Advertising and Public Relations
Advertising and PR are an important and central part of an organization's behavior on a market. One can say that advertising and PR are the communicative aspects of an organization's presence in society. By studying advertising and PR, you will get a deeper understanding of the processes and strategies that form the basis for all marketing communication.
Subject description
You will also gain an understanding of the legislation relating to marketing communication, as well as insights into the relationships with other stakeholders, such as organizations, non-profit organizations and consumers.
Market communication includes both social and commercial information. Sometimes it can be about simple, straightforward messages and sometimes about complicated communication situations, internally or externally in an organization.
By studying advertising and PR you will both gain an understanding of how marketing communication interacts with the other parts of an organization, as well as how marketing communication is received by people in the community.
Career opportunities
A degree in advertising and PR will give you access to a broad job market, within the private sector, the public sector and non-profit organizations. If you study advertising and PR you can, for example, work as a creative director, marketing manager, marketing communicator, planner, PR strategist or press officer.
Courses and programmes
There are no current Bachelor's programmes or courses with instruction in English in this subject.
The Master's Programme in Marketing Communication is offered in English.
Read more about The Master's Programme in Marketing Communication
Degree
To obtain a Master’s degree in the main subject of Advertising and PR, you study the Master’s program in Marketing Communication.
Research
Research in marketing focuses on the subfield of advertising and public relations. In marketing, the research concerns strategic marketing between companies and consumers, and between different companies, as well as consumer behavior and consumption culture, and corporate and market communication.