Course summary
Are you looking to develop your career in the growing heritage management sector? Are you already working in the heritage industry and looking to further develop your knowledge, understanding and skills of its management? For more than 30 years, the MA in International Heritage Management has provided an advanced qualification in heritage and its management. This interdisciplinary programme draws on the experience of our Heritage experts, who are both leading the research in this field and have practical experience of working in the heritage industry. As a student on the programme, you will also benefit from our international partnerships with government, third sector, NGOs and charitable organisations including Biltmore Estate, Chatsworth House, Historic England, Historic Houses, Imperial War Museum, Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust, National Armouries Museums, National Trust and National Museum Institute India. Our partnerships provide you with the opportunity for placements, internships and to benefit from teaching and specialist lectures from leading industry experts. It offers you the opportunity to engage with a rich and diverse international research community based at the University and researching many aspects of heritage and its management across the world. This international approach will furnish you with the ability to compare and contrast best practice from across the world, which is clearly critical in our global society. The compulsory modules will provide you with a strong theoretical grounding in critical approaches to heritage in all its forms, in addition to skills and understanding of the management of heritage conservation and heritage management practice more broadly, across all areas of the sector. In addition, you will explore themes of heritage interpretation, or how we present heritage to different publics. Throughout the programme, you will learn research methods and will be engaging with professionals and institutions directly, as well as learning from your fellow students' experience in the sector. This programme aims to prepare you for employment in the heritage sector and offers the potential to network with potential future employers. There will be the opportunity to complete placements with our partners and to take part in a study week.
Modules
You will study four core modules: Critical Approaches to Heritage; Heritage Conservation Management; The Business of Heritage; Research Skills and Methods. Your remaining credits can be taken from the wide range of options across departments including History and Heritage, Archaeology, Art History, Curating and Visual Studies, Department of African Studies and Anthropology in second semester.
Entry requirements
We typically ask for an Honours degree in a relevant subject, normally of an upper second-class standard, or equivalent. You do not need to have prior experience of the subject, but we would expect to see evidence of engagement with or enthusiasm about heritage in your personal statement. Students who do not hold a degree to the above standard but are able to demonstrate substantial relevant work experience are also invited to apply. Each application will be considered on a case by case basis.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
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Provider information
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT