Diploma · Initial professional preparation
Foundation Course in Acting
The Lir Academy · Dublin 2, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
- Award
- NFQ Level 7 Special Purpose Award Diploma (60 credits)
- Audience & level
- Adults (not specified)
- Format
- In person24 weeks
- Price
- €9,332whole program, 2026/27
About this program
A 24-week foundation diploma in acting run over the Michaelmas and Hilary terms of Trinity College Dublin.
- Offering
- Conservatory / diploma training
- Fields
- Actor training
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Diploma
- Exact award
- NFQ Level 7 Special Purpose Award Diploma (60 credits)
- Award status
- Vocational qualificationA vocational qualification listed in a national system or issued by a national awarding body.
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
- National level
- undefined level undefinedAs stated in the source. A framework level does not make different national awards equivalent.
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- 24 weeks
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Not published
- Credits
- 60 NFQCredit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Teaching location
- The Lir Academy, Trinity Technology and Enterprise CampusPearse Street (at Grand Canal Quay), Dublin 2, Ireland, D02 HW24
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Audition detail
- First-round audition in person at The Lir Academy, Dublin.
- Language requirements
- Candidates must have complete fluency in the English language
- Deadlines
- All eligible candidates who apply before the closing date of February 1st 2027 will receive an audition.
- Official instructions
- Application and audition instructions
Fees
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per class, per term, per year, whole program) and is never converted or added up for you.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: schedule, experience level.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 16 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 16 October 2026)