Professional Diploma in Creative Enterprise

Unit 1 The Creative Entrepreneur – This unit introduces you to the enterprise skills that are necessary to kick‑start your creative business venture. You will consider how to position and brand your creative enterprise business in a fiercely competitive marketplace while gaining an appreciation of your chosen sector’s policies.

You will examine business models, and develop skills in project management, copyright laws, fundraising and budgeting, pitching proposals, marketing and social media. You will also develop a secure working knowledge of health and safety standards and the associated legislations. 

Unit 2 The Creative Practitioner – Define your enterprise ambitions and research and develop your creative ideas. You will have a chance to develop and shape your business idea and creative skills in order to identify and distinguish market competitors directly operating within your chosen field. You will also have a chance to cultivate your networking skills and start building a database of contacts as you start to engage with the industry. 

Unit 3 The Creative Enterprise – Here you will develop, formalise and present a sustainable creative enterprise business plan. You will take control of your professional development by independently initiating a feasibility study, which will support and inform an in‑depth enterprise business plan. The business plan will outline all the budgetary, legal, branding, marketing and health and safety requirements while also contextualising your own practice within the wider industries. 

This qualification is designed for students who intend to
start up their own project or company and wish to explore and extend their
creative practice within their chosen industry. There are no specific
recommended prior learning requirements for this qualification. However,
students may find it helpful if they have already completed A‑Levels, Level 3
Diplomas, a relevant apprenticeship or they have relevant industry experience.

Learners should have achieved GCSE grade 4 or grade C (or an
equivalent level 2 qualification) in both English and Maths.

International students are expected to demonstrate that they
have a good level of written and spoken English with a minimum IELTS (or
equivalent) score of 6.0.

Students are expected to be aged 18 or above to undertake
this qualification. 

To achieve the Level 4 Professional Diploma in Creative
Enterprise, students must successfully demonstrate their achievement of all
learning outcomes as detailed in this qualification specification.  This qualification is assessed through: 

• two internally assessed and moderated units, which are subject to quality assurance by UAL Awarding Body
• one internally assessed unit which is marked by the centre and moderated by UAL Awarding Body

You can expect to take part in employer focused work based
learning projects. 

Students completing the UAL Level 4 Professional Diploma in Creative Enterprise will have the skills and understanding needed to progress to:

• Employment / Self‑employment Students completing this qualification may set up their own company, become a freelancer or progress directly into employment.
• Higher education The qualification will support students to develop a portfolio of work, enabling them to progress to higher education courses or conservatoires.

Other Costs: £4670.00 If you are 18 years old on the 5th September 2025, there are no fees to pay for this course.If you are 19+ years old on 5th September 2025, please note the course fees are: £4670.00.  You can apply for an Advance Learner Loan to pay for this course. 

This is representative of the most common fees scenario, but actual fees can vary depending on a number of factors. Please contact us if you need more guidance.