The ICM experience
Learn through real briefs, international teamwork, a semester abroad and an internship that launches your professional story.
Learning by doing
Every phase includes a major lab where theory becomes action. You investigate audiences, shape strategy, develop ideas and deliver work that can be seen, heard and experienced.
Feedback comes from lecturers, peers, professionals and real clients—because communication only becomes meaningful when it meets the real world.
Your first multidisciplinary communication project.
Real brief · Teamwork · PitchAn intensive strategic and creative team challenge.
Real brief · Teamwork · PitchSpecialised work connected to your chosen professional direction.
Real brief · Teamwork · PitchInternational in every phase
Your international experience grows with you—from a first European project week to studying abroad and launching your career in an international professional environment.
Choose Expedition Europe and join a project week at one of our 50 partner universities—from Helsinki to Lisbon and from Budapest to Vilnius, with plenty in between.
During the week, you work in a blended team with students from different universities, cultures and study programmes.
Erasmus+ funding may be availableSpend a semester at one of our partner universities abroad, or choose an international minor in Mechelen. Both routes challenge your cultural and creative perspective.
Erasmus+ funding may be availableComplete at least 15 weeks of professional practice in an international environment. Apply your track, build your network and discover the work that energises you.
Erasmus+ funding may be availableFor all three opportunities, an Erasmus+ grant may help fund your experience. The programme’s international coordinator guides you through the possibilities and the application process.
Phase 2
At Thomas More, international learning is part of the ICM journey. Spend a semester at a partner university abroad, or choose an international minor in Mechelen.
Read the Erasmus Diaries ↗Partner destinations across Europe—and a network that keeps growing.
Phase 3 · International internship
Complete at least 15 weeks of full-time professional practice in an international environment. Apply your track, build your network and discover the work that energises you—with guidance from the ICM international coordinator.
Studying abroad was never part of JP’s original plan. Discover how ICM transformed uncertainty into confidence, curiosity and a deeper understanding of intercultural communication.
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