Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Winter Semester only

Focus

Digital Communication, Communication and Market, Media and Social Change, Communicator Research

Target group

The course teaches extensive skills for a profession in academic and applied Communication Science. In an information society, media communication plays a central role. Accordingly, the research interest in the processes, functions and effects of the mass media and the role of those involved in it grows in the university sector as well as in the private sector. Today, for companies, parties or non profit organisations, analyses of its media presence and resonance are indispensable. Equally, methodological skills are in demand, on the one hand in university research and teaching, and on the other, in the context of market, opinion and media research in the private sector, or for companies and media institutions that are advertising. The Master's degree course in Communication Science also prepares students for tasks in journalism, which require methods-focused training in publishing, such as experience in academic journalism.

Annotation

If the Bachelor degree certificate is not available by the application deadline, but at least 135 credit points can be demonstrated: Submit a certificate of study and examinations and the average grade achieved so far. (This certificate must be issued by the relevant higher education institution, original or officially authenticated copy). After enrolment, the diploma must be submitted. If the degree was obtained abroad: officially authenticated copy of a certificate of recognition (responsible: Student Service - Admission International).

Admission modus

Local admission restriction

More information regarding admission requirements

Admission requirements

The basis is proof of a Social Science-oriented Bachelor's degree or a comparable degree from a German or foreign higher education institution in the subjects of Journalism/Communication Science, Psychology, Political Science or Sociology. At least half of the total degree course (at least 90 CP or equivalent) must have been completed in one of the above subjects or a combination of study contents in these subjects. Of these, at least 20 credit points must have been obtained in the field of Empirical Methodology (basic courses) and Empirical Social Research (application courses), including Statistics as a compulsory subject. Knowledge of (Empirical) Methodology and Social Research (incl. Statistics) must be proved by the end of the application period. Further admissions requirements can be found at: https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/studienwahl/studienangebot/digitale-kommunikationsforschung-ma/