Masters Degrees in Heritage Studies

World Heritage, both tangible and intangible, increasingly affects a significant proportion of the world’s population. It is now an essential concept for all engaged in the protection, development and management of heritage.

WELCOME TO MING-AI. This unique one-year MA in Chinese Cultural Heritage Management run in partnership with Middlesex University offers a comprehensive and practical programme focused on the cultural heritage of China and its management and display in museums, galleries and historic sites in the UK and China.

Essential preparation for successful heritage careers. The cultural heritage sector offers a wide range of exciting opportunities in museums, local authorities and heritage agencies, organisations and consultancies.

The MA in International Heritage Management draws upon cutting-edge theory and adopts a global, interdisciplinary approach to considering why the past matters; how and why it is cared for in the present; and the ways in which it can inform the future.

Taking heritage management into the 21st century. Introduced in 2010 in response to the growth in digital heritage practices, this course provides training for professionals who wish to work in digital archiving, visualisation, and museums and heritage sector interpretation, curation and education.

This MA covers practical and theoretical approaches to the key issues and working practices in the field of cultural heritage.

The programme is ideal for students wishing to pursue a career in the museum, heritage and arts sectors with a focus on non-Western art and culture, and both tangible and intangible heritage.

Develop your skills in and knowledge of heritage policy, management, conservation, learning, engagement and enterprise. Gain workplace experience through a placement at a heritage site or organisation in the north-west of England.

The Vikings, alongside tales of the Norse gods, hold perennially popular places in the public imagination.

The programme is ideal for students wishing to pursue a career in the museum, heritage and arts sectors with a focus on non-Western art and culture, and both tangible and intangible heritage.

Through combining arts management with heritage studies, students will develop a sophisticated understanding of the changing political, policy and practice contexts within which the arts and heritage sectors operate today.

Designed for a new generation of heritage leaders, this programme provides the interdisciplinary skills needed to deliver the heritage programmes and projects of the future.

Our Heritage Studies courses will give you the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skill in heritage management, heritage education and interpretation.

This well-established programme at the Ulster University is delivered through the School of Creative Arts and Technologies and is taught on the Belfast campus.

This programme is suspended for the 2019-20 academic year and will resume in 2020-2021. If you have any questions about the programme, or would like to register your interest for 2020 entry, please email the School of European Culture and Languages postgraduate admissions team at .