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Creative Industries and Cultural Policy (Taught)

  • MS
  • 12 Months
  • Full-time
  • 09/2025
  • Postgraduate
Gilmorehill (Main) Campus
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Course summary

This programme provides an interdisciplinary grounding in the key economic, cultural and policy forces shaping the development of the creative industries at global, national and local levels. Theoretical and analytical depth is coupled with an emphasis on the realities of contemporary cultural production, in order to deliver both a rigorous academic experience and a foundation for a career in the sector.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

  • You will be taught by the world leading teams in the Centre for Cultural Policy Research and the Adam Smith Business School. Frequent invited speakers will provide current industry insights from across the sector.

  • Glasgow offers an ideal environment for students studying the Creative and Cultural Industries. It is a culturally vibrant city, with thriving music, theatre, and visual art scenes, and the greatest concentration of creative industries in Scotland.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

The Creative Industries and Cultural Policy MSc involves a taught course followed by an individual supervised dissertation.

The taught component which starts in September involves a combination of lectures, seminars and group-work sessions. In previous years the teaching on the two largest core courses, Creative Industries and Cultural Policy (semester 1) and Contemporary Cultural Production (semester 2) has been supported by guest lectures, in which practitioners, policy makers and key influencers from across the creative sector have been invited to share their perspectives.

This is followed by an individual supervised research dissertation (worth 60 credits). The academic team have extensive experience of conducting empirical studies within the creative sector, and are thus able to support a wide range of industry and policy related topics and research approaches

Semester 1 core courses (totalling 60 credits)

CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND CULTURAL POLICY - CORE 1 (30 credits)
MANAGING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND CULTURAL POLICY) (10 credits)
PROJECT MANAGEMENT (CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND CULTURAL POLICY) (10 credits)
RESEARCH METHODS 1 (CCPR) (10 credits)
Semester 2 courses (totalling 60 credits)

CREATIVE LIVES AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES (CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND CULTURAL POLICY - CORE 2) (30 credits)
RESEARCH METHODS 2 (CCPR) (10 credits)
Optional course (20 credits)
Semester 2 optional courses may include (subject to availability):

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: NEW MODELS OF BUSINESS (10 credits)
INTERNATIONALISATION OF SME'S (10 credits)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (20 credits)
ISSUES IN AUDIENCE MANAGEMENT (20 credits)
Dissertation

CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND CULTURAL POLICY DISSERTATION (60 credits)
Some optional courses might not be available every year.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Gilmorehill (Main) Campus

Study options

  • MS • Full-time • 12 Months

Start dates

  • 09/2025

How to apply

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International applicant information can be found via gla.ac.uk by searching for 'international'.

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Entry requirements

Entry requirements for postgraduate taught programmes are a 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification (for example, GPA 3.0 or above) in a relevant subject unless otherwise specified.
You are required to submit a personal statement of around 500 words explaining why you want to undertake the MSc in Creative Industries and Cultural Policy at Glasgow, in addition to an academic transcript, references, and linguistic proficiency documentation.
If you do not meet the standard academic criteria but have substantial relevant professional experience, you will also be considered for entry to the programme.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

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

All fees are published on the University of Glasgow website.

https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/feesandfunding/

Sponsorship information

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