MA Cultural Heritage Management

About the course

1 year full-time

This course combines expertise from the Management School with specialist heritage provision from the Department of Archaeology. Fully accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), it provides excellent vocational training for a career in the cultural and heritage industries.

Entry requirements

Minimum 2:1 in any subject plus English Language GCSE grade C or above.

English language requirements for overseas students

Overall IELTS grade of 7.0 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component, or equivalent.

Entry requirements for international students

Core modules

• Managing People in Organisations
• Accounting and Financial Management
• Strategic Management
• Introduction to the Creative and Cultural Industries
• Cultural Leadership and Management
• Marketing and the Cultural and Creative Industries
• Heritage, History, Place and Identity
• Dissertation

Teaching

• Seminars
• Lectures
• Projects

Assessment

• Coursework assignments
• Dissertation

Fees and funding

You may qualify for AHRC and University of Sheffield studentships. If you're considering applying for funding, we recommend you contact us as soon as possible.

Financial information for postgraduate taught courses

Any questions?

If you'd like to know more about any aspect of our courses, contact us:

Kathryn Goldsack
E: k.goldsack@sheffield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)114 222 5104

Your future

This course is excellent preparation for a career in the cultural and heritage industries.

Sheffield graduates hold archaeological posts in Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia. They use their expertise in universities, museums, archaeological consultancies, heritage parks and government.

World-leading expertise

You'll be joining a department that nurtures leaders, not followers. Our track record is excellent – in every national assessment since 1992 we've made the UK top ten for archaeology research. This strength in research feeds directly into our teaching, so as a masters student you learn from the best.

The foundations of great teaching

The research that underpins our teaching is organised into four areas: bioarchaeology and human evolution; landscapes and environments; material culture and technologies; and Old World archaeology.

There are several specialised research centres here: Sheffield Centre for Aegean Archaeology; Sheffield Centre for Archaeobotany and Ancient Land-Use; Sheffield Centre for Historical Archaeology; Zooarchaeology Laboratory. Their projects, conferences and seminars all add to the quality of your course.

Jobs include Historic Buildings Projects Officer, Commercial Field Archaeologist and Postdoctoral Researcher.

Specialist facilities

We make sure you have everything you need to explore your ideas. We have a complex of laboratories, imaging and GIS resources and storage facilities. There are labs for research and teaching in environmental archaeology, human and animal skeletal analysis, landscape and aerial archaeology, dendrochronology and materials sciences.

Global fieldwork

You'll also have the opportunity to get involved in our research projects in the UK, mainland Europe, Asia and Africa

Apply now

You can apply for postgraduate study using our Postgraduate Online Application Form. It is a quick and easy process.

Postgraduate Online Application Form