Program Overview

Introduction to the Creative Arts & Industries MA Program

The Creative Arts & Industries MA program at the University of Glasgow offers students the opportunity to engage creatively and critically with a broad range of artistic and cultural practices. This undergraduate program draws on the expertise of staff from across the School of Culture and Creative Arts, specializing in film, television, music, theatre, art, design, and digital media.

Program Structure

The program is designed to provide students with a wide-ranging understanding of cultural forms and practices, as well as the links between them and how they are changing. It also focuses on the ethics and politics of cultural production, acknowledging the inequalities and exclusions present in the cultural industries. The curriculum includes practice-based and collaborative learning, with an international approach rooted in a local context.

Year 1

• Introduction to creative practice
• Introduction to creative industries

Year 2

• Cultural analysis and creative practice
• Creative labour

Years 3 and 4

If students progress to Honours, they will take courses such as:

• Making culture happen
• Media & cultural policy
• Optional courses including Cultures of revolution and Cultural Work Alternatives: co-operation & collaboration
• A broad range of optional courses from across the School of Culture & Creative Arts

In the final year, students undertake independent research resulting in a written dissertation on a topic of their choice, as part of a collaborative placement project or as an independent creative project.

Entry Requirements

For Entry in 2026

Summary of Entry Requirements

• SQA Higher Entry Requirements: BBBB is the minimum requirement from S5 to be reviewed for an S6 offer. Offers are not guaranteed to applicants who meet the minimum from S5. Typically, offers will be made at AAAAB by the end of S6. B at Advanced Higher is equivalent to A at Higher. Additional requirements include Higher English and a Higher Humanities subject at AA (AB or BA may be considered).
• SQA Higher Adjusted Entry Requirements: MD20: BBBB (also other target groups), MD40: AABB. Additional requirements include Higher English and a Higher Humanities subject, with successful completion of Top-Up or one of the Summer Schools.
• A-Level Standard Entry Requirements: ABB BBB, with additional requirements of A-level English or another Humanities subject.
• IB Standard Entry Requirements: 34 (6,5,5), with additional requirements of English HL6 or Humanities HL6 with English SL6.

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry

Applicants who achieve exceptional grades may be considered for advanced entry. The requirements include:

• SQA Higher Requirements for Advanced Entry: Three Advanced Highers at Grades AAA attained in one exam year and at the first attempt. Subjects must be relevant to the courses to be taken at Level 2.
• A-Level Requirements for Advanced Entry: AAA.
• IB Requirements for Advanced Entry: 38 points.

English Language Requirements

For applicants from non-English speaking countries, the University sets a minimum English Language proficiency level. The requirements include:

• International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic and Academic Online: 6.5 with no subtests under 6.0.
• TOEFL (ibt, mybest or at home): 90 overall with Reading 20; Listening 19; Speaking 19; Writing 21.
• Pearsons PTE Academic: 59 with minimum 59 in all subtests.
• Cambridge Proficiency in English (CPE) and Cambridge Advanced English (CAE): 176 overall, no subtest less than 169.
• Oxford English Test: 7 overall with no subtest less than 6.
• LanguageCert Academic SELT: 70 overall with no subtest less than 60.
• Password Skills Plus: 6.5 overall with no subtest less than 6.0.
• Trinity College Tests: Integrated Skills in English II & III & IV: ISEII Distinction with Distinction in all sub-tests.

Career Prospects

The program aims to produce graduates equipped with the skills and knowledge to work constructively, imaginatively, and ethically in the cultural and creative sectors or in the cultural and creative wings of organizations in other sectors. Glasgow is the creative hub of Scotland, offering opportunities to work with production companies, digital agencies, theatre companies, museums, galleries, and cultural institutions.

Degrees and UCAS Codes

• MA (Hons): Creative Arts & Industries, W370 (4 years).

Fees and Funding

Tuition Fees

How and when you pay tuition fees depend on where youre from.

Scholarships

The University offers various scholarships, including:

• World Changers Glasgow Scholarship UG (EU): A tuition fee discount of ｣5,000 for every year of study.
• World Changers Global Excellence Scholarship: An annual tuition fee discount based on the academic college of your chosen degree.
• World Changers RUK Excellence Scholarship: ｣1,000 for each year of study for students who have attained academic excellence in one sitting at A Level.
• Beaconhouse Schools: A 15% discount on the first year of tuition fee.
• World Changers RUK Access Bursary: To support talented students who may not be able to take their place at University for reasons of financial hardship.
• James McCune Smith Undergraduate Scholarship: ｣4,000 per year for students of African/African-Caribbean backgrounds.
• Care Experienced and Estranged Student Bursary: ｣1,500 per year for each consecutive year of the degree programme.
• Undergraduate Talent Scholarships: ｣1,500 p.a. for each year of the degree programme.
• Travel Bursaries: 50% of monthly public transport travel costs to get to University, up to a maximum value of ｣50 per month.
• Sanctuary Scholarships: A full tuition fee waiver along with financial support for living costs.
• Travel Bursary for Forced Migrants: 50% of monthly public transport travel costs to get to University, up to a maximum value of ｣50 per month.
• The Dima Alhaj Scholarship: Available to one undergraduate applicant and one postgraduate taught applicant.
• Glasgow Highland Society Scholarship: Grants of up to ｣500 for new and continuing students.