- Degree
- Master of Arts in Knowledge and Communication
- Course location
- Münster
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Courses are held in English (100%).
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- The Master’s degree programme in Knowledge and Communication is an in-person programme that starts every year in the winter semester, i.e., in October. The standard period of study is four semesters. Around 18 students are admitted to the degree programme each year.
- Application deadline
- For all applicants: 15 July for the following winter semester
Start of application phase: the beginning of May
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- Bridging Science and Society
In this MA programme, students learn to analyse the role of knowledge communication in society.
The programme broadly examines how knowledge is created, processed, disseminated, and used, including the effects of knowledge and knowledge communication. Our concept of knowledge encompasses not only knowledge validated by the scientific system but also alternative forms of knowledge and everyday understanding.
Following this approach, knowledge can be generated in many different ways, with data playing a central role. By specialising in computational communication science, students gain expertise in linking large volumes of data and knowledge, and in processing, organising, and interpreting knowledge in the form of data. With its emphasis on highly topical content and computational social science, this Master’s programme develops sought-after specialists who are well-prepared for diverse career opportunities.
Three key aspects distinguish the “Knowledge and Communication” programme from other study programmes at the Department of Communication in Münster, as well as from those at other universities:
• It offers a consistent specialisation in knowledge communication while being integrated with other areas of communication science.
• It emphasises computational communication science while also covering other methodological skills.
• It is the department’s first programme offered in English.
This thematic focus, combined with a concentration on computational methods and English as the internationally applicable language of instruction, makes the Master’s in Knowledge and Communication truly unique.
Prospective students can find all the important information on the structure and organisation of the MA in Knowledge and Communication, as well as on the admission requirements, student life, accommodation, visas and financing, in an FAQ on our website (https://www.uni-muenster.de/Kowi/en/studium/master-know-com/faq-ma-knowcom.shtml).