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Arts and Festivals Management

  • 2 Study options
  • Undergraduate
Leicester Campus
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2027-2028
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Course summary

Arts and Festivals Management is the longest-running degree of its kind in the UK and boasts enviable industry links.

Whilst deepening your understanding of academic debates, this course will equip you with the practical tools and skills needed to become a leader in key areas of the cultural arena, including theatres, music venues, galleries, museums and festivals. You can also choose to specialise in digital arts management and get practical experience of event delivery, tackling the real-life challenges of engaging audiences in increasingly new and innovative ways.

Alongside the ability to provide dynamic solutions within this continually evolving sector, you’ll pick up fundamental interdisciplinary skills including problem-solving, teamwork, marketing and management theory, fundraising and licensing, enhancing your employment prospects post-graduation.

  • Join the team behind the Cultural eXchanges Festival, our flagship annual event. Previous guests have included Jamal Edwards MBE, Benjamin Zephaniah, Sir Grayson Perry, and 2023 saw MOBO award winners ShxtsnGigs take the stage. The festival is now part of one of Leicester’s largest outdoor festivals working with key stakeholders in the city.

  • Take advantage of our strong links with Leicester Comedy Festival, founded by DMU alumnus Geoff Rowe. Past students have run venues, managed acts, and promoted events as part of the festival.

  • Gain real-life experience through a placement module with a professional organisation. Students have previously worked with Festival Republic, HQ Recording Studio, V&A Museum, and Birmingham Hippodrome.

  • Our graduates are equipped with valuable business planning, engagement and delivery skills that are in high demand across the arts sector. Many now work in key roles at LS Events, Aakash Odedra Dance Company, YouTube Music, and Curve Theatre.

Modules

Course Modules

First year

Block 1: Cultural Events Design
Block 2: Running and Promoting a Venue
Block 3: Cultural Leadership
Block 4: The Creative Arts Manager: Policy and Practice

Second year

Block 1: Programming and Planning Festivals
Block 2: Audiences and Communities Project
Block 3: Select one from the list below:
International Research Visit
Digital Arts Management and Enterprise 1: Conceptualisation
Block 4: Research Methods: Dissertation and Placement

Third year

Block 1: Select one from the list below:
Dissertation
Creative Enterprise and Placement
Block 2: Arts Management Studio
Block 3: Music Industry Management
Block 4: Select one from the list below:
Events and Festivals Management
Digital Arts Management and Enterprise 2: Applications

https://www.dmu.ac.uk/study/courses/undergraduate-courses/arts-and-festivals-management-ba-degree/arts-and-festivals-management-ba-degree.aspx#what-you-will-study

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Leicester Campus

Study options

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • Placement (mandatory) • 4 Years
  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years

Start dates

Application codes

Institution code:
D26

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Application codes

Institution code:
D26

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.

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Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level

112 UCAS points from at least two A-levels or equivalent

T Level
M

UCAS Tariff
Offer: 112

Access to HE Diploma
Merit: 30

Pass QAA Access to Higher Education course with at least 30 level 3 credits at Merit. We will normally require students have had a break from full-time education before undertaking the Access course.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Offer: 26

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM

Contextual admissions

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Here at DMU we welcome all applications, no matter what your background. To make sure you get fair and equal access to higher education, when looking at your application we consider more than just your grades–we take into account any challenges that you may have faced in your education. Contextual Offers will be offered to candidates who are in receipt of Free School Meals, who are Care Experienced or who are deemed to live in areas of low HE participation neighbourhoods (POLAR Quintiles 1 & 2).

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland£10050
EU & International£16800*

* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

Please note, this fee is subject to parliamentary procedure and will also be subject to a compounded annual inflationary increase.

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