Programme overview

Semester 1 – Professionalising communication

Students study at one of the five partner universities and complete the following modules:

  • The international business environment
  • Corporate communication in an intercultural context
  • Communication planning & management

Semester 2 – The communication professional in context

Students complete the specialisations of one of the partner universities:

Specialisations Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen

  • Public affairs
  • International marketing communication
  • Designing strategic development communication

Download Hanze’s Education Regulations
Download Hanze’s full course outlines  

Specialisations  IULM

  • Development and communication
  • Public affairs and advocacy
  • Social responsibility and communication

Download IULM’s Education Regulations
Download IULM’s course outlines.
Download IULM’s additional specialisations framework.

Specialisations Leeds Metropolitan University

  • Public relations skills
  • Communication audits
  • Public relations and new media

Download LMU’s Education Regulations
Download LMU’s first semester course outlines
Download LMU’s second semester course outlines

Specialisations New Bulgarian University

  • Managing / communicating through special events
  • Exploring communication in new media
  • Psychology of mass media

Specialisations Vilnius University

  • International crisis communication
  • Innovative methods in corporate communication
  • Media and sustainable development

Please note: specialisations are subject to change.

Semester 3 – The master’s dissertation

You will be free to choose where you complete the master’s dissertation. During the third semester you will be supervised by the two universities you studied at in semesters one and two.