Intercultural Communication

This is an interdisciplinary master programme offered by the Faculty of Philosophy via theUNESCO Chair in Inter-cultural and Inter-religious Exchanges. It is designed to respond to the needs of companies and organizations recruiting graduates interested in working in the communication sector in an era where the dialogue across cultures is becoming increasingly important. The programme is organized in partnership with the Swiss Institute for Sustainable Management, and the Universities of Fribourg, Hamburg and Dortmund. The main target of the UNESCO Chair has been from its very beginning to promote academic relationships within Europe and to support the transfer of Know How. The full involvementof Swiss, German and French professors, alongside the Romanian teaching staff of thisDepartment fosters exactly that enriching academic relationship.The curriculum is flexible and it addresses students with interest in the Humanities and Social Sciences, but with a variety of backgrounds. It offers an excellent framework for cultural studies. The scholars lecturing in the programme are representative of diverse cultural and professional environments, which helps students increase their awareness of the intercultural nature of communication. Courses are usefully complemented by case studies, as the programme has a strong orientation towards both an academically rigorous and practically relevant learning experience for the students. This programme offers a complex onset of the intercultural communication from different perspectives such as history, culture philosophy, religious phenomenon study, sociology and cultural anthropology, political sciences etc.