The Faculty of Media & Knowledge Sciences (MAKS) was founded in the midst of a flourishing knowledge economy in which more students were considering options beyond the traditional.

It is now abundantly clear that we are at a point of evolution of the knowledge economy, though the next generation is most likely not a single new economic model. These new economies have been variously characterised as the human, innovation, wisdom, and allocation economies. In these emerging economies, it is suggested that human characteristics such as creativity, passion, character, and collaborative spirit, skill in judgment, strategic allocation, and leadership become the primary sources of value as AI and automation absorb many traditional knowledge functions.

This provides an exciting opportunity for MAKS to build on its interdisciplinary research expertise at the intersection of technology, humanities, and social sciences. This research informs the academic programmes offered by MAKS that are highly relevant to an evolving array of rewarding career trajectories.  Programmes of study offered by MAKS aim to empower students and researchers to harness and ethically use AI and other digital innovations, excel in strategically managing resources, drive innovation, and apply sound judgment to tackle complex challenges within the evolving knowledge landscape.

Opening up a world of new directions, be it in academia, in industry or the arts, MAKS offers a number of taught programmes at diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

These include programmes in the areas of media and communications, digital arts, marketing communications, the management of knowledge and information, and cognitive science. The Faculty also provides study-units for other faculties as well as study-units for visiting students.

The Faculty’s diverse research streams, which have attracted significant European Union research funding, continue to pursue the investigation of knowledge creation, its accumulation and transfer, and its multiple uses in society.

MAKS embraces cognitive neuroscience and social science research as theoretical frameworks for communication, as well as different forms of digital media expressions and social structures that make the dissemination of knowledge possible.

The Faculty is housed in its own building that includes a Digital Arts Lab and Art Room, a Cognitive Science Lab, an Immersive Technologies Lab, an Audio-Visual Library, lecture halls, seminar rooms, and meeting areas.