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.
Arts Management highlights
Industry Links
We connect directly with a range of theatre companies, festivals, venues, local and central government bodies and arts development agencies to ensure that students are meeting, hearing from, and working with, professionals and policymakers.
Through these industry links students are supported to connect theory to practice and practice to theory to assist them in their future careers in an increasingly diverse field of work.
Student Experience
Belfast and Northern Ireland are home to a wide range of arts and cultural organisations leading in areas of community engagement. Guest speakers and industry professionals are a feature of the programme.
Lecturers work closely with students to ensure that their involvement with the modules and assessments on the Programme connects directly with their personal learning needs.
We provide a welcoming environment for both local and international students. Students are supported and encouraged to socialise and attend local arts events together.
We take intercultural education very seriously on the MA in Arts Management and believe that students on the MA can learn from one another as well as from their tutors and lecturers on the course.
Students have a unique opportunity to meet and work with artists studying on other MA pathways in the School.
World Class Facilities
Queen’s has a fantastic reputation for its study programmes and facilities in drama, film, creative writing and literature, music and sonic arts, and media and broadcast production. Students have access to a packed programme of events, seminars, screenings, as well as state-of-the-art facilities: from the film studio, the Queen’s Film Theatre, the Brian Friel Theatre, the Sonic Arts Research Centre, the Seamus Heaney Centre, and the Naughton Gallery.
Student Testimonials
The MA in Arts Management provides students with the perfect balance of theoretical learning and practical experience in the NI Arts sector; and equips future arts managers with the tools necessary to deliver confident leadership, particularly in areas such as funding, audience development and strategic planning.
Laragh
I definitely wouldn't have considered doing a PhD, or indeed a career in arts fundraising, without having done this MA. It gave me a great head start in the sector.
The MA consists of six core compulsory taught modules and an independent research module :
SCA7001: Engaging Audiences
SCA7002: Cultural Policy: International Perspectives
SCA 7003: Contemporary issues in Arts and Cultural Industries Management
SCA 7004: Essential Skills in Arts and Cultural Industries Management
SCA7005: Professional Development and Work Placement
SCA7006: Research in Arts and Cultural Industries Management
SCA8001: Arts Management Dissertation/Research Project (consultancy research or academic dissertation)
Course Details
This MA is suitable for a range of participants. Early and mid-career arts managers, who wish to develop their practice and understanding of the background, theories and principles of arts and cultural management, will find this degree invaluable. While there is a focus on the publicly subsidised arts sector, the MA 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.
Prospective students may have additional questions about the programme.
We have built a Linktree where you can find answers to the most Frequently Asked Questions, some Open Access reading and other information: https://linktr.ee/QUBAMCP
You can use this link to find us on Twitter and LinkedIn and particularly check out our Youtube channel where you can find student presentations on independent research projects and some other interesting videos.
SCA 7001: Engaging Audiences, 2nd semester, year 2 for part time students
This module introduces students to key debates in both theories and practice of how the ‘public’ engage with arts and cultural experiences. Blending theoretical and strategically oriented sessions with practice-based teaching, it explores how the mode and value of engagement with the public has and continues to change rapidly.
1. Overview of audiences discourse; contemporary issues in theories of engagement, development & participation
2. Cultural rights and cultural citizenship (local & international perspectives)
3. Audiences as part of strategic management
4. Planning & tools for effective engagement (digital engagement, branding, etc)
5. Data in relation to audiences & the public
6. Evaluation, analysis & understanding the customer/consumer
SCA 7002: Cultural policy: international perspectives , 1st semester, year 2 for part time students
This module introduces students to theoretical perspectives in cultural policy with attention to its influence on arts and cultural industries management. It will explore how various historical, political, social, economic and cultural contexts and objectives shape cultural policies. It will explore how these in turn define and influence arts and cultural industries’ management and practices in different nation states, and at regional and international levels. Through this it will reveal the tensions and values at play within the cultural policy field.
1. Policymaking in relationship to arts and cultural industries management, theories, models and approaches
2. Political regimes, cultural policy regulations and cultural rights
3. Cultural values and measurements
4. Cultural policy levels: local, (sub/supra) national
5. Intercultural and international policy and diplomacy
SCA 7003: Contemporary issues in Arts and Cultural Industries Management, 1st semester, year 1 for part time students
This module is taught in two parts to provide students with an overview of key issues in the contemporary management of the arts and cultural industries and deliver key tools and frameworks to plan and make management decisions.
