Master’s Programme in Global Communications and Clean Air, Water and Energy
Lappeenranta, Finland
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 15,000 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* regular admission starts 15 December 2025 | early admission 1 to 8 October 2025
** EUR 5,000 early bird discount
Key Summary
Communication plays a key role in the sustainable renewal of businesses and societies globally. AI, geopolitics, and strategic narratives are at the heart of the contemporary global communications landscape and impact the new communicative solutions for challenges related to clean air, water, and energy.
The scarcity of these life-giving resources creates conflicts and crises. By engaging in continuous dialogue and drawing on cutting-edge research, organizations, communities, and societies can build common understanding and orient their activities towards more sustainable ways of operating.
Communication is the key to creating new social innovations, driving sustainability transitions, and enhancing social inclusion. Hence, effective and responsible communication is essential for successful change and cooperation between different actors in societies globally.
Advancements in AI and digital media are rapidly shaping the dynamics of social interaction, power, and influence. The global communication environment is increasingly complex, highlighting the importance of competent communicators who understand the logic of global hybrid media landscapes.
In this program, you will acquire the skills needed for the critical analysis, assessment, and detection of disinformation and strategic narratives that shape the global and local perspectives on sustainability and the green transition.
After graduation, you will have a solid understanding of the role of global communications in sustainable renewal of businesses and society.
You will acquire knowledge and expertise to find new solutions for challenges related to life-giving resources of clean air, water and energy – from the perspectives of global communication.
You will:
- Become an expert in planning, developing, and leading global communications in contexts of crisis and grand societal challenges,
- Acquire skills to critically analyze and assess different forms of influence disinformation and strategic narratives that shape the global and local perspectives on sustainability and a green transition,
- Gain an understanding of how AI and the adoption of new media technologies globally shape the functioning of societies, organisations and individuals.
Graduates of the Master’s Programme in Global Communications for Clean Air, Water, and Energy can pursue careers as head of global communications, communication expert in the green transition, media analyst, or communications consultant, just to name a few examples.
The master’s program provides a versatile set of skills that can be applied to a wide range of communications and media-related professions in business, administration, and governance.
The two-year Master’s Programme in Global Communications and Clean Air, Water, and Energy leads to the degree of Master of Social Sciences (M.Soc.Sc.), which is 120 ECTS credits.
The program includes core, advanced specialization, and language studies as well as interdisciplinary studies on critical systems of air, water, and energy in society and a Master's thesis at the end of your studies.
Core Studies, 30 ECTS Credits
Include courses on global communications, soft power and green transition, robots, and AI in society.
Advanced Specialization Studies, 30 ECTS Credits
Include courses on crisis communications and clean air, water and energy, democracy, soft power, news, and AI.
Multidisciplinary Studies, 25 ECTS Credits
Include courses on critical systems of air, water, and energy in society.
Language Studies, 5 ECTS Credits
Language studies and academic writing.
Master's Thesis
An advanced research project during the program's fourth semester. The Master's thesis is a part of the advanced specialization studies and requires approximately six months of full-time work.