Master of Multilingual Communication: Cross-Cultural Communication Management
Ixelles, Belgium
Master degree
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 5,613 **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* there is no strict application deadline | for the most recent – and only official – information on application deadlines, please check the KU Leuven webpage
** for non-EEA; EUR 1181.40 for EEA | for the most recent – and only official – information on tuition fees, please check the KU Leuven webpage
Key Summary
About: In this English-taught Master's you'll learn to design and implement multilingual, cross-cultural communication strategies. Core modules cover multilingualism, international stakeholder management, digital tools for multilingual organizations, regional studies (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe, South America) and methodology for your master's thesis. You'll train in English plus one other language (Dutch, French, German, Spanish) in debating, negotiating, social media writing, and complete a case study with fieldwork and an internship.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as multilingual communication managers, cross-cultural consultants, international public relations officers, stakeholder engagement specialists, or content strategists for NGOs, corporations, agencies, or governmental bodies globally.
In this English-taught Master's programme, you will learn how to develop and implement multilingual communication from a global and multicultural perspective in companies and organisations. The focus is on communication in cross-cultural settings: you will discover how communication runs between cultures and in organisations harbouring several cultures. You will also become an expert in a wide range of communicative genres in English, such as debating, negotiating and handling press relations.
About the programme
To prepare the ground for your own exploration of cross-cultural communication, a general cluster of courses offers you a number of in-depth insights into multilingualism and cross-cultural communication in general as well as in organisations. Within this cluster, you also familiarise yourself with "International stakeholder management and international relations" and with "Digital tools for (multilingual) organisations".
In a domain-specific methodology course, you will take a selection of modules introducing you to methodological frameworks that are useful both for your master's thesis project and in business practice.
The central component of this graduate programme is an in-depth training in communication skills for English and one other language (Dutch, French, German, Spanish). You will learn to debate, negotiate, and write texts for online and social media, always paying special attention to multilingual and cross-cultural settings.
In addition, you will focus on one specific global region – Africa, Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe or South America – which you will look at from a broader European perspective. In a case study, you will take on the role of researcher or facilitator of intercultural dialogue (in fieldwork, interviews ...) and a central forum will bring all regions and perspectives together to reflect on globalisation and cross-cultural communication through guest lectures, testimonials, and visits to organisations or companies.
Finally, an (observational) internship in an international (profit or non-profit) organisation offers you the opportunity to apply the insights and skills that you have acquired throughout the programme.
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