Part 1:
Overview of contemporary arts and cultural management
Leadership & management
Ethics
Entrepreneurship
Risk and managing uncertainty
Part 2:
Strategic & critical thinking
Approaches to planning & management
Strategic Analysis tools & frameworks Models and governance structures in business
SCA 7004: Essential Skills in Arts and Cultural Industries Management, 2nd semester, year 1 for part time students *
This course is delivered using case studies. Working in groups, students will develop core business and management skills and apply them to real arts and cultural organisations.
1. Planning as Decision Making & Evaluation
2. Budgeting, cashflow and financial management
3. Essential planning, practice and techniques of fundraising and income generation
4. Risk and variables in the planning process
5. Time and Resource Management
6. Business essentials: Legal Issues
7. End of Year Accounts and the differing requirements within the private and public sector
* Students will be required to complete a pre-requisite online independent study short course in MS Excel in advance of this module. This is supplied through QUB with no additional costs.
SCA 7005: Professional Development and Work Placement, full year module (mostly 2nd semester), year 1 for part time students.
This module is designed to aid students in developing their own professional practice and supporting their translation of course research and theoretical learning into the contemporary arts and cultural workspace. It embeds some of the underpinning themes of the MA in Arts Management programme: the promotion of critical, reflective and reflexive thinking in research and practice; the opening up of discussion on international and transcultural working and how to develop diverse and equitable practices; and the practice of ethical and informed decision-making within the contemporary cultural and creative sector. As an interdisciplinary course offered to all MA students in AEL, it is specifically aimed at supporting students who are planning to work in the cultural and creative sector as both freelance and employed workers and has been structured to support the professional development of those who intend to practise as both artists and managers within their chosen field. Assessment is completed via a personal Learning Journal and a 10-minute Video Presentation.
This module includes an 18-day working placement to be completed between November and July. This is a self-organised voluntary placement supported by one-to-one advice from QUB staff. QUB supplies a list of organisations and creative businesses with relevant contact information and guides students through the process as part of their learning.
SCA 7006: Research in arts and cultural industries management, 1st semester, year 2 for part time students
This module will explore the array of epistemic and methodological considerations and decisions in doing research in the arts and cultural industries. It will also support students in preparing for their final independent research project.
Arts & cultural industries management & cultural policy research is inherently interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary. Research in these field must therefore consider multiple epistemological approaches including but not confined to arts and humanities: political science, sociology, management studies, cultural studies. Additionally, the field often draws on both academic and practice-based research influenced from within and outside academia. Content will include:
1. Key concepts (ontology, epistemology, structures of research and discourses, literature review)
2. Research planning: proposal development and literature review
3. Project management and research ethics
4. Research methodologies: quantitative and qualitative methods, modes of analysis
5. Data collection and analysis
SCA8001 Arts Management Dissertation/Research Project, Semester 3 (Summer)
Once students have completed the taught modules, they undertake an independent research project with professional and academic supervision. These projects must be theoretically situated in academic literature and compliant with university policies. Students choose one of two options:
a. Academic Dissertation
Devise and complete an original written academic dissertation on a pre-approved topic related to arts & cultural industries management and cultural policy.
Students completing their dissertation may choose a number of forms including but not confined to:
• Critical literature review
• Qualitative/quantitative research project involving fieldwork (interviews, case studies, focus groups, surveys)
• Ethnography/autoethnography
• Policy review (engaging in policy analysis within or across a range of fields).
Topics will be approved based on viability, clarity, relevance to the field of arts & cultural industries management and cultural policy research.
b. Consultancy Research Project
Devise, conduct & report on a research project in response to a consultancy brief devised in advance with independent arts & cultural businesses and pre-approved by academic staff.
Students develop and conduct research, liaise with client organisations, and report their findings and recommendations to a defined brief and timescale (and budget if appropriate).
