Actress Katie Holmes has enrolled in Harvard University's Business Of Entertainment, Media And Sports programme.

Holmes, 38, is attending classes under her company's name Noelle Productions Inc, which is taken from her middle name, reports pagesix.com.

The course, according to the school's website, promises to teach students how to launch and manage creative products and portfolios, manage talent and develop other important strategies. 

Professor Anita Elberse, Holmes's teacher, shared a photograph on Instagram featuring her famous new students, including Irish rugby player Jamie Heaslip, former American football player Rashean Mathis, basketball player CJ McCollum and footballer Gerard Pique, who is married to singer Shakira.

Holmes also shared the same image on social media and wrote: "I'm so thankful and excited to be Harvard Business School with so many brilliant people. Anita Elberse."