Launch your career in the dynamic profession of contemporary curating and play a key role in setting cultural agendas. The Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership forges connections between curating, audience engagement, policy, management, critical writing, promotion, production, and new roles emerging in contemporary digital culture. The degree fosters a vision of leadership that is deeply diverse and non-hierarchical, encouraging you to develop a unique philosophy underpinned by a robust and flexible skillset.

Building on UNSW Art & Design’s experience of delivering leading postgraduate education for arts and cultural professionals, the Master of Curating and Cultural Leadership (MCCL) is designed with extensive industry engagement and consultation. With an established and trusted history of producing graduates sought after for their vision, our graduates have secured roles in world-leading cultural institutions such as the Smithsonian, Carriageworks and MAAS.

This degree is for those interested in exploring a wide range of areas across curating and cultural leadership through industry engagement and professional experience with galleries, libraries, archives, museums and other cultural institutions. We deliver our curriculum in close collaboration with our on-campus UNSW Galleries and a broad range of Australian and international creative industries partners. These opportunities allow you to experience integrated, collaborative and diverse industry experiences throughout your postgraduate studies.

This degree provides pathways for both those with backgrounds in museums, galleries, arts organisations, art history and art practice and those who wish to enter curating or cultural leadership from other professional backgrounds.