Examples of this might include:
• Project evaluation
• Archival work
• Historic analysis & review
• Strategic or management review relating to planning, programming, income generation
• Market research
• Participant/audience research
• Work-based project planning & delivery
Taught elements (lectures & seminars) are covered during normal working hours, usually over two consecutive days between Monday & Thursday. Optional events may take place during evenings & weekends. This is provisional and subject to ongoing changes.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning will involve a mixture of lectures & small group seminars. This is a great way to share and discuss learning with classmates and students find this approach a great way to really explore their own interests through the programme. The programme is delivered in-person although some activities are online. Significant independent study is required and QUB facilities, the McClay Library, the Graduate School and an online suite of resources are really valued by students. See our FAQs to understand the scale of independent study: https://linktr.ee/QUBAMCP. There is significant input to the course from Industry guest speakers (professional arts managers, artists and cultural policymakers ), study visits, and through online discussion forums and interactive tools.
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Assessment
Assessments associated with the course are outlined below:
Essays
Practical assignments (group work, case study analysis, etc.)
Presentations (digital and in-person, group and individual)
Independent Research Project (assessed by written dissertation or written research report + presentation)
The information below is intended as an example only, featuring module details for the current year of study (2024/25). Modules are reviewed on an annual basis and may be subject to future changes – revised details will be published through Programme Specifications ahead of each academic year.
This module introduces students to key debates in both theories and practice of how the ‘public’ engage with arts and cultural experiences. Blending theoretical and strategically oriented sessions with practice-based teaching, it explores how the mode and value of engagement with the public has and continues to change rapidly.
1. Overview of audiences discourse; contemporary issues in theories of engagement, development & participation
2. Cultural rights and cultural citizenship (local & international perspectives)
3. Audiences as part of strategic management
4. Planning & tools for effective engagement (digital engagement, branding, etc)
5. Data in relation to audiences & the public
6. Evaluation, analysis & understanding the customer/consumer
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, students are expected to be able to:
1. Define and articulate principal issues of contemporary arts and cultural engagement with understanding of key theories and terms
2. Apply critical and reflexive thinking to contemporary concerns of public access, inclusion, participation, cultural rights alongside sustainability
3. Identify and assess the tools and techniques of engaging the public in arts and cultural industries activity, including but not confined to marketing, communications, branding, data analysis and digital engagement
4. Recognise and understand the relationship between strategic arts and cultural management and audience/public engagement in decision-making analysis, planning and evaluation
5. Plan and articulate practice-based responses to the development and engagement of audiences, customers and/or public.
Skills
This course will further enhance students' understanding of the field of arts management, how it relates to their engagement with the 'public' and the relationship between public policy and public engagement. The course is designed to act as a complement to other courses in management, planning and policy and students will be actively encouraged to make connections and synthesise the common learning present through the MA programme. Key transferable skills will be:
• Personal effectiveness
• Analysis and research skills
• Critical and reflective thinking
• Strategic marketing & communication skills
• Planning & evaluation skills
A feature of this course is the use of real case study organisations. This enables students to translate theory in to practice and apply theoretical learning to practical learning in the class environment. Assessments are designed to enable students to test their learning through a combination of theoretical and task oriented exercises.
This module introduces students to theoretical perspectives in cultural policy with attention to its influence on arts and cultural industries management. It will explore how various historical, political, social, economic and cultural contexts and objectives shape cultural policies. It will explore how these in turn define and influence arts and cultural industries’ management and practices in different nation states, and at regional and international levels. Through this it will reveal the tensions and values at play within the cultural policy field.
1. Policy-making in relationship to arts and cultural industries management, theories, models and approaches
2. Political regimes, cultural policy regulations and cultural rights
3. Cultural values and measurements
4. Cultural policy levels: local, (sub/supra)national
5. Intercultural and international policy and diplomacy
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, students are expected to be able to:
1. Engage with and critique key theories underpinning cultural policy through academic study
2. Articulate the ways policy intersects with, and influences arts and cultural industries management and its political, social, economic and artistic role
3. Engage in clear and informed discussion about the nature of cultural policy and policymaking in a regional, national and international context
4. Identify and discuss contemporary and global issues and tensions within the cultural policy field
Skills
Students will gain greater awareness of the public policy landscape in which the arts and cultural industries operate at regional, national and international levels.
Key transferable skills will be:
• Personal effectiveness
• Analysis and research skills
• Critical reading and writing
• Critical and reflective thinking
• Written and spoken communication skills
Research in Arts and Cultural Industries Management
Overview
This module will explore the array of epistemic and methodological considerations and decisions in doing research in the arts and cultural industries.
