Arts Management

Overview

While there is a focus on the publicly subsidised arts sector, the Arts Management programme at Queen's University Belfast  serves as a strong and valuable route for graduates who are interested in creating their own cultural ventures for self-employment and who are hoping to work across disciplines in the creative and cultural industries, heritage and other cultural fields. Additionally, it has proven of value for creative practitioners/artists to advance their management and business development skills. 

Students completing the course in full will undertake an independent research project to fulfil the requirements of a Masters qualification. Students completing the taught component will graduate with a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts Management.

Our aim is to provide MA Arts Management students with:

• Advanced understanding of the subject of Arts Management
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of the most up-to-date theories and discourses in Arts Management and how these are influencing practice
• Knowledge of international trends in cultural policy and how they are affecting, and affected by, the practice of Arts Management
• Essential practical skills relating to Arts Management, particularly strategic planning, financial management, business planning and engaging audiences
• A sophisticated level of critical and divergent thinking and expression
• Skills appropriate to self-directed study and independent research
• Awareness of different research methodologies and their application to the work of arts managers
• Further developed wider intellectual and transferable skills, consistent with creative thought and independent learning.