University of Lincoln

MA Arts and Cultural Management

University of LincolnBrayford Pool, United Kingdom

Course overview

As a creative person, you love arts and culture, and understand why they are important. You'll have seen the benefits of creativity to people, places, and communities first-hand, and know that a creative career is viable, essential, and valuable. You may be at the start of your career, or perhaps you've already begun to establish yourself as a practicing artist, independent producer, arts manager, or freelance creative.

However you are looking to develop your practice and skills, expand your networks, and use your creativity to create change, this course has been designed to provide the tools for you to succeed. Created with input from artist practitioners, independent producers, cultural business leaders, and leading arts organisations, this course provides opportunities to grow your creative entrepreneurialism, and to meet with industry professionals from across the UK and beyond. We've worked alongside nationally significant organisations such as Threshold Studios and Zest Theatre to develop our curriculum and so industry connections and live briefs are hard-wired into the programme.

From the start of teaching, you will be meeting and talking to professionals from across the sector, working in a variety of roles and contexts. You will have opportunities to hear directly from potential employers and specialists, and receive bespoke advice to support your own career trajectories through our Professional Practice Clinic. Based on the beautiful Brayford Pool Campus, and with significant professional and public engagement with Lincoln Arts Centre and the Barbican Creative Hub, (as their Affiliate Master's Programme), this course can help you to take your ideas further and create your own opportunities for success.

Key highlights

  • Curriculum developed with Threshold Studios and Zest Theatre
  • Industry connections and live briefs built into the programme
  • Meet sector professionals and potential employers from the start
  • Bespoke career advice through a Professional Practice Clinic
  • Affiliate Master's Programme of Lincoln Arts Centre and Barbican Creative Hub
  • Opportunities to grow creative entrepreneurialism and professional networks

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2:1 — to include relevant subject
  • International qualifications — If you have studied outside of the UK, and are unsure whether your qualification meets the above requirements, please visit our country pages https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/studywithus/internationalstudents/entryrequirementsandyourcountry/ for information on equivalent qualifications. Overseas students will be required to demonstrate English language proficiency equivalent to IELTS 6.5 overall, with a…

Scholarships

  • Chevening Scholarships

  • Global Postgraduate Scholarship

    The Global Postgraduate Scholarship is valued at £2,000 and will be awarded to eligible students as a tuition fee discount in the first year of their studies.

    Up to £2,000
  • International Alumni Scholarship

    The International Alumni Scholarship is valued at £2,000 and will be awarded to eligible students as a tuition fee discount for the first year of a postgraduate taught or postgraduate research programme.

    Up to £2,000
  • Lincoln Alumni MSc School of Health and Social Care Scholarship

    £1000 will be paid directly to the student for each year of study for each completed academic year of study, with part-time students eligible for a pro-rata payment.

    Up to £1,000

Careers this course leads to

  • Arts manager
  • Independent producer
  • Arts marketing officer
  • Fundraising and grant development officer
  • Arts administrator
  • Freelance creative practitioner

Cost of study

International: £18,800 per year

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Lincoln, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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