Master's programs

Communication and Information Sciences

The MA in Communication and Information Sciences offers a unique program in which you learn about how people acquire and transfer information and how new means of communication can be used creatively and innovatively. The approach taken at Tilburg School of Humanities is unique in the sense that the broad concept of communication is examined from many perspectives, including those of linguistics, cognitive and social psychology, computational modelling and document design.

This program is intended for highly talented and motivated students with a keen sense of intellectual curiosity and intellectual ambition. In this Master’s program, you will encounter state of the art research in the broad interdisciplinary field of communication. The point of departure is natural communication: how is information transferred from one person to another? For what purpose? You will participate in a wide range of courses such as communication strategies, non-verbal communication and computer vision. This unique combination of approaches and research traditions will enable you to work as a communication expert, and answer questions such as:

• What is the best way to present information to an audience?
• How do people communicate within an organization?
• How can you influence people's behaviour through language?

You take a particular interest in language and you are seeking to broaden and deepen your academic knowledge. You are interested in the many different aspects of communication such as the effect that words can have, how people produce language and linguistic phenomena such as metaphors, and the stories behind them.

This one-year program offers five different specializations: Business Communication & Digital Media, Communication Design, Data Journalism, Human Aspects of Information Technology and Intercultural Communication.