Bachelor’s degree · Initial professional preparation
BFA in Acting
Whistling Woods International · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Award
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Acting
- Audience & level
- AdultsBeginner
- Format
- In personThree years, six semesters
- Price
- Not published
About this program
Three-year, six-semester degree combining acting, voice and movement training with camera work and filmmaking appreciation, aimed mainly at cinema acting.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Screen acting, Actor training
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- English
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree
- Exact award
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Acting
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
Stated by the schoolTata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)Partner-awarded degree
Scope: BFA and MA in Acting are offered in association with TISS, which awards the degrees
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Three years, six semesters
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Teaching location
- Whistling Woods International campus, Filmcity
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Audition detail
- Selection weighting: MECAT 10%, Creative Ability Test (written and monologue) 40%, Statement of Purpose 20%, Personal Interview 30%.
- Interview
- Personal interview
- Prior education
- 10+2 or equivalent from any recognized Board.
- Writing or research sample
- Statement of Purpose
- Language requirements
- English proficiency: Beginner/Intermediate
- Intakes
- 2027 intake
- Deadlines
- Entrance Exam: 8th December 2026
- 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.
| Item | Amount | Applies to | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total programme fees, BFA Acting (GST additional)Mandatory fee · mandatory | ₹1,750,000whole program | All students | 16 October 2026Source |
| Application feeApplication fee · mandatory | ₹3,500one-time | All students | 16 October 2026Source |
| Security deposit, BFA ActingDeposit · mandatory | ₹50,000one-time | All studentsRefunds: Refund policy applies on graduation, subject to deductions | 16 October 2026Source |
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: price.
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)