Arts and Cultural Enterprise

The standard entry requirements for this course are as follows:

An honours degree from disciplines such as fine art or design, the humanities, social sciences, politics or economics, or other areas of creative practice such as performance

OR

an equivalent EU/international qualification

And a minimum of two years of work experience in the arts, design, performance or creative business management and administration sectors. The course will not recruit from end-on students (i.e., those progressing directly from undergraduate degrees).

MA Arts and Cultural Enterprise teaches you to generate original ideas for arts and cultural events as well as how to realise them.

Alongside critical and creative thinking, you will acquire business skills which are highly attractive to potential employers. You will learn how to manage creativity, but also how to bring creativity to management. MA Arts and Cultural Enterprise is part of the Curation cluster of courses of C School.

Why choose this course at Central Saint Martins

• Global group perspective: This course has two cohorts – one in London and one in Hong Kong. This allows collaboration across time zones with a diverse group of peers, encouraging students to develop a global perspective on arts and cultural enterprise.

• Flexible learning: As a blended-learning programme, the course offers both the benefits of face-to-face study and the flexibility of online learning. You also don't need to live in London or give up work or care duties to enrol on the course.

• Individual learning: Students are encouraged to apply their learning to their own professional contexts and can choose to pursue a practice-based final project or a dissertation.

• Practicing experts: Tutors on the course are professionally active in the field of arts management. UAL is ranked top 2 in the world for Art and Design (QS World University Rankings 2025), and is a top-five research university in its broader peer group.