Welcome to the Department of Communication (IfK) at the University of Münster.

Applications are now open for the second intake of the English-taught Master’s programme in Knowledge and Communication at the Department of Communication. Launched in the winter semester of 2025/26, the programme is aimed at students who wish to explore how knowledge is generated and communicated, and its impact in an interconnected world. The programme currently has students from four different countries.

IfK researchers Felix Reer, Saïd Unger, and Thorsten Quandt were honored with a “Top Poster Award” at this year’s annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) in Cape Town. The award recognized their paper “Mapping the Field of Social Scientific Game Studies: A Computational Approach”, which was presented at the ICA’s 76th Annual Conference.

This year’s annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) focuses on ‘Communication and Inequalities in Context’ and will take place from 4 to 8 June 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa. Researchers from the IfK Münster will also be represented at this internationally significant conference, where communication scholars from around the world gather annually to discuss current topics in the field.

A major new research initiative has launched at the Online Communication Lab (OCL), based at the University of Münster's Institute of Communication Science. Since May 2026, the team has been working on the collaborative project “SynDIKAT” (“Synthetic Disinformation Data, Infrastructure for Collaboration and Analysis Toolbox for Social Media Research”).

In a recent and widely noted global university ranking, the Department of Communication (IfK) received outstanding national and international evaluations. The “QS World University Ranking by Subject 2026” places the IfK among the top 100 institutes worldwide.