Communication studies is a social science shaped by a great variety of theories and methods. Our research at the Department focuses on mediated public communication. The primary educational goal of the Department is to provide our students with excellent scientific qualifications for as broad a range of professions in the field of communication as possible.

Research at the Department of Communication focuses on processes of public, mediated communication and the underlying infrastructural conditions. The focus is on political communication, journalism, advertising, public relations, media policy, media change and media innovation, entertainment research, the development of communication science methods, particularly in the field of computational communication science, and the history of communication.

In international rankings such as the "Shanghai Ranking – Global Ranking of Academic Subjects” and the “QS World University Ranking (by subject)”, the Department of Communication regularly occupies top positions among the top 10 departments worldwide.