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Creative Industries

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  • University/Institute Name Radboud University
  • Attendance Type On Campus (Full Time)
  • Position Duration1 year
  • Application deadlineJul 2026
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Position Details (Master's)

In the Creative Industries Master's specialisation, you will come to understand a field buzzing with creativity: where art meets commerce, where culture generates innovation and sustainability.

This Master’s helps you to develop the reflective, critical and curious attitude you need to succeed in this field of the creative industry. You will learn to come to grips with relevant research questions, but also with the methods to weigh those questions, put them in context and provide them with an answer. You will familiarise yourself with policy papers, business plans, scripts for the future, and advanced knowledge of the industries based on the creative product. You will also be able to assess future trends, especially where the industry is concerned. In short, you will have the skills you need to contribute to the development of a young and dynamic creative sector.

After your studies

The jobs you can find yourself doing after graduating from this program are extremely varied. The scope of the creative industries is as diverse as it is vast and it’s constantly expanding, creating lots of new potential jobs. We therefore expect there will be more and more demand for people with an expertise in the creative industries.

Possible occupations

Trend watcher

Consultant art education for an educational organisation

Consultant ‘quality television’ for a national commercial television station

Cultural policy-maker for the government

Festival organiser

Webmaster at a museum

program organiser at a film festival

Creativity is considered quite a desirable commodity in our contemporary culture. Creativity – economists and government officials maintain – is necessary to innovate, and innovation leads to economic prosperity. Yet, what does it mean to be creative? What are creative products?

The creative industries is a dynamic and complex field that changes rapidly due to globalisation and the continual development of new and exciting technologies. At Radboud University we look at many areas of the creative industry, such as fashion, media and education.

Courses include:

  • Core Course Creative Industries
  • Sustainable Creativity
  • Creativity and Arts Education
  • Popular Music and Social Change
  • Sustainability in the Fashion Industries
  • Ethics of Tourism

Research Areas & Fields of Study involved in the position

Position Start Date

Sep 2026