Cultural Services

Overview

Those who obtain the qualification from the Master's in Cultural Services at University of Santiago de Compostela will be ready to work for themselves or to integrate and lead structures that address any aspect related to the transmission and creation of value for the cultural universe in order to facilitate its access and enjoyment by society in general, or specific sectors of it.

The programme

Given the apparent polysemy of the term ‘culture’, the areas of work of specialists in the interpretation applied to this term are also broad and diverse, and they all share the vocation of service, of the active provision of culture with a view to its transmission to specific sectors of the population (children, elderly, professionals, etc.) or citizens as a whole.

Among the most common profiles and professional areas in which the students can apply their knowledge we have:

• Conservation, promotion and planning of cultural heritage.
• Management and cultural programming in institutions and public administrations.
• Cultural revitalisation (promotion of culture in different institutions and organisation of projects and cultural events).
• Design and coordination of exhibitions in museums and art galleries.
• Advice and management of companies or public bodies related to culture.
• Promotion and management of tourism-oriented cultural resources.
• International cultural cooperation and NGOs.

Skills and competences

This master's presents an extensive range of professional possibilities in the following areas, among others:

• Conservation, promotion and planning of cultural heritage.
• Management and cultural programming in institutions and public administrations (cultural experts).
• Cultural revitalisation (promoting culture in different institutions and organising projects and cultural events).
• Design and coordination of exhibitions in museums and art galleries.
• Advice and management of companies or public and private bodies related to culture.
• Promotion and management of tourist-cultural resources.
• Cultural cooperation and NGOs.
• Critical and theoretical analysis of the different cultural expressions, as well as the importance of culture as a mainstreaming issue in planning processes for language, revitalisation of the territory, cultural dissemination, etc.

In its research line, the Master's in Cultural Services prepares its students to access various doctoral programs in the field of Humanities.