Gateway to Cultural Management

Gateway to Cultural Management is a Bachelor-level exchange programme offered by Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences. The applicants should be students enrolled at a partner university of Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences and have suitable/related previous study background. The English language skills of students should be approximately on level B2 on the European language scale. One semester of full-time studies normally includes about 25 – 30 ECTS credits worth of courses for each student.

The cultural manager’s core competencies include the design and implementation of productions, productization, brand building, and communication. The cultural manager is able to anticipate and assess benefits of productions, be they cultural, economic, or social.

There is a need for the cultural manager’s competencies in the media and entertainment industry, publishing, sports-related productions, advertising and marketing organisations’ productions, art productions (music, theatre, TV, film), as well as game and other interactive productions. The exchange programme Gateway to Cultural Management offers courses in these fields.

The studies include small group work, expert lectures, company visits, learning assignments, project work and practical training in real learning environments. All courses taught in English by Finnish and visiting foreign professionals.