Masters Program in Arts Management
Rome, Italy
DURATION
1 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
11 Nov 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 20,300 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* fee & fee extra UE: €17,300 | total fee UE & total fee extra UE students: €20,300 | enrolment fee: €3,000
Introduction
Create and manage large-scale cultural projects and enjoy an innovative, interdisciplinary experience on the Master's Course of Arts Management at IED Firenze and IED Roma
The Master's Course of Arts Management at IED Firenze and IED Roma will train up a professional Art Manager in a top cultural context across 3 art capitals (Florence and Rome first, but also Venice for a week-long workshop). Together we will develop your personal identity, shaped by a humanist, arts-related, and business spirit that combines creativity and action.
As part of this training, you will be involved in delivering and managing innovative cultural events. You will master design, planning, marketing and business skills, finding ways to adapt and mediate content, artists and spaces. These three factors have all an impact on the success of an event, and you will soon learn how best to work with them.
Why choose it
The Master's Course in Arts Management at IED Firenze and IED Roma is your best option if you want to turn yourself into a complete professional figure, responsible for the successful coordination of every step and every process of producing a cultural event uniquely and knowledgeably, but most importantly, with your own style.
In such a growing and evolving scenario and as multifaceted as the art world, this Master's Course provides an advanced course that makes continuous renewal its rationale and is a reference point for managerial figures involved in the production and circulation of visual culture. Your role will be key to the lives of cultural institutions: you will manage resources but also innovative and flexible communication tools, developing and adapting complex creative strategies in a variety of contexts.
This Master's Course, with a strong international focus, is a unique opportunity to experience life in the atmosphere of three Italian art capitals with an incredible cultural heritage and a unique style such as Florence, Rome and Venice. More than a Master's Course, it is a full-immersion experience with a very high interdisciplinary rate covering a wide range of skills and with a very strong practical structure that integrates both visual and performing arts, as well as design, management, business and fund-raising knowledge.
Cooperation with renowned partners such as institutions in the art world (including Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, MUS.E, MIBAC) will provide you with the opportunity to meet with experts from the art and cultural sectors, and gain an insight into the job market.
The main software you will need during your course is provided by IED!
Ideal Students
Who is it for?
The Master's Course in Arts Management at IED Firenze and IED Roma is for students with undergraduate education in humanities, arts and economics. It is also open to anyone with a degree in a creative discipline or at least two years of professional experience, working in an area of arts and culture.
This career path is for those who want to combine their passion for art with strong organisational skills. This training is for those seeking a multicultural environment and a network of international contacts as a way to work out a successful career and expand their own vision with a focus on creative thinking.
As an Art Manager you will be somebody in high demand in the contemporary arts environment sharing horizontal knowledge in such areas as festivals, museum and exhibition planning or display, as well as storytelling museum communication.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
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If you dream of working in the creative field, IED is the right place to develop your skills.
Choose our Master's Programs and Master of Arts courses: they are designed in partnership with important companies and provide the necessary resources to develop a solid professional identity. To enroll in our Courses, you must have a three-year degree, an equivalent Diploma or have gained at least two years of work experience in the chosen Master.
Curriculum
Syllabus
Course contents
This Master's Course is divided into two work modules: the one in Florence focuses more on design and event and exhibition organisation in the areas of visual and performing arts. The excellent level of museums in Florence is a source of great inspiration for future art managers. The module held in Rome, on the other hand, focuses on a cross-media approach in art productions.
Indeed, the dissertation project is about creating and managing a cultural production in the city of Rome, as you field-test your own cultural, organisational and technical skills. A special week of meetings at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice is also held as part of the training.
- History of Visual Arts
- Museum Management
- Festival Management
- Museum Display and exhibition design
- Project Management
- Art and cultural communication
- Graphic Tools
- Professional Talks
- Business Management
- Public relations
- Visual Identity
- Communication strategy
- Peggy Guggenheim Experience in Venice
- Final Project
Program Outcome
Methodology and structure
The Master's Course of Arts Management at IED Firenze and IED Roma aims to provide and enhance all the theory and practical tools you need to coordinate project development of an art and cultural world event, covering everything from needs analysis to budgets and communication plans to fund-raising logic. In a laboratory-like environment that fosters interdisciplinarity, knowledge exchange and teamwork, you will experience 11 months of lessons and face-to-face activities, visits to museums, galleries, archaeological sites and specific projects.
This Master's Course is divided into two work modules: the one in Florence focuses more on design and event and exhibition organisation in the areas of visual and performing arts. The excellent level of museums in Florence is a source of great inspiration for future art managers. The module held in Rome, on the other hand, focuses on a cross-media approach in art productions.
Indeed, the dissertation project is about creating and managing a cultural production in the city of Rome, as you field-test your own cultural, organisational and technical skills. During the Master Course students will have the opportunity to attend a week art tour in Venice and one in Naples.
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English Language Requirements
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