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Festival Management
Bachelor's degree Marketing, Sales & Communication 4 year 3 yearFasttrack

Festival Management

Commerce Economics & Entrepreneurship specialisation

Bachelor's degree Marketing, Sales & Communication 4 year 3 yearFasttrack

A glimpse of your future

The festival scene is changing rapidly. New technology, changing visitor behaviour and increasing competition mean you have to keep optimising your operations constantly. After completing the Commercial Economics & Festivals programme, you’ll know how to respond to these changes by making the right choices that impact reach, experience and results. Interested in discovering the various career opportunities? 
Do you want to continue your education after completing the Commerce Economics and Entrepreneurship bachelor’s degree? This bachelor’s degree grants you access to many domestic and foreign master’s degrees.

Look at possible professions

Successful in the festival industry

The festival industry offers plenty of opportunities for professionals who can combine creativity with entrepreneurship. This sector brings together experience, innovation and creativity. The growth of digital ticketing, social media and data-driven marketing is constantly creating new opportunities to reach visitors and grow events. You know how to identify trends, understand audience behaviour, position events successfully and develop effective strategies. With the right combination of creativity, marketing and insight, you’ll help shape the success of festivals and events.

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Starting salary

The gross starting salary for recent graduates of Commerce Economics and Entrepreneuship is approximately €3,139 per month (Higher Education Guide 2026)*.
* Based on the Bachelor Monitor 2026, using salary figures from late 2024/early 2025.

Career opportunities

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What can you do and where can you work?

What can you do once you complete the Commerce Economics and Entrepreneurship programme at Tio Business School?
Nearly every sector of industry has a need for well-trained young professionals with excellent marketing skills. After earning this bachelor’s degree, you can therefore have your pick of many positions and areas of expertise.

Think of professions such as:

  • Eventmarketeer
  • Ticketing specialist
  • Accountmanager festivals
  • Projectmanager marketing & events
  • Revenue specialist
  • Event content creator
  • Marketing manager
  • E-commerce manager
  • Sales specialist
  • Brand manager
  • Entrepreneur 

Where can you work? Examples include:

  • Festival organisers and event agencies
  • Event production companies
  • Local authorities, cultural institutions and tourism organisations
  • Marketing and communication agencies
  • Webshops
  • Multinationals
  • Research agencies
  • SMEs
  • Multimedia organisations
  • Retail organisations
  • Your own business
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From bachelor's to master's degree

With a bachelor's degree from Tio, you will be welcomed with open arms on the labor market. Aiming for a position in upper management? Then Tio's MBA, the Master of Business Administration, is the next step for you. After your bachelor's degree, you will obtain your MBA degree within one year.

The business community is crying out for enterprising and hard-working professionals with a wealth of practical experience. And a diploma from Tio opens even more doors. If you’re eager to start your career right after graduation, a Tio degree will make you well-prepared for amazing opportunities on the job market. Prefer to continue your education? At Tio, we make it simple: you can earn a Master of Business Administration in just one year.

Specialisations

Earn your professional master’s degree with our MBA programme in just one year (full-time) or two years (part-time). In this programme, you can choose from various specialisations:

No matter which specialisation you choose, you will be taught by passionate lecturers with extensive experience in their field. You will learn from their current work experience while tapping into their vast business network. Both of which are valuable assets for a professional like you!

More about our MBA

Alumni association

You can find Tio alumni everywhere! As an entrepreneur and in senior positions in various industries: from SME to multinational. With over 10,000 alumni, Tio offers you plenty of opportunities to build an extensive and valuable network.

Tio Alumni is committed to maintaining warm ties between former students and Tio and to strengthening contacts between its alumni. It offers the thousands of graduates opportunities to meet each other online and offline. Alumni also come together at networking events, masterclasses and events. Via the LinkedIn group Tio Alumni, Tio and its graduates share vacancies, industry information and knowledge. Tio likes to stay in touch with former students. That is why we have an alumni council consisting of former students who are involved in policymaking at Tio.

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