Master degree
12 months
Application deadlines: July 12
Processing time: 30 days
Application fee: €50
Full-time, Part-time
Intakes: before July 12
International tuition: €15,000
Program overview
The programme is:
- To provide students with a conceptual framework to understand the evolution, practice and terminology of political communication;
- To examine the relationship between the media, politics and the public;
-To provide an understanding of how political and public communication informs and sustains democracy and the distribution of power in both national and international contexts;
- To acquire the ability to undertake and communicate original research;
Study options
This program can be done
On campus
Part-time
Requirements
Exams:
- PTE
- TOEFL PBT
- TOEFL iBT
- IELTS
For admission to the MA in Political Communication programme, successful applicants will have -
A degree at the level of an Irish or UK Honours undergraduate degree (H2.2 or above) or equivalent, OR
Applicants with appropriate combinations of professional qualifications and experience may also be considered. This includes discipline-specific knowledge and know-how; transferable skills; basic research competency; personal effectiveness.
International candidates who are non-native speakers of English must satisfy the University of their competency in the English language.
Career opportunities
Positions held by our graduates include:
Analyst - LinkedIn; Director of Advocacy - Focus Ireland;
External Communications - Bank of Ireland;
Director of News - Storyful; Director - Fleishman-Hillard;
Senior Public Affairs Manager -Vodafone;
Media Manager -Connaught Rugby;
Head of Group Communications - Irish Life Account Director - Murray Consultants;
Account Director - Insight PR;
Policy Officer - Department of Justice;
Financial Education Manager - Competition Authority;
Account Director - Wilson Hartnell PR;
Managing Director - Montague PR;
Policy Director - IBEC; Special Adviser - Government Minister;
Head of Media - Sinn Fein; Chef de Cabinet - Fianna Fail;
Press Officer - Labour Party; Head of Media - Fine Gael;
Parliamentary Assistants with various TDs and Senators;
Director of Communications - Garda Síochána;
Press Officer - Department of Finance;
Press Officer - Department of the Taoiseach;
Head of Communications - University of Limerick;
Broadcast Manager - Oireachtas TV;
Head of Press - Law Society;
Communications Officer - Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland;
