Overview
The Cultural and Creative Industries MSc degree from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University offers insights into cultural policies, governance, the operation of cultural and creative industries, and the development of digital creative industries. The programme aims to contextualise cultural economies within the framework of industry and explore their applications and implications for contemporary industrial practices.
Career opportunities:
- The Content Producing Pathway helps students become film or media producers, media managers, visual storytellers, film or media distributors, media planners, media operation managers, content creators or planners, and more.
- The Creative Industries Pathway enables students to work as visual designers, creative directors, brand marketing managers, digital media designers, cultural product designers, and more.
- The Cultural Industries Pathway prepares students to become cultural heritage and tourism planners, event planners and managers, exhibition curators, cultural affairs specialists, digital cultural workers, theatre or gallery operation managers, and more.
- The Interactive Media Pathway equips students to work as immersive experience developers, multidisciplinary installation artists, game designers/developers, interactive media designers, sound designers, interactive performance artists, creative technologists, user experience (UX) designers, AR/VR specialists/developers, multimedia producers, 3D artists, and more.
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Courses include:
Cultural and Creative Industries
Cultural and Media Policies
Research Methods for Cultural and Creative industries
Visual Cultures
Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurship
Audience Reception and Perception
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Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
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Campus Location
- Suzhou, China
Disciplines
Area & Cultural Studies Visual Arts Entrepreneurship View 5 other Masters in Area & Cultural Studies in ChinaExplore more key information
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Academic requirements
English requirements
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General requirements
China- Top 100 of 2026 Shanghai Ranking or World-class universities or First-class disciplines (MoE, People’s Republic of China): 75 per cent or above (Weighted Average Mark)
- Other universities: 80 – 85 per cent or above (Weighted Average Mark), depending on your undergraduate institution
- UK upper second class honours (2:1) or equivalent
- 3.0 Cumulative GPA (out of 4) or
- 3.2 Cumulative GPA in the final two years of your undergraduate programme
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents100000 CNY / year≈ 100000 CNY / year -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents100000 CNY / year≈ 100000 CNY / year
Living costs
Suzhou
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