Sports, Media and Communication Researchfull time

  • Master of Arts

    Master
    Degree

  • 4 semesters

    Standard period of study (amount)

  • Köln

    Location

  • July 2025 (Germans and inhabitants)

    July 2025 (EU), May 2025 (Non-EU)

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Area of study
  • Sport
  • Sports Science
  • Journalism
  • Communication Studies
  • Publishing Studies
  • Media Studies
Focus

Media Psychology, Media, Media Usage and Communicator Research, Media Effects, Media Content and Media Research, Communication Research, Mediatisation and Social Change in Sport, Media Practice: Print, AV Media, Online, Media and Sports (Advertising, Sponsoring, PR), Economics Key Area: Sports, Media Economics and Marketing, Sports, Sport Science

Target group

The MA degree course in Sport, Media and Communications Research is aimed at those who are interested in in-depth, academic discussions in the field of Sport Communication. Applicants are expected to have good communication skills and the ability to work well in a team as well as an interest in working with language, figures and statistical methods.

Admission modus

Local admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Lecture period
  • 07.04.2025 - 18.07.2025
  • 13.10.2025 - 06.02.2026

Application deadlines

Winter semester (2025/2026)
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union

    01.06.2025 - 15.07.2025

  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union

    25.04.2025 - 31.05.2025

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants

    01.06.2025 - 15.07.2025

Tuition fee

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst - German Academic Exchange Service