About Us - History

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Based in Brussels and Dublin, the European Institute of Communications is a professional academic body specialising in PR and Communications.

Representing the interests of 6500 members we provide accredited training programmes through our academic divisions of PR, Social Media and Digital Marketing.

Our courses include European Public Affairs, European Studies, PR & Communications, Marketing & Public Relations, together with a range of courses in Social Media, Digital Marketing and specialist short business courses. 

All the Institute’s courses are facilitated and designed to service the professional communications industry. Our comprehensive hubs in Leuven (Brussels) and Dublin (Ireland) are the centers for lecture based, distance and online learning programmes.

Subscribing to a comprehensive Code of Ethics and Professional Practice we are open to global membership from Communication and PR practitioners.

The European Institute of Communications has built its reputation as a facilitator of professional Public Relations education. Former graduates are from a range of semi-state, corporate, political, NGO, media corporations, international and consumer related industries.

The current objective of the European Institute of Communications is to provide enhanced academic professional standards for the private individual and corporate sector. The Institute offers a number of varied and diverse range of courses throughout Europe in addition to our extensive long distance training programmes.

The European Institute of Communications has developed an E-learning division to provide various learning platforms for international markets. As Europe has become an international hub for E-learning, the Institute’s aim is to meet the changes in world educational requirements and bring to it specialised communications programmes that will meet and satisfy the merging global corporate markets.

The Director of the European Institute, Eugene Grey with Dr. F.X. Carty (centre), former Public Relations Institute of Ireland President and PRII External Examiner and Áine McMahon, Membership Services Director.

Joanne Ahern MEIC pictured with Eugene Grey, Director of Education at the European Parliament, Brussels.

Students attending the Post Graduate Diploma in Public Affairs & European Studies at our training centre in Leuven, Belgium. December 2016.

Ashley Grey (Australia), Director of Digital pictured with Dr. Majella Munroe (UK) who obtained 1st place in the Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII) Post Grad DipPR exams pictured with Eugene Grey, Director of Education.