Full-time students attend lectures and coursework two to three days a week, depending on the options taken, for an academic year. Lectures and seminars take place in the late afternoon and evening to accommodate students who are working. The work placement (INTRA) and dissertation are completed in the summer period, May to September.

Graduates of this programme have found employment in science public relations and information services, science journalism, science broadcasting, science teaching, science demonstration and display, science publishing, web editing for science institutions and educational software authoring. Independent research has been carried out by Brian Trench, founder and former chair of the MSc in Science Communication. The results of this survey are available to download. Results of survey of graduates of MSc in Science Communication (pdf)