Course Overview
The MA Contemporary Curating at Manchester Metropolitan University is a postgraduate programme designed for postgraduate students passionate about expressing creativity and innovation. Based in Manchester, England, this programme combines theoretical knowledge with practical application, with a 1-year full-time and part-time structure. MA Contemporary Curating explores the notion of curatorial practice in contemporary culture by addressing a number of inter-related fields of creative practice and theoretical approaches and situating them in a historical and critical context. The course explores different kinds of curatorial issues in addressing exhibition-forms and exhibition-making processes and how we conceive of spaces of production and curating as subjects with our integrated research and practice-led approach. The shifting relationship between artist-institution-curator-critic/writer forms a central element to the co... International tuition fees are £22,000 per year, home/UK fees are £12,400 per year, and a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 is required for admission. Graduates from this programme benefit from strong career prospects, with 83% student satisfaction rating, and a median graduate salary of £19,500 within three years.
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Entry Requirements
📋 Academic Entry Requirements
| Postgraduate Requirement | 2:2 |
🗣️ English Language Requirements
| Test | Overall | L | R | W | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IELTS Academic | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| PTE Academic | 65 | — | — | — | — |
L = Listening, R = Reading, W = Writing, S = Speaking
Tuition Fees & Funding
International Student Fee
£22,000
per year
Home Student Fee
£12,400
regulated fee
Scholarships available for eligible students
Fees shown are for current entry. Fees may increase annually in line with inflation.
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