Arts & cultural industries management & cultural policy research is inherently interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary. Research in these field must therefore consider multiple epistemological approaches including but not confined to arts and humanities: political science, sociology, management studies, cultural studies. Additionally, the field often draws on both academic and practice-based research influenced from within and outside academia.
Content will include:
1. Key concepts (ontology, epistemology, structures of research and discourses, literature review)
2. Research planning: proposal development and literature review
3. Project management and research ethics.
4. Research methodologies: quantitative and qualitative methods, modes of analysis
5. Data collection and analysis
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, students are expected to be able to:
1. Engage with, and critique key theories underpinning arts & cultural industries management and cultural policy research
2. Identify and critique a diverse range of research methods and approaches
3. Situate arts & cultural industries management and cultural policy research with the wider epistemological position as a discipline in arts, humanities and social sciences
4. Formulate a research plan or research proposal with understanding of the theoretical, practical and ethical implications.
Skills
Students will develop an understanding of the different approaches, decisions and tools of research relevant to the study of arts and cultural industries management.
Key transferable skills will be:
• Personal effectiveness
• Project management & proposal development skills
• Analysis and research skills
• Capacity to interrogate and select approach methods and analysis according to an individual research project
• Critical reading and writing
• Written and spoken communication skills
Contemporary Issues in Arts and Cultural Industries Management
Overview
This module is taught in two parts to provide students with an overview of key issues in the contemporary management of the arts and cultural industries and deliver key tools and frameworks to plan and make management decisions.
Part 1:
Overview of contemporary arts and cultural management
Leadership & management
Ethics
Entrepreneurship
Risk and managing uncertainty
Part 2:
Strategic & critical thinking
Approaches to planning & management
Strategic Analysis tools & frameworks Models and governance structures in business
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, students are expected to be able to:
1. Identify a range of influences, opportunities and uncertainties in contemporary arts and cultural industries management
2. Understand what is meant by leadership, management, entrepreneurship and ethics in the contemporary arts and cultural industries
3. Identify how planning, leadership and management might be applied in a range of company structures and scales (as a sole trader, within an institution or SME)
4. Understand and utilise a range of tools and frameworks to analyse internal and external factors of creative businesses
5. Develop critical and reflective thinking skills and apply them to management decisions.
Skills
This course will support essential skills for strategic planning, leadership and entrepreneurship for application in the arts and cultural industries.
Although principally focused on nonprofit management, it will have application to profit-making enterprises.
Key skills:
• Analysis and research skills
• Critical and reflective thinking
• Strategic and business planning
• Group planning and collaboration
• Communication and presentation skills
Essential Skills in Arts and Cultural Industries Management
Overview
This course is delivered using case studies. Working in groups, students will develop core business and management skills and apply them to real arts and cultural organisations.
1. Planning as Decision Making & Evaluation
2. Budgeting, cashflow and financial management
3. Essential planning, practice and techniques of fundraising and income generation
4. Risk and variables in the planning process
5. Time and Resource Management
6. Business essentials: Legal Issues
7. End of Year Accounts and the differing requirements within the private and public sector
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, students are expected to be able to:
1. Learn to identify problems, solutions and opportunities in contemporary arts and cultural industries management in a creative and analytical way.
2. Be equipped with the tools of management - budgeting, fundraising and other means of income generation, planning and evaluation.
3. Recognise and discuss decision-making processes and their influences in programming, product development, budgets, income generation and planning processes
4. Recognise and critique how different models and approaches to arts and cultural businesses respond to the context and market.
5. Develop critical and reflective thinking skills and apply them to management decisions.
Skills
This course will support essential skills for strategic planning, leadership and entrepreneurship for application in the arts and cultural industries.
Although principally focused on nonprofit management, it will have application to profit-making enterprises.
