Be the master of your career
Take ownership of your creative career
Discover your leadership potential in the creative or cultural sector with the Master of Creative Industries.
Enjoy the freedom of choice with this highly customisable course. Complete 12 units from a broad range of elective options, from marketing to user-experience, conservation to entrepreneurship, and finance for creative businesses. Get inspired with guest lecturers and course content from leaders working in the nation’s top creative and cultural institutions. Plus, build networks that will help shape the future deals and connections of your career.
Adobe Creative Campus
Study with the tools you need to excel, at Canberra's first Adobe Creative Campus.
Connect and grow
Build networks that will shape your career.
Let your career thrive
Gain the skills needed to excel in your career.
Adobe Creative Campus
Study with the tools you need to excel, at Canberra's first Adobe Creative Campus.
Connect and grow
Build networks that will shape your career.
Let your career thrive
Gain the skills needed to excel in your career.
Tailor your degree to suit you and your career goals.
Take your degree step by step so you can balance work, life and study.
Refine your professional judgement, negotiation skills and creative problem- solving skills.
Refine your ability to form and nurture business relationships.
Graduate
In 2 years (full-time), 4 years (part-time) *
In 2 years (full-time), 4 years (part-time) *
Intakes in February and July
16 units*
Domestic students
Reduced fees available with Commonwealth Support Places
International students
$4,500 per unit
Learn more about fees and cost
*Students continuing from a recognised Graduate Certificate in the Creative Industries suite will only need to complete 12-units, completing in 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time.
UC is Canberra’s first Adobe Creative Campus, offering full, FREE access to Adobe Express! All UC students can use Adobe Express for free, while students in creative disciplines can also gain free access to Adobe Creative Cloud.
Whether you’re telling a story through visuals, building a portfolio or exploring new creative possibilities, you’ll have the resources to turn ideas into reality. Plus, you can earn badges that will help you stand out to potential employers! Upskill in Adobe by taking a short training course that demonstrates your skills in visual design, social media and more.
With over 1,500 active creative business in the ACT and the largest proportion of creative knowledge workers in Australia (5.6%), the creative and cultural sector is booming in the national’s capital. As a result, the ACT Government is committed to investing in increasing the number of leaders in the creative and cultural sectors.
The Master of Creative Industries will equip you with a refined set of creative leadership skills, ensuring you stand out and have the right skills to position yourself for success. Upon graduation, you’ll be ready to take on a broad range of management and executive level roles across the creative and cultural sectors.
Meet your course convenor
Denise Thwaites was awarded her PhD in 2014 and has since worked in a variety of roles across the contemporary arts sector, including positions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery and Australia Council for the Arts. Denise has worked at both internationally and locally engaged scales, leading curatorial projects for programs such as MoneyLab (Amsterdam), This Is Not Art Festival (Newcastle), New Beginnings Refugee Culture and Arts Festival (Sydney), Next Wave Festival (Melbourne) and the ACT Government’s Creative Recovery and Resilience Program (Canberra).
Over the past twelve years, Denise has designed, developed and taught innovative courses at several Australian higher education institutions and looks forward to connecting with new students through the Master of Creative Industries, supporting them to define a unique pathway to success in the contemporary creative and cultural sector.
What you will learn
Choose to specialise or mix and match units to suit you and then complete either a work integrated learning or research unit (total of 16 units required).
Creative Industries
Digital Marketing
Creative Leadership
Heritage Materials Conservation
Creative Business
Work Integrated Learning
Research Project
You may be eligible to defer payment of your tuition fees via the Commonwealth Government’s FEE-HELP loan scheme.
Visit FEE-HELP for lots of useful information about eligibility, how to apply and pay. You can apply for FEE-HELP once you have enrolled in a course.
Graduate Certificate in Design
Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries
Delivery: Online & On campus
Duration: 2 years (part-time) 1 year (full-time)
Intakes: February & July
Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries
Delivery: Online & On campus
Duration: 2 years (part-time) 1 year (full-time)
Intakes: February & July
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