Bachelor’s degree · Initial professional preparation
BA Theatre, Acting (BA Theater, Schauspiel)
BA Theatre, Acting
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) - BA Theater, Schauspiel · Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Award
- BA Theatre, Acting
- Audience & level
- Ages 17–30
- Format
- In personStandard period of study 6–8 semesters
- Price
- CHF 720per term, 2026-27
About this program
Contemporary Bachelor's acting programme in a Major-Minor model, 6-8 semesters and 180 credits (150 in the major), preparing students for regional, national and independent theatre, film and their own performance formats. Individual mentoring supports each student's artistic identity.
- Offering
- Degree program
- Fields
- Theatre acting, Voice & speech, Movement
- Purpose
- Initial professional preparation
- Teaching language
- German
Qualification and recognition
- Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree
- Exact award
- BA Theatre, Acting
- Award status
- Academic awardAwarded by a degree-granting institution.
- Awarding body
- Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK)
Structure and schedule
- Duration
- Standard period of study 6–8 semesters
- Delivery
- In personTaught at the listed teaching location.
- Physical attendance
- Regular physical attendance
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Credits
- 180 ECTS-style credits (major 150 / total 180)Credit systems differ between countries and institutions.
- Teaching location
- Zürcher Hochschule der Künste - GessneralleeGessnerallee 11
Admissions and auditions
Audition required
- Monologues
- Free first-contact session: two monologues (one classical, one contemporary, max 3 minutes each), a self-written/developed scene (max 2 minutes) and a poem or short prose text (max 1 minute). By invitation: a second round and a final round over at most four consecutive days in Zürich.
- Self-tape
- No
- In-person audition
- Yes
- Callback
- Yes
- Audition detail
- First-contact dates for spring 2027 entry in Zürich on 2, 9 and 23 October 2026, plus Vienna and Berlin on 24 October 2026; second round 25-26 November and final round 27-28 November 2026.
- Writing or research sample
- Statement (max 2 A4 pages) on the topic of an actor's social mission today, plus a one-page CV
- Language requirements
- German is the main language of instruction
- Intakes
- Frühling 2027
- Deadlines
- Erstkontakt Zürich 23. Oktober 2026 (Anmeldeschluss: Donnerstag, 15. Oktober); Berlin/Wien 24. Oktober 2026 (Anmeldeschluss 21. Oktober 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition fee per semester (Swiss residents / CH)Tuition · mandatory | CHF 720per term, 2026-27 | Domestic students | 16 October 2026Source |
| Additional semester fee for foreign studentsMandatory fee · mandatory | CHF 500per term, 2026-27 | International students | 16 October 2026Source |
| Semester fee for the Academic Sports Association Zurich (ASVZ)Mandatory fee · mandatory | CHF 35per term, 2026-27 | All students | 16 October 2026Source |
| Registration for the application procedureApplication fee · mandatory | CHF 100one-time, 2026-27 | All students | 16 October 2026Source |
| Admissions examinationAudition fee · mandatory | CHF 200one-time, 2026-27 | All students | 16 October 2026Source |
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: 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)