Creative Industries and Cultural Entrepreneurship
School of Creative Management
Programmes
MA Arts Administration & Cultural Policy
MA Arts Administration & Cultural Policy: Music Pathway
MA Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship
MA Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship
MA Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship: Computing
MA Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship: Design
MA Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship: Fashion
MA Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship: Fashion Management
MA Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship: Leadership
MA Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship: Music Pathway
MA Creative & Cultural Entrepreneurship: Social Innovation
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Learning
Our award-winning approach to teaching is creative and combines academic theory and practice underpinned in values of fair, sustainable and responsible progress.
We teach through a range of lectures, seminars, one-to-one and group tutorials. You will gain practical experience through site visits or live projects. We have designed assessment types to develop skills to navigate your future. We use our local, national and global networks of practitioners and organisations to strengthen your experience and ensure our material is timely and relevant.
You engage with current debates to understand the opportunities and problems that are faced, and solved, by culture and creative enterprises. All students are supported to become critically reflective practitioners who apply taught knowledge to their areas of interest.
You'll have access to specialist software, online learning platforms, and dedicated support for developing digital and entrepreneurial skills. Campus-wide services, including the Library, Careers Service, and Goldsmiths’ Digital Studios provide additional training and resources for content production and communication.
Our programmes are enriched by a calendar of guest speakers, masterclasses and public-facing events. We bring in well-known leaders from the cultural and creative sectors, as well as practitioners, innovators and emergent creatives. We programme speakers situated locally, nationally, and internationally, including the Global South and Global North.
The Sustainable Enterprise London Festival is run by our staff and is open to all students, bringing together an impressive range of professionals to provide insight, discussion and reflections on ethical enterprise, to share the impacts of creative thinking, to build networks and to extend perspectives.
Whether aiming to work for local or global organisations or to launch their own ventures, graduates leave with a strong foundation of knowledge, critical thinking, and the technical and interpersonal skills needed to navigate a rapidly changing professional landscape.
Alumni work across a wide range of cultural and creative sectors, including global businesses, SMEs, non-profit organisations, and government agencies. Many have launched their own businesses and secured external investment, while others pursue further study. Strong connections to the creative and cultural sectors ensure teaching develops the skills and confidence employers are seeking.
Synapse, a programme of workshops and business development support, fosters entrepreneurial thinking and employability. Housed in the School, it operates across Goldsmiths and internationally, and is integrated into many taught programmes.
At Goldsmiths, you’ll immerse yourself in a subject you love within a welcoming and creative campus community.
Based in South East London, our vibrant setting connects you directly to the capital’s business, technology, and cultural networks. Your learning goes far beyond the classroom through partnerships, guest lectures, and real-world industry experience.
You’ll be supported by inspiring academics, dedicated staff, and fellow students who are passionate about making a difference. And because we’re in London – ranked the world’s number one student city (QS Best Student Cities 2025) – you’ll benefit from our close links with some of the capital’s leading creative and cultural organisations.
Discover the campus for yourself with our Virtual Tour.
Teaching
Our award-winning approach to teaching is creative and combines academic theory and practice underpinned in values of fair, sustainable and responsible progress.
We teach through a range of lectures, seminars, one-to-one and group tutorials. You will gain practical experience through site visits or live projects. We have designed assessment types to develop skills to navigate your future. We use our local, national and global networks of practitioners and organisations to strengthen your experience and ensure our material is timely and relevant.
You engage with current debates to understand the opportunities and problems that are faced, and solved, by culture and creative enterprises. All students are supported to become critically reflective practitioners who apply taught knowledge to their areas of interest.
Facilities
You'll have access to specialist software, online learning platforms, and dedicated support for developing digital and entrepreneurial skills. Campus-wide services, including the Library, Careers Service, and Goldsmiths’ Digital Studios provide additional training and resources for content production and communication.
Events and guest speakers
Our programmes are enriched by a calendar of guest speakers, masterclasses and public-facing events. We bring in well-known leaders from the cultural and creative sectors, as well as practitioners, innovators and emergent creatives. We programme speakers situated locally, nationally, and internationally, including the Global South and Global North.
The Sustainable Enterprise London Festival is run by our staff and is open to all students, bringing together an impressive range of professionals to provide insight, discussion and reflections on ethical enterprise, to share the impacts of creative thinking, to build networks and to extend perspectives.
Career development
Whether aiming to work for local or global organisations or to launch their own ventures, graduates leave with a strong foundation of knowledge, critical thinking, and the technical and interpersonal skills needed to navigate a rapidly changing professional landscape.
Alumni work across a wide range of cultural and creative sectors, including global businesses, SMEs, non-profit organisations, and government agencies. Many have launched their own businesses and secured external investment, while others pursue further study. Strong connections to the creative and cultural sectors ensure teaching develops the skills and confidence employers are seeking.
Synapse, a programme of workshops and business development support, fosters entrepreneurial thinking and employability. Housed in the School, it operates across Goldsmiths and internationally, and is integrated into many taught programmes.
Study with us
At Goldsmiths, you’ll immerse yourself in a subject you love within a welcoming and creative campus community.
Based in South East London, our vibrant setting connects you directly to the capital’s business, technology, and cultural networks. Your learning goes far beyond the classroom through partnerships, guest lectures, and real-world industry experience.
You’ll be supported by inspiring academics, dedicated staff, and fellow students who are passionate about making a difference. And because we’re in London – ranked the world’s number one student city (QS Best Student Cities 2025) – you’ll benefit from our close links with some of the capital’s leading creative and cultural organisations.
Discover the campus for yourself with our Virtual Tour.
Research
Research in Creative Industries and Cultural Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths is creative, critical, culturally engaged, and impactful, with strong interdisciplinary links across the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
We explore how cultural policy, business practices, and marketing strategies intersect with cultural production, ethical responsibility, and evolving social values. Whether investigating intellectual property, audience development, artists, or entrepreneurs, our research asks how meaning and identity shape the cultural and creative economies and impact people’s lives.
Our researchers engage with current debates in areas such as sustainable business models, digital transformation, access to the arts, artificial intelligence, innovation strategies, and the social impact of culture and creativity. We are committed to fostering inclusive, socially relevant, and globally connected research that delivers tangible impact across sectors.
Many of our academics work at the interface of research and practice. They collaborate with industry partners, contribute to policy and public discourse, and bring original insights and critical perspectives into creativity, innovation, and cultural strategy.
Our research is strengthened by collaborations with academic and industry partners, including the British Council, the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, Nesta, and a wide range of cultural organisations, NGOs, and public sector bodies. These insights are woven into the student experience through teaching, guest lectures, and supervision.
Our scholars explore diverse areas in the arts, including visual arts, music, and theatre. Topics include musicians and mental health, digital music platforms, congregational singing, hip hop, fandom, culture-led urban regeneration, visual culture, the body, cultural values, legitimacy in arts fields, theatre and the city, and social class in the arts.
We offer a PhD in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship and welcome applicants interested in writing a thesis aligned with any of our research themes.
Research strengths
- Emerging Business Models
- Innovation, Cultural Policy, and Strategy
- Arts and Events Management
Meet the academics, technical tutors and researchers in the School of Creative Management