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Master of Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship (Coursework)

Masters

Cultural Studies

Entrepreneurship

Arts

Welcome to our M.A. in Arts and Cultural Entrepreneurship programme. Our programme offers a solid foundation in the administration, management, and leadership of arts and culture. It will prepare you as future leaders of the creative cultural industry.
You will learn from industry practitioners and professional educators about entrepreneurial creativity and how it shapes new enterprises and leads to entrepreneurial growth. You will also learn the core strategic skills in the administration, management, and leadership of arts and cultural organisations, resources, and infrastructures, from managing festivals, events, and museums, to working in community development, heritage tourism, education, and government

Faculty

Arts and Social Sciences

Communications and New Media

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Communications and New Media, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences National University of Singapore Blk AS6, #03-41 11 Computing Drive Singapore 117416

CNM educates future media professionals using an integrated and multidisciplinary approach that reflects today’s converged media environment. Students majoring in CNM can take courses in journalism and public relations (traditionally offered in communication programmes), visual design (traditionally offered in arts programmes), game design, and human-computer interaction (traditionally offered in computer sciences) within one academic department. Students can also take courses in new media regulation and policy, social psychology, and the culture industries as well as sociology, political science, history, philosophy, computer sciences, and business.
In this regard, Communications and New Media (CNM) at the National University of Singapore is the only department in Southeast Asia that offers media studies, interactive media design, cultural studies, and communication management with a focus on new media. Our multidisciplinary approach offers students opportunities in experiential learning through international and local competitions, exhibitions, service-based projects collaborating with external clients, internships, student exchanges, and interactions with industry practitioners. With faculty members hailing from top communications schools from around the world, bringing with them innovative methods of teaching, students benefit from an understanding of trends coupled with an eye on the evolving industry.
With this multi-faceted understanding of new media and communications, CNM graduates will be able to work in a wide spectrum of private corporations, public agencies, non-profit organisations, and media-related industries in policy formulation, public relations, corporate communication, media relations, media design, games design, journalism, research, and information management positions, among others.

Scholarships

No scholarships provided for the programme

Commitment and Candidature

Commitment	Average Candidature	Maximum Candidature
Full Time	1.5 Year	2 Years
Part Time	2.5 Years	4 Years

Target Audience

This program is tailored to suit the requirements of creative professionals and satisfy the high demands of Singapore’s and Asia’s constantly evolving cultural and creative industry sector. If you are interested in exploring how creativity can be utilized as a driving force for culture, economy, and society, then this Master’s program is an ideal option.

General Admission Criteria

Criteria		Minimum Score
GPA		An NUS Honours degree (Merit/Second Class and above) or the international equivalent (e.g., a four-year Bachelor’s degree with at least an average grade of B or equivalent); or Bachelor’s degree (at least an average grade of B or equivalent) in related fields, and with a minimum of two years of relevant work experience; or other qualifications and experience subject to approval by the Graduate Studies Division, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
English Proficiency Tests	TOEFL Internet-based	100 / 120
English Proficiency Tests	IELTS	7 / 9

There should be basic training in the social sciences, sciences, business and economics, humanities, law, or computing in the applicants’ general education

Shortlisted candidates maybe invited to attend an admission interview via tele- or video-conferencing. An overall evaluation of the candidate’s profile will be considered for the admission.

Please refer to the Faculty’s website here for the complete admission requirements and here for a list of supporting documents required.

Application Periods and Intakes

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