The Master’s Program in Art and Cultural Management at Yeditepe University Faculty of Fine Arts aims to educate professionals capable of critically analyzing the institutional, social, and technological transformations shaping the contemporary art and cultural field, and of approaching the management, production, and representation processes of art and cultural institutions with theoretical depth and strategic insight. The program is structured within an interdisciplinary framework that integrates advanced theoretical debates with research-based practices.
The curriculum combines art history, aesthetics, philosophy of art, and contemporary cultural theory with specialized fields such as museum studies, curatorial practices, exhibition design, and collection and archive studies. In addition, topics including cultural policies, art law, creative industries, institutional analysis, project development, funding and sponsorship models, audience research, and digital culture are addressed through critical and research-oriented perspectives. This structure enables students to analyze artistic and cultural production and circulation processes within their historical, social, and economic contexts.
The primary objective of the master’s program is to cultivate graduates who can examine the relationships between art, culture, institutions, audiences, and industry in a multi-layered manner; critically assess the managerial, aesthetic, and ideological dimensions of cultural institutions; and produce original research and high-quality projects.
Graduates of the program may pursue professional careers as managers, curators, researchers, consultants, or project coordinators in museums, galleries, art centers, cultural institutions, festivals, research centers, and creative industries at both national and international levels. The program also provides a strong theoretical and methodological foundation for doctoral studies in fields such as art and cultural management, cultural policy, art history, media studies, and cultural studies.
