Offered by Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada, BA/BS in Creative Industries is a bachelor's degree in Arts & Culture programme. The programme runs for 4 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 38,733 per year (CAD 7,466 per year for local students).
This Bachelor of Arts program takes an interdisciplinary approach to preparing students for management, leadership, and entrepreneurial roles across creative sectors such as media, design, advertising, entertainment, fashion, heritage, and the visual arts. Coursework addresses how creative ideas are turned into viable business models, alongside marketing, finance, distribution, legal agreements, technology, and design thinking. The first year includes business essentials, an overview of the creative industries, communication fundamentals, and liberal studies, with more specialized content following in later years. The program is full-time over four years and requires a mandatory internship placement within the industry as part of its experiential learning component. It suits students who want to work on the business and management side of a creative field rather than as practising artists or designers themselves, aiming at roles such as account manager, producer, distribution agent, or event manager, and who value the flexibility to explore several different creative sectors rather than committing to one craft discipline from the outset.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:70.00 / %
Admission Requirements: Direct entry requires the OSSD with six Grade 12 U or M courses, including English (ENG4U/EAE4U preferred) at a minimum of 70%, and an overall average of at least 70% to be considered; the effective admitting average has historically run 70-75% and can fluctuate with application volume and space available. Applicants without Ontario schooling may be considered with the recognised equivalent, which TMU determines at its sole discretion. The programme page defers to the university's general admission requirements for English proficiency: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall (no minimum band), TOEFL iBT 92, Duolingo English Test 120, PTE Academic 60 or CAEL 70. No portfolio or interview is listed for this programme.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Toronto Metropolitan University sets one guaranteed-consideration date for both domestic and international applicants applying for Fall 2027 entry: complete applications and amendments received by 1 February 2027 receive equal consideration for admission, and TMU says this same date applies to 'all domestic & international applicants.' Non-academic ('Grades-Plus') requirements are generally due around this point too, though the exact date varies by programme. For Winter 2027 (January-start) entry, TMU's program-status page gives domestic applicants a guaranteed-consideration date of 1 December 2026, with most programmes closing applications in mid-December; a limited number of programmes separately accept international applications for winter admission subject to space availability, but TMU publishes no fixed closing date for those international winter applicants. Admission is not rolling: late applications are considered only as space allows after the guaranteed-consideration date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
