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Cultural & Creative Industries MA
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This multi-faceted MA will help you develop a critical understanding of the cultural and creative industries, including the visual and performing arts, museums and galleries, music, media, and film. You’ll draw from various disciplinary approaches, from cultural studies to sociology to media studies, to explore the nuanced past, present, and future—and structure—of the creative and cultural industries. During this Cultural & Creative Industries MA, you will learn from the teaching, research, and professional expertise of both King's academics and professionals working in the field.
Key benefits
- Develop a broad and critical understanding of the cultural and creative industries in their national and international contexts.
- Enjoy a central location in the heart of London's arts and media industries.
- Learn from teaching staff that provide cutting-edge knowledge of current debates and trends.
- Gain a balance of real-world knowledge and theoretical perspectives.
- Expand your network with guest lectures from leading cultural and creative industry professionals.
- Join a vibrant Culture, Media and Creative Industries department that is an internationally recognised specialist in these fields.
“I was inspired by the world of possibilities in the Creative Industries that my course at Kings had opened up for me.”
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Employability
This Cultural and Creative Industries Master’s is ideally placed for anyone seeking a career in the arts or creative industries, including professionals looking to enhance their existing knowledge and career prospects. It’s also a good foundation to prepare for doctoral research in culture, media and creative industries.
Cultural & Creative Industries MA graduates have taken up roles in arts administration in local government, marketing for major cultural institutions in London, editing a lifestyle magazine in the USA, and researching for China’s broadcasting industry regulator.
Further career paths have included performing arts management, museum and gallery management, arts funding, cultural industries development, film distribution, freelance research and creative business development. A number of graduates have also gone on to further academic research.
This MA is not a traditional media, communications or journalism studies course. This means that while you will be able to enhance your knowledge and satiate your interest in the cultural and creative industries, such as performing and visual arts, cultural heritage, film, games and music, it will not provide you with specialist vocational skills required for a career in those fields. It will, however, teach you a range of transferable skills, including working effectively, team work, time management, written and oral communication skills, independent and critical thinking.
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Employability
This Cultural and Creative Industries Master’s is ideally placed for anyone seeking a career in the arts or creative industries, including professionals looking to enhance their existing knowledge and career prospects. It’s also a good foundation to prepare for doctoral research in culture, media and creative industries.
Cultural & Creative Industries MA graduates have taken up roles in arts administration in local government, marketing for major cultural institutions in London, editing a lifestyle magazine in the USA, and researching for China’s broadcasting industry regulator.
Further career paths have included performing arts management, museum and gallery management, arts funding, cultural industries development, film distribution, freelance research and creative business development. A number of graduates have also gone on to further academic research.
This MA is not a traditional media, communications or journalism studies course. This means that while you will be able to enhance your knowledge and satiate your interest in the cultural and creative industries, such as performing and visual arts, cultural heritage, film, games and music, it will not provide you with specialist vocational skills required for a career in those fields. It will, however, teach you a range of transferable skills, including working effectively, team work, time management, written and oral communication skills, independent and critical thinking.
Application closing date guidance
We encourage you to apply as early as possible so that there is sufficient time for your application to be assessed. We may need to request further information from you during the application process.
King's College London is committed to the recruitment of students with the greatest academic ability and to maintain a diverse student population. In order to ensure a balanced international student population for our most competitive programmes, we have implemented the following deadlines:
For applicants who are currently residing in mainland China, the first application deadline is 10 January 2025 (23:59 UK time).
- We highly encourage you to apply by this deadline due to high demand, but applications will continue to be reviewed thereafter until the final application deadline on 9 March 2025 (23:59 UK time).
- If you reside in mainland China and apply for this programme after the above final deadline, your application may be automatically withdrawn and you will not be eligible for an application fee refund.
For all other applicants, our first application deadline is on 9 March 2025 (23:59 UK time). The final application deadlines for this programme are:
- Overseas (international) fee status: 25 July 2025 (23:59 UK time)
- Home fee status: 25 August 2025 (23:59 UK time)
After the first application deadline in March:
- if the programme is not yet full, we will continue to accept applications until all available places are filled up to the final application deadlines above
- if the programme becomes full before the final application deadlines stated above, we will close the programme to further applications
Please note, you will not be eligible for an application fee refund if you apply after the first application deadline, and we are unable to process further offers because places are filled and we close the course before the final application deadline.
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