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Drama Schools in United Kingdom

29 verified schools and studios with a teaching location here, offering 71 programs and classes. This is the research done to date, not a complete list of every provider.

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72 programs & classes

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About actor training in United Kingdom

How actor training is organised

Full-time actor training in the UK is delivered by specialist drama schools and conservatoires as well as university drama departments, mostly as three-year BA (Hons) Acting degrees entered by audition rather than by academic grades alone. Some schools hold their own degree-awarding powers, while others have their degrees validated or awarded by a university.

Source: rcs.ac.uk/about/our-history/

Qualification structures

Names and levels are local to United Kingdom. Similar names in other countries are not interchangeable.

BA (Hons) Acting validated by a university
Several drama schools offer a BA (Hons) whose degree is validated or awarded by a partner university, for example RADA (King's College London), Mountview (University of East Anglia), ArtsEd (City St George's, University of London) and Drama Studio London (University of West London). Source
Conservatoires and colleges with their own degree-awarding powers
Some institutions confer their own degrees: Rose Bruford College reports Taught Degree Awarding Powers, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland reports its own powers from the Privy Council, and LIPA reports Office for Students powers for students enrolling from 2025-26. Source
Foundation and short courses
Schools also run shorter routes, such as Oxford School of Drama's six-month Foundation Course in Acting and RADA's six-week Advanced Acting Fundamentals, which carry no degree award. Source

Languages and auditions

Teaching languages. Teaching is in English; the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland states an IELTS requirement of 7.5 overall for its BA Acting.

Admissions and auditions. Acting degrees are typically entered by audition. Published practice includes a first-round self-tape followed by in-person recall workshops (Guildhall, RWCMD, Italia Conti), with applications made through UCAS Conservatoires or UCAS plus a school application form, and an audition or application fee at most schools. Source

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Official study information

Country information last reviewed 16 October 2026. 6 sources consulted.