Master of Communication Sciences: Digital Media and Society (Leuven) | Master's degree | Media & Communications | On Campus | 1 year | Ku Leuven | Belgium

From smartphones, tablets and social media to online games – digital media re-shape society in various domains and deeply inform the way individual people work, live, think and act. KU Leuven's Master of Communication Sciences: Digital Media and Society provides a one-year master programme in which you will study the nature, effect and meaning of digital media from a social scientific perspective. The master trains students to become academic experts in digital media and communication and teaches them to develop evidence-based communication strategies for commercial companies, NGOs or governmental organisations. What is the Master of Communication Sciences: Digital Media and Society all about? KU Leuven's Master of Communication Sciences: Digital Media and Society is a research-based programme that focusses on the way digital media shape the societal domains of personal identity and wellbeing, culture and community, politics and policies, business and marketing. It prepares its students for successful careers as researchers in academia, jobs in marketing or in digital media companies. The programme is carried out by internationally engaged academics who are at the forefront of research in the field of digital media and communication sciences. The programme consists of 60 ECTS credits and provides you with the theoretical and methodological skills to study the nature, effects and meanings of digital media. It brings variation in topics and teaching methods by offering theoretical courses, interactive master classes, exercises in research design and digital methods, and a master thesis. Furthermore, it offers you the opportunity to complete your curriculum with an internship or with elective courses, allowing you to build your personal digital communication expertise.