Turn Your Creative Experience into Creative Industry Leadership
Applications are now open for Northwestern University’s MS in Leadership for Creative Enterprises.
The creative industries are changing fast. New technologies, evolving business models, shifting audiences, and emerging opportunities are reshaping how entertainment, media, arts, and culture are created, financed, marketed, and experienced.
Northwestern’s MS in Leadership for Creative Enterprises (MSLCE) prepares professionals to lead through that change.
In this one-year master’s program, you’ll develop the strategic, business, analytical, and leadership skills to turn creative ideas into impact. You’ll learn alongside a cross-disciplinary community of professionals with experience spanning film and television, music, theater, visual arts, media, marketing, fashion, and other creative sectors.
Build the skills to lead what’s next.
Through an interdisciplinary curriculum and real-world experiences, MSLCE students explore:
- Strategy, innovation, and new business models shaping the creative economy
- Leadership and organizational decision-making in creative environments
- Marketing, finance, entrepreneurship, law, data, and emerging technology
- Cross-sector perspectives that connect entertainment, media, arts, and culture
- Experiential learning that puts ideas and skills into practice
- Professional development funding to pursue meaningful career and networking opportunities
A Northwestern degree designed for creative professionals.
Complete the program in one year of full-time study, or choose a part-time path. Students can begin in September or January and gain access to Northwestern’s interdisciplinary academic community and Chicago’s dynamic creative economy.
Where will you take the creative industries next?
Explore MSLCE, meet our community, and discover what you can build at Northwestern.
Learn more → creative.northwestern.edu