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Creative Arts and Cultural Industries

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Award Attendance Study Duration Start Domestic fees International fees
BA On-Campus Full-time 3 find out £20350 per year £9250 per year

About Creative Arts and Cultural Industries, BA - at SOAS University of London

The BA Creative Arts is both theoretical and practical in orientation. This interdisciplinary and crosscultural degree gives insight into the varied forms of artistic expressions of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. With a contemporary focus, it enables both broad inter-regional understanding and specialisation on a specific area. The Creative Arts bachelor programme will provide students with a strong theoretical foundation with which to pursue a career in the cultural industries, or to pursue graduate study in these areas. It is designed for students wishing to develop a critical and theoretically informed approach to the arts and the cultural industries, and deals with the creation, interpretation and consumption of various artforms, emphasising regional specifics.

Watch our 'Introduction to BA Creative Arts' webinar to learn more about the programme.

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Why study Creative Arts at SOAS

  • Ranked 13th in the UK in the 2022 QS World University Rankings for Arts and Humanities
  • 94.4% overall student satisfaction (NSS 2021)
  • gain familiarity with the distinctive roles of art, music and film within the cultural sector
  • critical awareness of world art/world cultures/world heritage, with an emphasis on SOAS's regional specialisms (Asia, Africa and the Middle East and their diasporas)
  • regional breadth and depth, with the opportunity for area specializations
  • rigorous interdisciplinary training in theory and critical inquiry
  • synthesis of theory and practice with a curriculum emphasising professional application.

Programme Code: Y001 BA/CA

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings

Start of programme: October

Mode of Attendance: Full-time


Entry requirements

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Why study at SOAS University of London

  • SOAS is in London, which is officially the best student city in the world - and has been for five years in a row (QS World Rankings 2024)
  • There are 5,630 students on campus, from 135+ countries 
  • 2nd in the UK for international faculty (QS World Rankings 2024)
  • Top 30 in the UK (The Times Good University Guide 2024)
  • Top 40 in the UK for research quality Complete University Guide 2024)
  • 6th in the UK for employment outcomes (QS World Rankings 2023)
  • Top 100 in the world for addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals for Peace, Justice, Poverty and Gender Equality (Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, 2023)
  • One of 35 National Research Libraries in the UK. We have over 1.5 million volumes, periodicals and audio-visual materials in 400 languages, focusing on Asia, Africa and the Middle East
  • 87% of research ranked 'world-leading or internationally excellent' (Research Excellence Framework 2021)