The MA Creative Enterprise Art Pathway is the ideal program for those looking to pursue a career in the fast-growing creative sector. 

This course combines leading academic expertise from the School of Arts and Communication Design, Henley Business School and the School of Law, and provides a platform for students to progress in entrepreneurial careers, either pursuing start-up opportunities on their own or taking leading managerial roles in creative firms. It is suitable for students from a range of subject backgrounds with the knowledge and skills to embark on a career as a creative, entrepreneur or manager within the creative sector, and will provide valuable experience of major galleries, museums and collections and engage in public exhibitions and curatorial projects.

Students will be taught by dynamic, high-profile international artists. All of Reading's staff are practicing artists, curators and writers and their research-led teaching offers opportunities for students to engage with exhibition and curatorial initiatives, theoretical texts and publication projects.

The art pathway develops students' individual practice and research within a collaborative environment, with opportunities to engage in public exhibitions and curatorial projects. Modules draw on the research strengths of art at Reading in a distinctive blend of critical practice and theory. Together, they map the contemporary art world exploring the production, dispersion and critical analysis of art and its institutions.

Combine modules in management and entrepreneurship with a selection of modules in critical art practice and theory.