines communication science, media technology, economics and law (the Ilmenau Model) and is closely linked to the research of the Institute of Media and Communication Science (IfMK). Modular courses are taught in English.

Faculty: Faculty of Economic Sciences and Media  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 credit points  |  Study mode: full-time; English-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester (1 October)  |  Location: Ilmenau, Thüringen, Germany

What you will study

Compulsory modules (for example academic skills in communication science, media management and communication theories, qualitative and quantitative methods, data analysis, intercultural communication), specialisation modules (for example computational communication science, media content, reception and effects research, virtual and augmented reality for communication science, media, culture and politics in Germany and Europe), research modules (social media research, international risk and crisis communication research), applied modules (journalism and strategic communication, public relations in the context of globalisation) and the master's thesis.

Career pathways

Fields include internal and external organisational communication for companies, associations and public institutions, social-science market and opinion research, media and communication consulting, media management, media production, academic careers at universities and research institutions, and journalism, in particular science, business and technology.

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