Research Master in Communication, Cognition and Digital Culture
Winter intake start date
2025-02-01
Winter intake deadline
2024-11-25
Become fully skilled to initiate and conduct your own high-quality research in the domains of linguistics and communication sciences: an excellent preparation for a PhD or a career at a research agency. Specialize within one of the following domains: cognition and communication, linguistic anthropology, business communication and persuasion, digital media and communication, and online culture.
A central research theme is communication at work in face-to-face and multi-modal interactions. Focus on language as it is actually used, and explore cognition, language and communication as an integrated whole.
- Integrate into one of the research groups in Tilburg or Nijmegen and specialize in your area of interest:
- Cognition and Communication
- Linguistic Anthropology
- Business Communication and Persuasion
- Digital Media and Communication
- Online Culture
- Excellent supervision by academic tutors at the beginning of the program. They advise you on how to get your individual desired training program and the research facilities you need.
- Choose from a wide range of substantive electives and method subjects and develop your own unique research profile under individual supervision.
- Profit from over fifteen years of collaboration in the Centre for Language Studies (CLS), a current partnership between the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences and the Radboud Faculty of Arts. CLS is closely connected to the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (MPI) and the Baby Research Centre.
Typical courses are:
- Foundations of Language and Communication
- Statistics and Experimental Methods
- Lab rotation (internship)
- Grant Proposal Writing
- Valorisation
Ideal preparation for a PhD
The main focus of this Research Master’s program is on academic training, which makes it ideal for those wishing to embark on a career in research.
Research and management positions which require extensive research skills
Besides research positions at universities, there are research and management positions in businesses, (non-) profit organizations, the educational sector and the government (e.g., the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science), which require extensive research skills but not a PhD degree.
Research groups in the public or private sector
In addition this Research Master’s program caters for the growing demand from the public and private sectors for university graduates with academic insights and research skills. Many graduates will join research groups in the public or private sectors. These may address a wide range of topics such as advanced internet, enhancing professional communication, politics and administration, journalism and education in an international context.
