Enhance your understanding of language, culture, and communication - and prepare to make a difference in multicultural workplaces worldwide.
Our Cross-Cultural Communication MA programme helps you explore the relationship between culture and communication.
You will be taught and supported by experts in intercultural communication. Our teaching staff have years of professional and research experience. They have lived, worked, studied and conducted research all around the world.
Our Cross-Cultural Communication Master's programme addresses questions such as:
We have a diverse cohort of students from a range of backgrounds, including home and international students. This means you'll work regularly with peers from a wide range of national, language and professional backgrounds. This will help you to develop your interpersonal and intercultural skills. Former students identify this as one of the main strengths of the course.
You can choose to study Cross-Cultural Communication on its own, or alongside one of six specialist pathways:
Our Cross-Cultural Communication courses are the only ones in the world to offer such a broad range of specialisms. They allow you to develop a combination of expertise in cross-cultural communication and an additional area. This means enhanced employability in the competitive global marketplace.
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