IfK's new ERASMUS partnership with the Norwegian University of Stavanger

(22/03/2024) The IfK Münster has recently entered into a new partnership with the University of Stavanger. Stavanger is the fourth largest city in Norway and is located in the south-west of the country. From the coming winter semester 2024/25, IfK Bachelor's and Master's students will have the opportunity to study there for a semester as part of the ERASMUS programme.

The Department of Media and Social Science combines communication science content with sociology and political science, incorporating currently relevant topics such as energy and the environment. Against the backdrop of constantly advancing digitalisation and globalisation, it examines social and political processes in order to develop solutions for the future. The department has more than 55 academic teaching staff, who teach around 900 students, and offers exchange students a first-class English-language seminar programme. For example, students can take courses from the Bachelor's programme in Journalism and the Master's programme in Digital Society and Societal Transformation. These include seminars such as "Digitalisation for Sustainability", "The Digitalisation of Politics" and "Digital Culture and Everyday Life". Renowned professors of communication and media studies teach in Stavanger, such as Prof. Helle Sjøvaag and Prof. Raul Ferrer Conill, who both research the changes in journalism as a result of digitalisation – be it through new journalistic actors and practices or through changing engagement and datafication.

The University of Stavanger not only impresses with its academic excellence, but also with its location: Stavanger is located on the south-west coast of Norway, with the city centre directly bordering one of Norway's many fjords, on the other side of which there are numerous islands in the municipality. The city's location is therefore characterised by its direct proximity to nature, such as the 92-metre-high Månafossen waterfall. But Stavanger also has a lot to offer in terms of culture and urbanity: The city is the venue for several international music festivals and was honoured as the European Capital of Culture in 2008. The cathedral in Stavanger is the only medieval cathedral in Norway that has been preserved in its original form, and as the centre of the oil industry, which is so important to Norway's identity, Stavanger is also home to the Norwegian Oil Museum.

Every academic year (winter and summer semester), a total of four students (BA or MA) from Münster can study in Stavanger. At the same time, four students from Stavanger also have the opportunity to visit the IfK for a semester abroad. The places are available for both Bachelor's and Master's students. In addition to the existing partnerships with the University of Bergen and OsloMet, the University of Stavanger is now the IfK's third partner university in Norway.

Contact person public relations:
Dr. Stephan Völlmicke
Telefon: +49 251 83-23006
Telefax: +49 251 83-21310 (Geschäftszimmer IfK)