MSc Museum Education at University of Glasgow

Programme overview

This MSc equips students to lead and reimagine learning in museums and cultural organisations in response to challenges such as climate change, social justice and digital transformation. It combines critical scholarship, creative practice and a professionally embedded placement.

Duration: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time | Intake: September | Location: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core courses are AI, Creativity and Cultural Education; Introduction to Educational and Social Research; Professional Praxis in Museum Education (placement, pedagogy and public practice); Reframing the Museum; Reimagining Futures through Materiality and Narratives; and Sustainable Policy & Practice. Students complete either a research dissertation or a challenge-based dissertation, with fieldwork and museum field trips.

Career pathways

Graduates enter museum and gallery education and engagement, participation, access and inclusion, sustainability and climate literacy, and digital cultural learning roles.

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Application information

Entry requirements

2.2 Honours degree (or non-UK equivalent) in any subject; degrees below 2:2 may be considered with two or more years of relevant work experience (upload a CV). International applicants from non-majority English-speaking countries: IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with no component below 6.0 (other tests accepted).

Domestic applicants: GBP 11,481 a year (2027/28). Home & RUK full-time fee; part-time rates are quoted per 20 credits and are not a programme total Source

International applicants: GBP 27,390 a year (2027/28). International & EU full-time fee Source

Intake: September

Duration: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time

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