Overview
Learn to communicate effectively in an intercultural workplace and prepare for a role in today’s globalised world.
- Learn language and cultural theory as well as business communication skills
- Study in a community of students from all over the world
- Spend one semester on a European campus (optional)
- Twice awarded the UK Trade and Investment 'National Languages for Export' award (Eastern region, UK) in the category 'Innovative courses in adult, further and higher education which prepare students for working in, or with, people from non-English-speaking markets'.
On our MA Intercultural Communication, you will discover the importance of intercultural relationships to the modern socio-economic climate - and to building a successful career within it.
You will explore how cultural differences impact our interactions in the workplace and in wider society, considering topics such as migration, identity and how EU policy confronts language issues.
By learning to use different methodological tools to understand language and communication, you will sharpen your analytical skills and gain the confidence to think independently around the interdisciplinary, and often multinational, challenges of the modern workplace.
If you study full-time with us, you can also choose to spend one semester at a European university (the Eurocampus). Your studies will be equivalent to those of Cambridge-based students, and all your work will be in English, but with the benefit of gaining first-hand experience of living and working in a different country. If you wish to apply for the Eurocampus option you will be guided through the Eurocampus application process and take the optional 60-credit Eurocampus module.
Whether you choose our Cambridge campus or the Eurocampus, you will work alongside students from all over the world, giving you additional understanding of intercultural environments that will support your academic studies.
Course Leader: Dr Bettina Beinhoff.
Careers
Our MA Intercultural Communication will prepare you for many different roles with international companies, local government and European institutions. Past graduates now enjoy careers in intercultural training (e.g. for Communicaid), work with Non-Governmental Organisations such as UNESCO and UNICEF, intercultural mediation in educational or social contexts, language teaching, translation/interpretation services, international property sales and business, education or embassy administration.
One of our recent students, Stephen Trinder, began an assistant professorship position teaching English at Silla University, South Korea immediately after graduating. In 2014, he was appointed to a lectureship position at The Higher Colleges of Technology in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, heading their Intercultural Studies course. Stephen also successfully completed his PhD with us in 2019. Read more about Stephen's experience on the course.
After you graduate, you might also decide to move on to a research degree, such as our PhD English Language and Intercultural Communication.
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