MA/MS in Cultural Management

This postgraduate programme in cultural management at Bifröst University prepares students for research, planning and management work in the cultural sector, including education and the creative industries. It is a 90 ECTS programme leading to an MA or an MCM degree and is taught entirely through distance learning, in Icelandic. Full-time MA students take their coursework in the fall and spring semesters and then write a 30 ECTS thesis. The MCM replaces the thesis with a 12 ECTS final project alongside 78 ECTS of courses. Only the MA qualifies graduates to continue to doctoral studies; the MCM does not. Courses include cultural economics, financial management in the cultural sector, research methods, cultural policy, project management and planning, and cultural studies, with electives in areas such as media, equality in management and strategic planning for cultural institutions. Applicants need a completed undergraduate university degree, a BA or BS, although other degrees or experience may be assessed as equivalent in exceptional cases.