Introduction

The Master's in Communication aims to train students, tomorrow's communicators, in communication professions. The programme enables them to acquire and develop skills in critical and strategic analysis of communication and to discover high-level professional techniques.

Objectives 

• To train you in the communication professions thanks to a teaching team made up of academics and high-level professionals.
• To enable you to acquire theoretical and operational skills to be able to develop a strategic vision.
• To help you to build you an expert profile thanks to a wide choice of options.

The Master's degree is a comprehensive training to become a critical analyst and strategist of communication. It offers students the possibility to further specialise by choosing from four specialisations:

Specialisations of the Master in Communication: 

Strategic Communication for Organisations (LLN)	The objectives of the "Strategic Communication of Organisations" specialisation are to train students in the issues of opinion, image and reputation in a changing world. This major aims to prepare future specialists in strategy and project management in the world of communication (https://uclouvain.be/prog-corp2m-lcorp203s)
Cultural industries studies	The aim of the "Cultural Industries Studies" major is to train students in the challenges facing the cultural industries in terms of representation, strategies and media innovations in a constantly evolving sector (https://uclouvain.be/prog-corp2m-lcorp203s).
Web strategy and communication (Mons)	The objectives of the "Web Strategy and Communication" specialisation are to train students in the media ecosystem, in particular the web, in order to be able to develop and conduct appropriate communication policies and strategies (https://uclouvain.be/prog-comm2m-mcomm302s)
Culture and communication (Mons)	The objectives of the "Culture and Communication" specialisation are to train students in the analysis of cultural productions and the implementation of communication policies and practices in the cultural sector (https://uclouvain.be/prog-comm2m-mcomm302s )

Advantages

• A tailor-made campus:
  • a particularly innovative and high-tech campus in Mons
  • an international and stimulating campus in Louvain-la-Neuve
• L'accès aux réseaux des anciens (alumni) UCLouvain et COMU

• Access to the UCLouvain and COMU alumni networks
• A pedagogical approach based on individual and collective projects and case studies;
• A tailor-made campus:
  • In Mons, it is based on advanced and individualised technological devices (usability lab, transmedia studio, social media lab, media and cultural institutions, etc.).
  • in Louvain-la-Neuve, it is based on the richness and dynamism of the city-university and on a network of partners in related fields (management, journalism, political science, information science and technology, European studies, media and cultural institutions, etc.)
• The opportunity to practice your skills in real conditions, thanks to a professional field experience, which ranges from a few months to an academic year.
• The opportunity to spend part of your programme abroad at one of our 45 partner universities in Europe, North America, South America and Asia. 
• Cutting-edge research in communication. 
• The possibility of following the master's degree in double graduation (with the University of Sherbrooke) or in triple graduation (with Sc Po Aix and the University of Sherbrooke).

International Masters 

The possibility to follow the master in double degree (with the University of Sherbrooke) or in triple degree (with the University of Sc Po Aix and the University of Sherbrooke). 

• Double Master's degree in International Strategic Communication. 
  Since the start of the 2018-2019 academic year, UCLouvain and the University of Sherbrooke (Canada) offer a double degree (master's/master's) in international strategic communication.
• Triple Master's degree in International Political Communication and Democratic Risk. 
  Since the beginning of the academic year 2021-2022, UCLouvain, the University of Aix en Provence (France) and the University of Sherbrooke (Canada) offer a triple degree (master's degree) in International Political Communication and Democratic Risk.

Master's degree in staggered timetable - in alternation 

Since the beginning of the 2023-2024 academic year, a Master's degree in strategic communication is offered on the UCLouvain Fucam Mons site. Unique in Belgium, this Master's degree is the first Master's degree in communication to be offered on a sandwich course. 

The work-study programme at the university offers students practical experience that prepares them for their future career, while allowing them to continue their university studies. Employers also benefit from this approach, as they can train potential employees while identifying early talent for their company. Work-linked students are paid/compensated for their work in the company. 

More information on this programme can be found at: https://uclouvain.be/prog-coam2m 

Your profile

The Master's degree in communication is aimed at students interested in communication jobs in the commercial, non-commercial, cultural, public and private sectors.

You are interested in: 

• Communication in organisations 
• Communication project management 
• Strategic thinking around the implementation of a communication plan 
• Acquiring practical skills in communication production on various media 
• Media content analysis

 

Your future job

At the end of your communication studies, you will be able to work as as a communication manager or project manager in:

• Internal communication 
• Political communication 
• Community management 
• Institutional or corporate communication 
• Public relations
• Media industries (institutions, production companies, etc.)
• Government analysis departments

COMU alumni are present in a very wide range of organisations. For example: Solvay, RTBF, Thalys, Louis Vuitton, FINN Public Relations, Walloon Government, Office de la Naissance et de l'Enfance, etc.

Your programme

The master's degree offers you :

• a specialised training in the major professional fields of information and communication ;
• a programme that combines theoretical and analytical mastery with practical learning of high-level professional techniques
• an integrated approach based on projects, to be carried out individually or in groups, and case studies
• a multidisciplinary view of communication issues;
• the opportunity to practice your skills in real conditions, thanks to a field placement;
• the opportunity to spend part of your programme abroad.

In Louvain-la-Neuve, the master's degree offers a choice between three majors:

• strategic communication in organisations ;
• studies of cultural industries
• in-depth studies (oriented towards the analysis of media and information and communication processes).

You will complete your programme by choosing two to three options, to deepen your focus or to meet specific expectations of the professional sector: most options are worth 15 credits; two (Erasmus, INEO) are worth 30 credits.