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. The international 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.

Variation in topics and teaching:

The Digital Media and Society programme provides you with the theoretical and methodological skills to study the nature, effect and meaning of digital media. It brings variation in topics and teaching methods, offering the following types of courses:

• Theoretical courses

• Interactive master classes

• Exercises in research design and digital methods

• An internship

• Elective courses

• A master's thesis

Your aims:

• Are you fascinated by the way digital media shape personal identity and wellbeing, culture and community, politics and policies, business and marketing?

• Do you want to specialize in theory, methods and research to study digital media and communication?

• Would you like to develop evidence-based strategies in digital communication?

• Are you motivated to work in the fields of research and innovation, social media, digital marketing, in a commercial, governmental or non-profit context?

• Do you want to study at KU Leuven – one of the oldest and prestigious universities in Europe?

When the answers to the questions above are ‘yes’, you might want to study the international Master Digital Media and Society at KU Leuven!

Our assets:

• We offer an integrated social sciences perspective towards digital media, with special emphasis on media psychology, media sociology and communication strategy.

• We bring variation in topics and teaching, all having their place in our well-considered programme structure. 

• We stimulate you to think and act as a digital communication expert, keeping track of the field's most recent developments. 

• Our course structure ensures you gain professional experience from the start and guarantees a smooth transition from academia to the professional field.

• We are a research-based education programme, carried out by internationally engaged experts in the field of digital media.

We will train you to become an expert in the field of digital media and communications, preparing you for a bright future in numerous areas.