Master - Arts Management

1 year: Duration

20,100 EUR: Price

Nov 2025: Start

June 2025: Deadline

Master: Degree

Campus: Format

Multiple Locations / Italy: Location

IED Istituto Europeo di Design: School

Program description

Master's students in arts management at IED Firenze and IED Roma will gain experience working in the world's three most renowned art centers (Florence and Rome first, but also Venice for a week-long workshop).

We will work together to forge a unique identity for you, one that is informed by a humanistic worldview, an appreciation for the arts, and an entrepreneurial attitude that fuses imagination with practicality.

You will be a part of creating and coordinating cutting-edge cultural events as part of your training.

Adapting and mediating material, artists, and venues will become second nature as you hone your design, planning, marketing, and commercial acumen.

You will soon discover how to best work with these three elements, all of which contribute to the success of an event.

Program structure

The study plan of the Master is organized to be a unique path divided into two semesters held in Florence and Rome.

In addition to two operational modules, students will participate in a special week in Venice, in collaboration with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

The courses propose exercises and case studies related to the city in which they are held to better understand and contextualize the cultural values and heritage in which the students are immersed.

Florence:

History of Visual Arts
Museum Management
Festival Management
Museum Display and exhibition design
Project Management
Art and cultural communicatio
Graphic Tools
Professional Talks

Roma:

Professional Talks
Business Management
Public relations
Visual Identity
Communication strategy
Final Project

Venice:

Peggy Guggenheim Experience

Price

Fee for 1 year education is 20100.00 EUR for international students

Requirements for applicants

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

The application can be sent by anyone who holds a First Level Academic Diploma, a BA Degree or other equivalent qualification (graduates of private schools at University level) or with an equivalent professional experience in the disciplinary area of the course.

Grad students may also participate, provided that they get their degree by the date of discussion of the Master’s Final Project.

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

To ensure course contents are fully understood, IED demands applicants a B2 level - Vantage or upper intermediate - Common European Framework of Reference for Languages - of the language in which the course is taught.

In order to demonstrate the required language proficiency, non-native speakers have to submit a language certificate or undergo a language test run by IED.

Admission and enrolment procedure

After you meet your Admission Advisor for an informative interview and check the entry and language requirements, you will be able to access your reserved area on the admission platform by using the credentials provided by your Advisor, and upload the following documents:

updated CV;
portfolio if requested;
a letter of motivation in the language of the course;
pre-enrollment form, available in the personal area;
a copy of the Bachelor’s degree if available;
transcripts of university exams;
ID or passport;
self-certification of residence;
tax code.

Once you complete the upload of all the documents, you will be invited to a motivational interview aimed at deepening and evaluating the skills acquired during previous studies, the qualifications and marks obtained, any professional experience made, individual aptitudes and motivation to attend the course

About the university

Since 1966, we have been the largest Higher Education Network in the creative area to keep both a worldwide perspective and a strongly Italian cultural matrix.

Our educational strategy has evolved over time, but at its core remains the same: we mix theoretical study with hands-on experience and the expertise of working experts. One of the things we emphasize in our classes is always thinking ahead, in the here and now. We are a diverse, multidisciplinary institution that views design as a tool for social transformation.

Among the many international academic networks in which we participate are Cumulus, Elia, and WDO, just to name a few.

Campuses

In the 1970s and 1980s, we expanded to Rome (1973), Cagliari (1984), and Turin (1989) in Italy.

Beginning in 1994 with the Madrid campus and continuing on to Barcelona in 2002, Spain's modern era began in the 1990s.

The Group also spread internationally, establishing a presence in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2005, and then in Venice, Italy, in 2007, Florence, Italy, in 2009, and Como, Italy, in 2009, with the acquisition of the Aldo Galli Academy of Fine Arts. The Group expanded its footprint in Brazil in 2014 by renovating the Cassino da Urca and opening a campus in Rio de Janeiro; in 2020, the Group will expand its presence in Spain by purchasing the Centro Superior de Diseo Kunsthal in Bilbao.