Migration, Mobility & Culture

The 21st-century world is a world that is on the move. War, conflict, public health crises, and climate change have all brought about a situation in which mobility across borders is higher than at any other point in our history. To equip ourselves to interact with this new reality we need to develop skills that help us to understand the patterns of mobility that have brought us to this point and that help us to navigate diverse societies in constant flux. This cutting-edge Master’s in Migration, Mobility and Culture (MMC) will form graduates with a multi-focal and transnational understanding of the global grand challenge of migration and its relationship to culture, politics and the social sciences. In this one-year degree, you will engage with experts on migration from a range of disciplines, including Sociology, Languages, Literatures, Geography, Law, Applied Social Studies and Public Health.

The MA in Migration, Mobility and Culture is a UCC Futures Signature Programme, aligned to Collective Social Futures and Future Humanities, and showcases UCC’s research-intensive, innovative interdisciplinary mission while enabling breadth of learning. MMC will give staff and students the opportunity to test new ideas and develop graduate attributes that are unique to UCC.

With its interdisciplinary, practical and skills-enhancing content and wide-ranging types of assessment, the MA in MMC is designed to match the urgent need for initial and advanced training of professionals in all areas of society where specific knowledge regarding the complexity of interactions among people of different cultures, ethnicities and social groups is necessary.

This one-year MA course begins in late September, with teaching ending in late March, and a dissertation/project is submitted in mid-September. The MA in Migration, Mobility and Culture requires attendance at lectures and seminars, the writing of course papers, and the completion of other assessed tasks including presentations.

Migration, Mobility and Culture* Modules

The core set of MMC modules introduces you to key concepts needed for the understanding of migration: mobility and globalisation; intercultural communication; cultural transfer and exchange, social policy and theory. It will equip you with advanced problem-solving and intercultural skills and critical thinking. You will also have the option to study a language. Modules also include research training and development, as well as a dissertation/major project in the student’s area of choice. The MMC programme comprises 90 credits as follows:

Part I

Core Modules (50 credits)

Elective Modules (Choose 10 credits)

Or 10 credits of Language modules or equivalent in CELTA qualification.

Part II

* Note that MA Migration, Mobility and Culture was formerly known as MA Global Cultures and Languages.

For full details of the non-EU application procedure visit our how to apply pages for international students.

• In UCC, we use the term programme and course interchangeably to describe what a person has registered to study in UCC and its constituent colleges, schools, and departments.
• Note that not all courses are open to international/non-EU applicants, please check the fact file above. For more information contact the International Office.

English Language Requirements

Applicants who are non-native speakers of the English language must meet the university-approved English language requirements. Visit our PG English Language Requirements page for more information.