Welcome Day 2026

We’re excited to welcome our newly admitted Master’s students!

Our Welcome Day is designed to help our new students get started, make connections and feel at home.

⚠️ This event is exclusively for our new cohort (selected applicants) ⚠️ 

Welcome Day 2026 

  • Date: Tuesday, 6 October 2026 Time: From 2:00 PM onwards
  • Location: Department of Communication, Währinger Straße 29, 1090 Vienna
  • Online: Live stream via Zoom

For further information and to register for this event, please click here:

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If you are unable to attend in person, please write an email to commscience(at)univie.ac.at, and we will send you the Zoom registration details.

 Department of Communication

The central building of our Department in Währinger Straße.

 

The Department of Communication at the University of Vienna is one of the world's largest and most renowned departments for communication science. The department is home to leading scholars in the field of communication research and is a key hub for numerous top-notch research collaborations around the globe. Due to its exceptional academic performances, our department ranks amongst the top academic institutions on the academic subject of communication. For the academic year 2025, we achieved the 2nd place globally, according to the ShanghaiRanking.

 

One of the leading Departments worldwide

 Our Master Study Program

Our Master in Communication Science is a two-year MSc degree program, in which you'll gain an in-depth understanding of communication processes on individual, organisational, and societal levels. The program is research-oriented, which means that you will acquire broad knowledge about theory in communication science, a specialized understanding in different areas of communication research as well as state-of-the-art methodological skills. 

We are looking for ambitious students who have a strong interest in gaining expertise in one of the following three main areas:

  • Media and Politics,
  • Strategic Communication, and
  • Journalism and Society.

The master’s program prepares students for doctoral studies in communication as well as research-oriented careers in both the private and public sector.

The domicile of our active students and recent alumni (until Summer Semester 2025).