Overview

This MA Museum Cultures with Curating at Birkbeck, University of London gives you the chance to acquire key foundational skills in curating and a solid grasp of the related issues. You will benefit too from an intensive week studying current issues and practices in curating. You will meet the experts in London museums and galleries and engage in hands on activities including exhibition development, object interpretation and public engagement.

You will also have the opportunity to undertake a 10-week supervised work placement in a museum, gallery or archive. Previous work placements have been offered at the Tate, British Museum, Whitechapel Gallery and Horniman Museum. Past students have documented collections that were previously uncatalogued, helped design and run schools programmes, conducted visitor research and assisted curators in producing exhibitions.

Careers and Employability

Graduates can pursue careers in the heritage and museums sector, arts, media and education. Possible professions include museum/gallery registrar, curator, or arts administrator. This degree may also be useful in becoming a community arts worker, multimedia specialist, or higher education lecturer.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Curating

Museum Cultures - Approaches, Issues, Skills

Art Museums in a Global Age

Creating a Public. Museums and their audiences

Curating Difficult Histories: Museums, Exhibitions, Art Activism

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-14 00:00:00 , International

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The university recommends that applicants apply as early as possible and at least six weeks before the start of term.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

79

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62

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

London, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Visual Arts Art History Museum Studies View 100 other Masters in Museum Studies in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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79

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62

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6.5

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General requirements

Our standard postgraduate entry requirement is a second-class honours degree (2:2 or above).

For students with a degree in a subject outside the arts and humanities, the one-year part-time Graduate Certificate in History of Art and Architecture can be used as a conversion course. Students who successfully complete the graduate certificate with merit will normally be guaranteed a place on this course.

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Tuition Fees

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20340 GBP / year

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11070 GBP / year

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Additional Details

Part-time home students: £5,535 per year
Part-time international students: £10,170 per year

Living costs

London

United Kingdom

1137 - 2157 GBP / month

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