Key skills:
• Personal effectiveness
• Analysis and research skills
• Critical and reflective thinking
• Business planning skills
• Finance, budget and fundraising skills
• Group planning and collaboration
• Communication and presentation skills
(2 seminars each student to have optional 1-to-1 tutorial with convenor)
1. Personal Professional Development & Reflexivity: Developing a Personal/Professional Development Plan and Keeping a Journal
2. Working in the arts and cultural sector (freelance, institutional and international issues)—types of work & contracts
3. Organisational Cultures; Equality, Diversity & Inclusion; Wellbeing, resilience and dealing with uncertainty
4. Event & Project management
5. Presentation, Pitch & Proposal Skills
6.Intellectual Property, Copyright
7. Identifying Networks; Relationships & Opportunities
8. Personal Finance & Business Development
9. Transnational Exchanges in Arts and Cultural Sector work
10. Embedding Reflective & Reflexive Practice
Module includes 18 day working placement to be completed between November and July
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, students are expected to be able to:
1. Recognise key features and approaches to labour and employment practice in the arts, cultural and creative industries sectors
2. Understand and situate your own practice in relation to different working and professional contexts
3. Develop personal planning and reflexive skills to recognise strengths, skills gaps, ambitions and professional development needs
4. Translate knowledge and learning from the programme into relevant transferable skills and professional development plans
Skills
• Personal & professional development planning
• Self-care & resilience
• Practical skills in event, project management
• Presentation & pitch/proposal skills
• Personal budgeting
• Reflective and reflexive thinking
Arts Management Dissertation/Consultancy Research Project
Overview
This is an independent study module in which students complete a piece of independent research. Students choose one of two options:
a) Academic Dissertation
Devise and complete an original written academic dissertation on a pre-approved topic related to arts & cultural industries management and cultural policy.
Students completing their dissertation may choose a number of forms including but not confined to:
• Critical literature review
• Qualitative/quantitative research project involving fieldwork (interviews, case studies, focus groups, surveys)
• Ethnography/autoethnography
• Policy review (engaging in policy analysis within or across a range of fields).
Topics will be approved based on viability, clarity, relevance to the field of arts & cultural industries management and cultural policy research.
All dissertations are required to engage in a thorough literature review as part of their development and completion.
b) Consultancy Research Project
Devise, conduct & report on a research project in response to a consultancy brief devised in advance with independent arts & cultural businesses and pre-approved by academic staff.
Students develop and conduct research, liaise with client organisations, and report their findings and recommendations to a defined brief and timescale (and budget if appropriate).
Examples of this might include:
• Project evaluation
• Archival work
• Historic analysis & review
• Strategic or management review relating to planning, programming, income generation
• Market research
• Participant/audience research
• Work-based project planning & delivery
Students must situate their research within a theoretical context therefore academic reading and literature review must inform and be evident in the methodology and final report.
In both options, students must comply with QUB policies and standards of academic and ethical research.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of the dissertation, students are expected to be able to:
1. Understand how to devise, plan and conduct a research project either to a predefined brief or as original empirical research
2. Apply critical and evaluative thinking and demonstrate this in their writing to a suitable standard
3. Define, design and deliver an academically rigorous piece of research to deadline. applying appropriate research methodology
4. Demonstrate effective communication and project management skills; including for consultancy research projects, understanding client relationships and the consulting process
5. Understand and demonstrate how to synthesise, analyse, interpret and critically evaluate information from a variety of different sources
6. Confidently situate their own research in relation to the theories, knowledge and practice of arts & cultural industries management and cultural policy research.
7. Formulate and argue credible findings, conclusions and recommendations arising from their research
Skills
Students should develop robust capacity to develop and argue a well-reasoned, well-researched contribution to knowledge and practice.
Key transferable skills include:
• Critical thinking, reading and writing skills
• Research & analysis skills
• Independent project management skills, including planning, self-organisation and workload assessment
• Communication and negotiation, managing relationship skills
• Skills in applying theory to practice, and theorising from practice; problem-solving & theorising change
• Specific to topic, a depth of understanding and knowledge of an aspect of arts & cultural industries management
• Written and verbal communication skills
Normally a strong 2.2 Honours degree (with minimum of 55%) or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University in Arts, Humanities, Management, Social Sciences or a cognate discipline.
A 2.2 Honours degree below 55% (or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University) may be considered if an applicant can demonstrate relevant work experience as an artist or in the field of arts administration. Exceptionally, applicants who do not hold a 2.2 Honours degree and who possess relevant experience may be permitted the opportunity to demonstrate achievement at an equivalent level, for example, this could be in a senior management role in an arts/cultural organisation.
