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  • DeadlineStudy Details: 9 months-1 year, full-time

Masters Degree Description

This postgraduate course in Museum Studies is designed to connect rigorous academic research with the practical skills needed to thrive in today’s museums, galleries, and heritage organisations. Taught by internationally recognised staff at Leicester—a global leader in Museum Studies—the programme blends theory and practice to prepare you for a wide range of careers in the sector.

Through this course, you will: Explore the foundations of Museum Studies, Engage audiences and communities, Develop a specialism, Gain professional experience, and Undertake independent research.

Entry Requirements

In recognition of the diverse employment needs of the culture sector, our admissions process recognises and credits a range of prior qualifications and experiences.

Either a first class or second class degree, which can be in any subject area
Or be able to demonstrate equivalent skills and aptitudes through the possession of a professional or vocational qualification and/or the accrual of relevant work experiences. Relevant experience can come from a wide spectrum of work or voluntary environments but clear evidence of this experience must be provided

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Fees

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Programme Funding

There are a number of possible sources of funding: loans and grants, bursaries and scholarships.

Student Destinations

Your career development is fundamental to all aspects of our teaching and curriculum. Collaborative working with a wide range of museums, galleries and other cultural organisations is critical to the development and delivery of all of our courses.

You will benefit from a programme of study visits to museums and galleries around the UK (six to eight per year), which will help familiarise you with a variety of working environments and organisations within the museum and gallery sector. These study visits provide numerous opportunities to meet a wide range of museum and gallery professionals.

Module Details

Developing Professional Practice
Contemporary Museum Contexts
Objects and Collections: Care, Management and Curation
Designing for Creative Lives
Engaging Audiences
Specialisms
Practice

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