MA Arts Management

Outdoor event in Cardiff

Key features:

  • One year, full time programme starting in September
  • Alternative two-year pathway allowing students to consolidate knowledge and skills while continuing in relevant employment
  • Lectures and tutorials with core team of experienced arts professionals
  • Guest  lecturers from high-profile arts organisations across the UK
  • In-house opportunities to gain practical experience of managing a venue and planning a mixed programme of events
  • Practical tuition in the techniques of marketing planning including market analysis, market research, segmentation, competition analysis and strategy selection
  • Development of a professional portfolio including business and marketing plans, proposals for education and community development projects, fundraising strategies and proposals
  • Project-based work placement with a professional arts organisation such as Welsh National Opera, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Wales Millennium Centre, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment or St David’s Hall
  • Classes exploring the current political, economic and media contexts in which arts organisations operate
  • Flexible part-time MA ‘Top-Up’ option available for people with a postgraduate diploma in arts management or a recognised equivalent qualification


    Download full programme details here.