MSc Methods and Topics in Arts Management
Milan, Italy
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
07 May 2025
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 9,050 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* non-EU residents | €6,625 for EU residents per year
Introduction
The Methods and Topics in Arts Management program’s aim is to provide students with a strong international perspective on visual and performing arts management. The program focuses on the following areas:
- Advanced courses in the field of Management of the Arts, aimed at transferring core competencies to students, ranging from entrepreneurial capabilities to the application and use of digital technologies
- Field trips in the field of both visual and performing arts, to get direct and hands-on experiences of art systems and their peculiarities
- Methodological courses to get robust and reliable lenses to read and interpret dynamics within cultural industries, including the study of social networks and networking
- Courses related to the area of design and urban studies, to provide students with a strong opportunity to connect artistic and managerial thinking and to promote a more inclusive view of the urban context
- Internship or cultural research study, where students can choose to do an internship in a cultural organization or to carry out a research project in a cultural company, under the direct guidance of the professor.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Total ECTS: 120
First-Year
- Accounting and Fundraising in the Arts
- Advanced Economics and Management of Arts
- Advanced English in the Cultural Industry or Italian Language (for not Italian students)
- Digital in the Arts or Design Thinking
- Law and the Arts
- Statistics for Arts Management
- Strategy in the Arts or Human Resource Management in the Arts Industry
Second Year
- Comparative Cultural Policy
- Internship or Cultural Research Study
- Social Networks Theory and Analysis for the Cultural Sector
- Study Tour in the Visual and Performing Arts Field
- Urban Cultural Studies
- Elective Courses
- Thesis
Elective Courses
In order to allow our students to complete in the best way their Master of Science, it is warmly suggested to choose the elective courses from the following ones (which are planned and taught specifically for the MaTam profile) unless they have already been attended:
- Design thinking.
- Digital in the Arts
- HR management in the arts industry
- Strategy in the Arts
- Research design in arts management
Program Outcome
Degree Awarded: Master's Degree in Economics and Management of Cultural Heritage and Entertainment
MaTAM’s learning objectives include:
- providing students with advanced interpretative frames to read the dynamics of the art field at the international level;
- nurturing abilities to analyze and to intervene in the art field to advance it, in a process of mutual respect among art, creativity, and management;
- stimulating an entrepreneurial mindset in the fields of fine arts, design, and management
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
- Project management in art institutions and creative companies
- Producer in art and creative companies
- Fundraiser for cultural and creative projects
- HR advisor for managing artistic and creative teams
- Responsible for marketing and communication in the art and creative field
English Language Requirements
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