The Cultural and Creative Sector in the 21st Century: Impact and Purpose. Measuring impact is a fundamental process for valuing the transformative capacity a sector can have within its environment. To date, culture and its constituent sectors have faced significant challenges in conducting comprehensive and aggregated measurements of their impact, which may have led to a lack of recognition of their relevance to our economy and society. This course will allow students to specialize in establishing verified and agreed-upon parameters that enable us to accurately measure the social impact of culture.   

Design and Management of Cultural Projects. This course offers theoretical and practical training in designing, managing, and communicating cultural projects, covering everything from strategic planning and entrepreneurship to the management of institutions, events, and cultural programming.   

Narrative Design and Digital Culture. Digital design is the present and future of design because it is heard, it moves, and it manifests itself in diverse ways. Understanding its possibilities, its usability principles, its history and references, and above all its communication and narrative potential is key to operating in the 21st century. It develops formulas for digital culture from a humanistic and multidisciplinary perspective, to delve deeper into concepts and discourses beyond the tools themselves.  

Art and Design for Transformation. This course addresses art and design as strategic tools for understanding the present and building responsible futures, applying rigorous and creative thinking to develop innovative solutions in institutions, organizations, and social contexts. 

Expanded Art and Creative Research. This course addresses contemporary art as a field of knowledge and research, integrating creative methodologies, critical thinking, and cultural engagement. Tools such as cultural mapping and autoethnography are explored, along with their ethical implications, to develop artistic projects with a research focus and impact on the current cultural context.

External academic internships. With the subject of external academic internships, students will have a direct experience in the professional environment of the cultural and creative sector, through their temporary incorporation in museums, art centers, foundations, festivals and other cultural institutions of the Balearic Islands.

Master’s thesis. Original individual work in which the student has to apply the set of knowledge learned and the skills acquired throughout the different subjects of the master’s programme. 

Applicants interested in undertaking the master’s degree and applying for a scholarship must be eligible for admission through one of the options outlined in the “access and admission” section. (https://esbaluard.org/master/#acceso-y-admision)

The Master’s Degree in Creative Thinking and Strategic Design of Cultural Projects is aimed at individuals interested in acquiring multidisciplinary knowledge capable of connecting art history and fine arts with environmental studies, anthropology, science, economics or innovation, using artistic processes and strategic design as methodological tools.

These scholarships are intended for profiles with a high capacity for innovation, critical thinking and potential for development in the field of contemporary cultural projects.

Up to six scholarships may be awarded for the 2026–27 edition of the master’s programme, distributed across different categories.

The programme consists of 4 scholarship categories with the aim of encouraging participation in the training programme.

Each category includes different conditions.

• Category 1

2 scholarships covering 100% of the tuition fee.

Aimed at individuals with organisational and coordination skills who can support certain aspects of programme management and logistical assistance.

These profiles are not linked to specific academic qualifications.

• Category 2

1 scholarship covering 100% of the tuition fee.

Aimed at individuals with communication skills who can contribute to the programme’s media and strategic development on social networks.

This profile is not linked to specific academic qualifications.

• Category 3

1 scholarship for individuals in vulnerable situations covering 100% of the tuition fee.

This category will take into account the following situations of applicants:

• Victims of abuse.
• Individuals in situations of economic vulnerability.
• Individuals with disabilities.
• Individuals in the process of regularising their residency status.
• Category 4

2 open scholarships covering up to 75% of the master’s tuition fee.

Applicants must complete the application form and submit the required documentation within the established deadlines, as well as pass a personal interview.

Submission of documentation

• Motivation letter, with a maximum of 600 words.
• Official Spanish university degree or equivalent (according to access route to the master’s)
• Academic transcript: average grade of previous studies (according to access route to the master’s)
• Documentation: ID card, NIE or passport.
• Curriculum vitae detailing the applicant’s data, education and professional experience or trajectory, including information on language proficiency.
• In the case of Category 3 scholarships, documentation* proving the applicant’s vulnerable situation.

Deadlines and application procedure

The application deadline is 17 August 2026.

To apply for the scholarship, the form annexed must be completed and the required documentation sent to mastereb@esbaluard.org.

The subject line of the email must read: “Scholarship Application Master Creative Development + scholarship category applied for”.

Selection process and evaluation criterio

The evaluation committee will be composed of at least three members of the Master’s Degree in Creative Thinking and Strategic Design of Cultural Projects programme team.

Selection will be based on the overall assessment of candidates in terms of the suitability of their academic and professional background to the programme, as well as the reasons motivating their interest.

These scholarships prioritise talent and creative capacity over exclusively quantitative criteria.

In the event of a tie between candidates, the possibility of conducting a personal interview will be considered.

* Specific documentation Category 3 scholarships

• Victims of abuse
  – Supporting documentation from the Institut Balear de la Dona and/or a police report (a confidentiality agreement will be signed by Es Baluard Museu).
• Individuals in situations of economic vulnerability
  – In the case of salaried individuals, a personal income tax return must be submitted, showing an income below €20,000. A sworn declaration of non-cohabitation with other individuals must also be provided.
  – In the case of family income, it must be below €20,000.
  – In the case of individuals without income but living in family units, the income of cohabiting individuals must be submitted and must be, in total, below €20,000.
  – In the case of self-employed individuals, a tax return below €20,000 and personal income tax (IRPF) documentation must be submitted.
  – In the case of unemployed individuals, a report of uninterrupted registration as unemployed must be submitted.
• Individuals with disabilities
  – Certificate accrediting the degree of disability issued by the Direcció General de Dependència.
• Individuals in the process of regularising residency
  – File/application in process of residency regularisation.

In all cases, a sworn declaration of the accuracy of the information provided must be submitted.

Regulations

• The scholarship is granted exclusively for the corresponding academic year.
• The total amount of financial aid may not exceed the total cost of tuition.
• Applying for a scholarship does not guarantee that it will be awarded.
• The scholarship only covers first enrolments.
• Withdrawal from the programme will result in the loss of the scholarship and the repayment of the amount granted.