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The online MLitt in Museums, Heritage and Society is designed for professionals in the sector looking to enhance their skills and advance their careers, while also welcoming recent graduates seeking to enter the field.
This flexible programme offers advanced training that combines theory and practice which is relevant across a wide range of museums, galleries, and heritage organisations. Throughout your studies you will develop critical skills that enable you to engage meaningfully with society and drive positive change within the sector.
The Museums, Heritage and Society programme is online and self-paced, with options to study for a PGCert, PGDip, or MLitt. Students will learn through a mixture of lectures, discussion boards, individual, and group tasks. The programme's self-led approach means students can access modules and components at a pace and on a timetable that suits their work and study environment.
Recent graduates of our in-person course, Museum and Heritage Studies, which includes similar modules, have gone on to work for a range of institutions, including:
The Careers Centre offers one-to-one advice to all students as well as a programme of events to assist students in building their employability skills.
The MLitt in Museums, Heritage and Society welcomes applications from students from all disciplines relevant to museum work, such as:
Fees will be charged evenly across each academic year, based on the maximum length of study confirmed for your specific programme. For example, an MLitt student will be charged £6000 per year for a three-year period.
Students completing in a shorter length of time will have fees adjusted at relevant points in their programme so that the full fee has been charged prior to completion.
If you have graduated from the University within the last three academic years, you may be eligible for a 15% discount on postgraduate taught tuition fees. Terms and conditions apply.
The University of St Andrews is committed to attracting the very best students, regardless of financial circumstances. There are a variety of postgraduate loans and scholarships available.
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