Master of Creative Industries

Be the master of your career

Realise your leadership potential and let your career thrive in the creative or cultural sector with the Master of Creative Industries.

Tailor your degree to suit you and your career goals with a broad range of elective units up for offer. Pursue your passions whether that be in marketing, user-experience, conservation, entrepreneurship, or finance for creative business.

Get inspired with guest lecturers and course content from leaders working at the cutting-edge of the creative and cultural industries. Build networks that will help shape future deals and connections for your career.

Study a Master of Creative Industries at UC and you will:

Work Integrated Learning

Through your choice of research, work integrated learning or a work-based project, you will apply what you’ve learnt in the real world. We will help to match your placements and project options with industry partners who are most aligned with your interest areas, or you can choose to complete your project in your current place of work.

Applicants must have an undergraduate degree (AQF level 7) or equivalent as approved by the University Admissions.
Applicants who have completed the Graduate Certificate in Academic Foundations (EDC201) are also eligible for entry.

Students who have completed one of the following Graduate Certificates at UC may apply, and receive credit for the units completed under the Graduate Certificate:
- Graduate certificate in Creative Industries;
- Graduate Certificate in Digital Marketing;
- Graduate Certificate in Heritage Materials Conservation;
- Graduate Certificate in Creative Business;
- Graduate Certificate in Creative Leadership;
- Graduate Certificate in Design.
- Graduate Certificate in Screen Development

Students who have completed two or three (including the Graduate Certificate in Creative Industries) can receive up to 36cp of credit into this Masters.

Students who have completed the Graduate Diploma in Creative Industries at UC can articulate into the Masters course with 24cp of credit as completed under the Graduate Diploma.

Applicants with a completed Bachelors degree in a related/cognate field may be granted credit for up to 6cps of specified and 6cps of unspecified credit.

Defence Members who hold an equivalent rank of O-1 or above as an officer or chaplain, or E06 and above as an SNCO, are eligible for direct entry into this Masters degree as part of the Veteran Tertiary Support Program.

You can use professional experience and prior learning to enter into a postgraduate qualification at UC through our Professional Pathway Entry program. If you have significant work experience or hold industry-recognised qualifications, this program could be your route to bypass undergraduate study and accelerate your career. Explore Professional Pathway Entry https://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/get-into-uc/admissions-programs/professional-pathway-entry

An IELTS Academic score of 6.5 overall, with no band score below 6.0 (or equivalent).

Career opportunities

Study for less with Commonwealth Support Places (CSP)

A course with Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) means the Australian Government has subsidised a portion of your degree, reducing the total balance you are required to pay (known as the student contribution amount).
The CSP amount is determined by the course you are undertaking and the industry you'll be working in after graduation.
For more information on CSP, click here.