Cultural & Creative Industries

To apply for a place on MA Cultural & Creative Industries, please complete the online application process, myApplication (via the link above), making sure to provide the required supporting documents:

• two references from previous or current academic tutorsa complete or partial transcript of your first degree results, showing your breakdown of marks module by module. This is obtainable from your degree-awarding institution.
• a sample of your previous academic writing (following the guidelines below)
• a personal statement of 500 words (following the guidelines below)
• if English is not your first language, and your degree was not taught and assessed entirely in English, we require relevant English language qualifications to be provided. Please note that we will still be able to consider your application even if you do not yet have an English language certificate. In this case, any offer made will be given on more the condition that you meet King’s College's English language requirements, which will be detailed in your offer letter.

We aim to make a decision within four - six weeks of receiving your complete application. The busiest times for year for applications are February to June. We do not interview applicants, but you are welcome to contact us and visit the department at any time in the year.

In assessing your application we will look for the following:
Academic capabilities:

• interest and ability in studying cultural theory and history, and in understanding the broad contexts of the cultural and creative industries
• appreciation of the cultural, social and economic importance of the cultural and creative industries
• potential to raise critical questions about existing knowledge and assumptions regarding the cultural and creative industries

Academic interests:

• should match the broad themes that inform MA CCI teaching, i.e. cultural theory and history, cultural production, cultural consumption and cultural governance.

Career interests:

• should correspond to the sectors on which MA CCI teaching focuses, e.g. visual arts, museums, performing arts, popular music, cultural heritage, cultural policy, film and media.

Applicants must submit both a personal statement and a sample of previous academic writing. The personal statement should explain why you wish to apply for this programme and why you feel it matches your interests, academic background, and, if relevant, your career plans. The personal statement should not exceed 500 words. The admission tutors strongly prefer succinctly written statements that show your capability to explain key points within the given limit of word count. The sample of previous academic writing should be minimum 2000 words, either originally written in English or translated into English by yourself. This writing sample will normally be an essay or part of an essay written for an undergraduate degree. It may include previous markers' comments in the margins. The essay should be a demonstration of your ability to investigate a well-defined topic or question, to undertake original research, and to construct a coherent argument well supported by relevant evidence and full citation of sources (i.e. footnotes or in-text referencing, and a full bibliography). We do not require the writing sample to be on a topic directly relevant to MA Cultural and Creative Industries, e.g. if your first degree was in philosophy, you should send us an essay in this area. If your first degree was in a discipline where research papers are not commonly assigned, please send in a sample of your written work from the final year of your degree, indicating the question and/or the brief that you were given for this assignment.

Self-funded; Graduate School and School of Arts & Humanities studentships and bursaries.