Cultural Events Management De Montfort University

Overview

Reasons to study Cultural Events Management MSc course at De Montfort University

• This course offers a specialised focus on cultural events, the cultural sector and the festival community and is tailored to meet the needs of this dynamic and expanding industry.

• Explore the relationship between culture, business and management, to develop your skills in devising and managing cultural and commercial events.

• Have the option of undertaking a year-long work placement, and gain valuable experience to further enhance your practical and professional skills. 

• Work with key DMU partners such as British Arts Festivals Association, De Montfort Hall and Festival Republic. 

• Teaching is led by professionally active experts, whose knowledge will place you at the forefront of new trends and developments. Many of our academics are researching festivals, such as Latitude and Leicester Comedy Festival. Their involvement creates opportunities for your own research projects and placements.

• Have the opportunity to get involved in organising and running DMU’s annual week-long Cultural eXchanges Festival.

Graduate careers

• There may be as many as 25,000 festivals and events with a strong cultural dimension in the UK alone, so the opportunities for employment in this industry are substantial. Many go on to work on a varied range of festivals, such as the Taiwan Lantern Festival, Festival Republic and Athens Fringe Festival.