The University's Recognition of Prior Learning Policy provides guidance on the assessment of experiential learning (RPEL). Please visit http://go.qub.ac.uk/RPLpolicy for more information. Candidates seeking consideration of prior experience should upload a 2-page CV and written statement of no more than 2 pages.
Applicants are advised to apply as early as possible and ideally no later than 16th August 2024 for courses which commence in late September. In the event that any programme receives a high number of applications, the University reserves the right to close the application portal. Notifications to this effect will appear on the Direct Application Portal against the programme application page.
International Students
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English Language Requirements
Evidence of an IELTS* score of 7.0, with not less than 6.5 in any component, or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the University is required.
*Taken within the last 2 years.
International students wishing to apply to Queen's University Belfast (and for whom English is not their first language), must be able to demonstrate their proficiency in English in order to benefit fully from their course of study or research. Non-EEA nationals must also satisfy UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) immigration requirements for English language for visa purposes.
If you need to improve your English language skills before you enter this degree programme, INTO Queen's University Belfast offers a range of English language courses. These intensive and flexible courses are designed to improve your English ability for admission to this degree.
Academic English: an intensive English language and study skills course for successful university study at degree level
Pre-sessional English: a short intensive academic English course for students starting a degree programme at Queen's University Belfast and who need to improve their English.
This MA in Arts Management will be of benefit for careers within the arts sector, in academia and in areas of public policy. It will also provide a strong foundation for individuals looking to start their own cultural initiatives. http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/sgc/careers/
Employment after the Course
Former students have secured work in a range of arts and cultural organisations, ranging from theatre companies, venues, to digital publishing companies. In addition, a number have been employed within industry development agencies, local government arts offices or have established/further developed their own independent companies. Students regularly go on to develop PhD studies in Northern Ireland and abroad. See our FAQs for more details: https://linktr.ee/QUBAMCP http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/sgc/careers/
Graduate Plus/Future Ready Award for extra-curricular skills
In addition to your degree programme, at Queen's you can have the opportunity to gain wider life, academic and employability skills. For example, placements, voluntary work, clubs, societies, sports and lots more. So not only do you graduate with a degree recognised from a world leading university, you'll have practical national and international experience plus a wider exposure to life overall. We call this Graduate Plus/Future Ready Award. It's what makes studying at Queen's University Belfast special.
1EU citizens in the EU Settlement Scheme, with settled status, will be charged the NI or GB tuition fee based on where they are ordinarily resident. Students who are ROI nationals resident in GB will be charged the GB fee.
2 EU students who are ROI nationals resident in ROI are eligible for NI tuition fees.
3 EU Other students (excludes Republic of Ireland nationals living in GB, NI or ROI) are charged tuition fees in line with international fees.
All tuition fees quoted relate to a single year of study unless stated otherwise. Tuition fees will be subject to an annual inflationary increase, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
There are no specific additional course costs associated with this programme.
There are no specific additional course costs associated with this programme. Applicants should ensure they have funds to cover occasional expenses for cultural visits as well as allowances for photocopying/printing.
All Students
Depending on the programme of study, there may be extra costs which are not covered by tuition fees, which students will need to consider when planning their studies.
Students can borrow books and access online learning resources from any Queen's library. If students wish to purchase recommended texts, rather than borrow them from the University Library, prices per text can range from £30 to £100. Students should also budget between £30 to £75 per year for photocopying, memory sticks and printing charges.
Students undertaking a period of work placement or study abroad, as either a compulsory or optional part of their programme, should be aware that they will have to fund additional travel and living costs.
If a programme includes a major project or dissertation, there may be costs associated with transport, accommodation and/or materials. The amount will depend on the project chosen. There may also be additional costs for printing and binding.
Students may wish to consider purchasing an electronic device; costs will vary depending on the specification of the model chosen.
There are also additional charges for graduation ceremonies, examination resits and library fines.
How do I fund my study?
The Department for the Economy will provide a tuition fee loan of up to £6,500 per NI / EU student for postgraduate study. Tuition fee loan information.
A postgraduate loans system in the UK offers government-backed student loans of up to £11,836 for taught and research Masters courses in all subject areas (excluding Initial Teacher Education/PGCE, where undergraduate student finance is available). Criteria, eligibility, repayment and application information are available on the UK government website.
