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Kedge Business School
MSc in Arts and Creative Industries Management

Paris, France

DURATION

1 up to 2 Years

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Full time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

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EARLIEST START DATE

Sep 2025

TUITION FEES

EUR 22,400 / per year *

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

* early bird discount of 5% off tuition fees for any application completed before February 28th, 2025

Fast-track counseling

By contacting the school, you'll get access to free priority counselling for any study and application questions.

Key Summary

About: The MSc in Arts and Creative Industries Management focuses on equipping students with essential skills for managing creative sectors. The program offers insights into marketing, management, and strategic planning tailored for arts and creative industries. Through a mix of theoretical knowledge and practical experience, students learn to navigate this dynamic field.

Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue various roles in creative sectors such as arts administration, project management, and cultural policy. Opportunities may also arise in creative consultancy, event management, and marketing within the arts community.

Introduction

Since 2004, thanks to the expertise of the Creative Industries & Culture research group, the school has enabled students to specialize in the management of arts, culture, and creative industries. Let us introduce you to the new MSc in Arts & Creative Industries Management of KEDGE based in Paris.

France is unique in its wealth of cultural heritage and its lively creative sector. This country famed for its “cultural exception” supports a wide diversity of productions. France identifies a unique notion of artistic, cultural, and creative goods which distinguishes them worldwide. Artists and creators will be invited to talk to the students to show them the diversity of the field and encourage them to be inspired by their vision.

Why choose this program?

French Spirit

Get the best out of our artistic, cultural, and creative organizations management. France is unique in its wealth of cultural heritage and its lively creative sector. This country famed for its “cultural exception” supports a wide diversity of productions, here culture is not seen as simply a commodity like any other. France identifies a unique notion of artistic, cultural, and creative goods which distinguishes them worldwide.

Academic and Professional Expertise

The program is managed by the Creative Industries & Culture Research Center. It produces and shares knowledge about the management of creative industries and culture. A team of 15 researchers is involved in the center, publishing about 30 articles in the field each year.

From prestigious arts institutions to small dynamic creative firms, we have many partners in the arts, culture and creative industries providing up-to-date knowledge of current practices, debates, and trends, through workshops, visits, and study trips. These professionals guarantee a high quality of contextual learning and networking to access the market.

Innovative Pedagogy: On-site Course and Study Trips

Teaching is immersive, it draws on research expertise, but also has strong links with professionals, using methods such as on-site courses in arts, culture, and creative organizations, practitioner workshops with many brand names, study trips (French Riviera, Creative France, etc.) and projects for organizations in the creative field.

International Seminar

Over two weeks, international experts in Arts & Creative Industries Manage¬ment will come from all continents in Paris for a seminar in Comparative Management.

Meetings with Creators

Artists and creators will be invited to talk to the students to show them the diversity of the field and encourage them to be inspired by their vision. In joint seminars, our students will meet other students from arts and cultural schools, such as designers from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs.

Scholarships and Funding

At KEDGE, We strongly believe that funding concerns should not prevent students from accessing the course of their choice.

We recognize that taking on a degree requires motivation as well as a personal and financial commitment. To help you create your path towards your dream career, the school offers a range of scholarships to ambitious and talented international students.

Who can apply for a Scholarship?

Only non-French students applying to our International BBA, our Specialised MSc, and our Master in Management Grande Ecole Programs are eligible for those scholarships. Exchange students are not eligible for these scholarships.

Early Bird Scholarship

Applications received during the Early Bird Discount period will automatically be granted a 10% discount on the tuition fees. To be eligible, students must submit all of the required documents for their application by 28th February 2019 on join.kedge.edu.

While Early-bird discounts can be cumulated with merit-based scholarships.

Merit Scholarships

Academically gifted students can apply for merit-based scholarships: the Achievement Scholarship or the Academic Excellence Scholarship. To support their applications, the candidates for Merit Scholarships need to provide a motivation statement and proof of their academic achievements.

Both Merit Scholarships are dedicated to exceptionally talented students. Your application will be assessed on two criteria: the grade obtained during your interview with our academic team and the interview and the academic record (GPA, GMAT, GRE, etc.).

To support their applications, students are expected to provide a motivation statement and any proof of academic excellence or extra-curricular achievements.

Achievement Scholarship	15% discount on the tuition fees
Academic Excellence Scholarship	20% discount on the tuition fees

The merit-based scholarships are non-cumulative (i.e. only one merit scholarship can be granted per student) but could be cumulative with the Early Bird Scholarship.

Kristen Hoey Scholarship - ISLI MSc

This scholarship is available for students from the United States of America, who hold a degree from a US university and wish to join the ISLI MSc program. This scholarship is awarded in memory of Kirsten Hoey a talented alumnus of the ISLI program. Each year, a selected number of American students with excellent academic records will receive a 50% discount on their tuition fees. To be eligible, students will be required to submit a motivation letter online which will be submitted to Kirsten HOEY’s family and the MSc program Director.