Global Creative Industries BA

Course overview

Are you passionate about creativity and looking to turn that passion into a career? This course gives you the skills and knowledge to build a successful career in the exciting world of global creative industries. You’ll explore how technology and global trends shape creativity, and learn what makes human creativity so special. Plus, you’ll get hands-on experience by working with well-known companies or starting your own projects.

The cultural and creative industries are a vital component of the global economy that shape how we understand the world and our place in it. This course is suitable for those with a broad range of interests such as creative arts students, business and economics students, technology enthusiasts, students with a humanities or social sciences background and those who are aspiring entrepreneurs!

Your course will be based in the School of Performance and Cultural Industries, where you will be taught across four Schools in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures and benefit from leading experts in creative industries practice and research.

You’ll be able to tailor the course to your personal ambitions by choosing to study a range of optional modules on themes including Marketing and Audiences, Enterprise and Management, and Policy and Politics. You’ll also have access to guest talks from industry professionals, and you’ll be encouraged to participate in career events such as workshops and networking sessions.

This course will equip you with the skills and confidence to forge your own path into a meaningful and rewarding career as a creative leader, manager, and thinker.

Entry requirements

A-level: AAB

Other course specific tests:

Where an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A-levels, this would be ABB at A-level and grade A in the EPQ.

We interview all eligible applicants for this programme.

International Baccalaureate

Career opportunities

This course is creating a new generation of creative leaders, managers and thinkers within the creative industries. Traditional career trajectories may not apply in this dynamic sector, but this course will provide you with the skills and confidence to take advantage of opportunities, as well as encouraging you to forge your own route into meaningful and rewarding work.

Embedded across four Schools within the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Culture, you’ll be taught by world-leading academics and practitioners who'll provide specialist knowledge on working across the creative sectors.

The Global Creative Industries course will help you develop essential soft skills for any career. Through projects and presentations, you'll improve your communication, learning how to express your ideas clearly and confidently. Working in teams on group tasks will strengthen your collaboration skills, while tackling real-world challenges will enhance your problem-solving abilities. You'll also learn to manage your time and stay organised, handling multiple projects and deadlines effectively. Along the way, you'll build critical thinking and adaptability, preparing you not just for your studies, but for a successful future in the creative industries.

Suggested pathways through the course will further develop skills and experience in marketing and audiences, enterprise and management, and policy and politics. These areas of focus open a broad range of career opportunities within and around the creative industries, whether working with creative enterprises, or in creative consultancies or related public sector roles.

Importantly, throughout your study you will be equipped with the critical skills that enable you to be adaptable and resilient in the rapidly changing worlds of work. You will learn how to recognise where there are new opportunities, and how to identify and then answer emerging questions that will shape creative organisations.

Professional development will be enhanced through guest talks from professionals in the creative industries, analysis of case studies and assessments attached to real world briefs. There are additional School-level employability programmes, such as The Next Stage and Media Futures.

Within the Faculty there's increasing careers support for international students, as well as a deep understanding of the specific characteristics of careers in the creative industries that students can engage with and be supported by during their time at the University of Leeds and beyond.