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MA Intercultural Communication and Migration

Please note: The below is for 2025 entries. Click here for 2024 entries.
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Duration 1 year full time
2 years part time
Entry year September 2025
Campus Streatham Campus
Discipline Modern Languages and Cultures
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2:2 Honours degree

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Overview

  • An interdisciplinary programme that will develop your intercultural awareness and competence, and give you an understanding of the theory and practice of intercultural communication, skills highly valued by employer in today’s global world.
  • Develop an in-depth understanding of the complexities of communication in a globalised world, the ability to apply the acquired discipline specific skills to address challenges and implement positive and sustainable solutions, and the ability to conflate others’ perspectives to navigate complex relationships locally and globally.
  • Tailor your programme to your interests and career ambitions with a range of optional modules from across the Department of Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies.
  • Taught by experts in the field of intercultural communication, discourse analysis, language and globalisation, multilingualism and migration.
  • Join a vibrant research community and develop your research skills through a series of structured practical seminars supporting you in the planning, design, implementation and presentation of your research.
  • There are two other pathways available for the MA Intercultural Communication, depending on interest: International Business or Education

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Top 150 in world subject rankings for Modern Languages

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Top 10 in UK subject rankings for Modern Languages

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Develop transferable skills, specialist knowledge and professional experience through interdisciplinary teaching

Top 150 icon

Top 150 in world subject rankings for Modern Languages

QS World University Subject Rankings 2024

Medal with star on icon

Top 10 in UK subject rankings for Modern Languages

The Complete University Guide 2025

Research icon: a mortarboard and a cog

Develop transferable skills, specialist knowledge and professional experience through interdisciplinary teaching

Entry requirements

We will consider applicants with a 2:2 Honours degree with 53% or above in their first degree in a relevant subject area. While we normally only consider applicants who meet this criteria, if you are coming from a different academic background which is equivalent to degree level, or have relevant work experience, we would welcome your application.

Entry requirements for international students

English language requirements

International students need to show they have the required level of English language to study this course. The required test scores for this course fall under Profile B2. Please visit our English language requirements page to view the required test scores and equivalencies from your country.

Fees

2025/26 entry

UK fees per year:

£12,500 full-time; £6,250 part-time

International fees per year:

£25,300 full-time; £12,650 part-time

Scholarships

The University of Exeter has many different scholarships available to support your education, including £5 million in scholarships for international students applying to study with us in the 2025/26 academic year, such as our Exeter Excellence Scholarships*.

For more information on scholarships and other financial support, please visit our scholarships and bursaries page.

*Terms and conditions apply. See online for details.

Course content

Core modules explore key concepts, such as culture, identity, acculturation, prejudice and othering, issues, debates, and critical approaches to intercultural communication from a global perspective that goes beyond Eurocentric or western perspectives.

You will also develop your research competence and critical reflection on the process of planning, designing, implementing, and presenting of research in preparation for your dissertation.

In one of the optional modules, Sustainable Development Goals Challenge, you join a team of international students and address a real-life sustainable development goal challenge. This ground-breaking module will help you gain first-hand experience in intercultural interactions.

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

90 credits of compulsory modules and 60 credits of pathway modules, 30 credits from optional modules

a - Choose 60 credits from this list of compulsory choice modules

 

Compulsory modules

CodeModule Credits
SMLM087 Intercultural Communication: Key Concepts and Theories 30
SMLM088 Dissertation 60
SMLM089 Language and Globalisation [See note a above]15
SMLM090 Minority Languages: Maintenance, Revitalisation and Endangerment [See note a above]15
SMLM091 Language, Discourse and Society [See note a above]15
SML3043 Migration and Multilingualism [See note a above]15
SMLM059 Language, Ethnography and Mobility [See note a above]15

Optional modules

b - Choose 30 credits of optional modules

CodeModule Credits
BEP3172 Future 17: Sustainable Development Goals Challenge [See note b above]15
EFPM292 Bilingual and Multilingual Perspectives on Language Learning and Teaching [See note b above]15
EFPM912 Perspectives on International Education [See note b above]30
EFPM375 Education for diversity [See note b above]30
EFPM313 Issues in English Language Teaching [See note b above]15
CMMM005 Social Media and Migration [See note b above]30

Teaching and research

You will be taught by experts in the field of intercultural communication, discourse analysis, language and globalisation, multilingualism and migration. You will learn collaboratively with other students and the wider postgraduate research community.

Research in Modern Languages and Cultures is characterised by world-leading and internationally excellent research centres, which span a wide range of sub-disciplinary fields including:

Careers

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Employer-valued skills

You will be equipped with skills highly valued by employers such as communication in a multicultural environment, understanding the complexities of communication in a globalised world, analytical and presentation skills, critical thinking and research-oriented skills, including planning skills and time management. You will also have a solid foundation in research and work in the field of migration.

Careers

Professionals with the ability to work in diverse cultural and linguistic settings are required in a range of organisations. Career paths include NGOs, international development, refugee centres, government institutions which deal with migrants and asylum seekers, multilingual schools, and universities. You could also pursue roles within the British Government and other corresponding national bodies including consultancy, immigration, and asylum. Alternatively, you may undertake PhD research and an academic career.