As the central interface between communication science and professional practice, the Centre for Media Practice at the Department of Communication (IfK) offers a wide range of teaching and further education courses as well as the supporting infrastructure in the three areas of "Editing", "PR Conception/Consulting" and "Applied Market and Opinion Research".

One of the main tasks of the Centre for Media Practice is to coordinate the practical media teaching in the Bachelor's degree course in Communication Science, which is usually carried out by external lecturers. This involves cooperating with experienced practitioners in seminars, workshops and lectures in order to combine basic theoretical knowledge with practical skills.

Teaching and research also benefit from the comprehensive infrastructure of the centre, which includes a TV and radio studio, a teaching newsroom and a research laboratory. The hardware and software provided there are freely available to IfK students and staff during attendance times or by arrangement.

Attendance times during the lecture period of winter semester 2024/25

Attendance times are offered in the teaching newsroom, studio and research laboratory. Equipment can be borrowed during these attendance times and by prior arrangement by email.

Teaching Newsroom
Monday: 12 am-2 pm
Thursday: 10 am-12 am
Please send inquiries about the teaching newsroom (Lehrredaktion) to this address: lehrredaktion@uni-muenster.de

Radio and studio
Monday: 11 am-1 pm
Tuesday: 9 am-11 am
Wednesday: 2 pm-4 pm
Thursday: 10 am-1 pm
Please send inquiries about radio & studio to this address: studio.ifk@uni-muenster.de

Research Laboratory
Wednesday: 10 am-12 am
Further appointments can be arranged by email
The research laboratory can also be used during the opening hours of the teaching newsroom and the studio. Please contact the teaching newsroom (room Bispinghof C 031).

Contact research lab
Hanna Vogel
Bispinghof 9-14, E 002
48143 Münster
forschungslabor@uni-muenster.de

Access to the research lab
Key from Karsten Höwelhans (room 209) or on request in the teaching newsroom.

Offerings of the Centre for Media Practice

• TV and radio studio: equipment rental

  Video and photo cameras as well as audio recording equipment and accessories can be borrowed on the ground floor of Georgskommende 33 (room C 03) and can be used during office hours. This is subject to use in the context of research and teaching at the IfK.

• Teaching newsroom: design, graphics and production editing

  The teaching newsroom on the ground floor of Georgskommende 33 (room C 031) offers 10 Windows workstations with all media design programmes of the Adobe Creative Cloud (including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Audition, Premiere) as well as Internet access. During office hours, students receive support with photo editing or the layout of reports, posters, etc.

• Research laboratory: data collection and analysis

  Software is available at 10 computer workstations in the basement of the IfK main building Bispinghof 9-14 (room E 002), which can be used for online surveys, telephone interviews, content analyses and their evaluation, for example. During office hours, students receive advice and support with data collection and analysis.

• Workshops (from all areas relevant to the profession)

  Each semester, IfK students can choose from a wide range of additional workshops, exercises and programme training courses according to their personal interests, which cover professionally relevant content from journalism, public relations and market and opinion research. Places are limited and are allocated via a registration process coordinated by the  Centre for Media Practice.

  Before the start of the registration period, students will receive an email from the IfK secretariat informing them of the exact start date for registration for the workshops.