Advance your translation skills and learn about the crucial role of communication across languages and cultures. Get ready for a career in the growing language services industry and beyond.
Launch a career that breaks linguistic and cultural barriers
In a highly globalised and technology-saturated world, intercultural communication and practical translation skills are increasingly sought after by employers across all sectors.
Unique in Australasia, the 180-point Master of Intercultural Communication and Applied Translation will take your bilingual or multilingual skills to the next level and open doors to a career in the language services industry.
Build on your undergraduate degree or update your professional translator and interpreter experience. You’ll gain the theoretical and practical skills needed to be cross-culturally competent and learn how to apply this by communicating information across languages and cultures in a variety of professional settings.
Careers
Gain skills that are in demand across areas as diverse as biotechnology, the creative industries, health, information technology, international business, law and education.
You’ll be qualified to work in a range of roles in government and non-governmental organisations, translation agencies and cultural and diplomatic institutions.
The MICAT will also prepare you to complete professional certification as a translator or interpreter or provide a pathway to doctoral study.
What you’ll study
The 180-point Master of Intercultural Communication and Applied Translation can be completed in one year of full-time study (three trimesters).