Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
Mount Street
Liverpool
L1 9HF
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Email:admissions@lipa.ac.uk
Phone:0151 330 3000
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Acting
- BA (Hons)
- 3 Years
- Full-time
- 09/2026
- Undergraduate
- Main Site
Course summary
We aim to produce versatile, creative and thoughtful actors, able to take responsibility for shaping their own careers.
We offer you a rigorous programme of technique, rehearsal and performance practice through a wide range of repertoire in both live and recorded media.
This is combined with classes that encourage you to cultivate yourself as an enterprising, self-reliant actor with the necessary business acumen to find and create work to achieve a sustained career.
Number of places available each year: 20
Modules
/ YEAR ONE:
The Actor's Preparation: Acting Principles 1 /
The Actor's Preparation: Acting Principles 2 /
The Actor's Preparation: Acting Principles 3 /
Artistic Practice 1
// YEAR TWO:
The Actor's Process: Project 1 /
The Actor's Process: Project 2 /
The Actor's Process: Project 3 /
Artistic Practice 2
/// YEAR THREE:
The Actor's Performance: Professional Production 1 /
The Actor's Performance: Professional Production 2 /
The Actor's Performance: Professional Production 3 /
Artistic Practice 3
Assessment method
Your assessment takes place during practical classes and rehearsals, performances and your reflective journals. Overall, assessment is based on applications of technique in performance situations, either in front of an audience or in workshops.
The coursework element is focused on your future career, your working environment and critical life skills. In your third year you undertake an optional practical or written research project. Again, career focused and chosen by you.
Practical/written work ratio
80% practical work / 20% written course work
Qualified teacher status (QTS)
To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:
- Course does not award QTS
This course is not accepting applications at this time. Please contact the provider to find out more.
This course is not accepting applications for deferred entry.
Ways to study this course
Campuses
- Main Site
Study options
- BA (Hons) • Full-time • 3 Years
Start dates
- 09/2026
Apply by
14 January
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
Application codes
- Course code:
- W410
- Institution code:
- L48
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus Code:
- -
- Points of Entry:
- Year 1
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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What does this TEF outcome mean?
How to apply
This course is not accepting applications at this time. Please contact the provider to find out more.
Apply by
14 January
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- W410
- Institution code:
- L48
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus Code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 64 points
Minimum of five GCSEs grade C (these should
normally include Maths and English Language).
For applicants taking the reformed GCSE
qualifications, we will consider the new grade 4
as being equivalent to a grade C.
Minimum of 64 UCAS points is normally
required. This equates to:
* Two A-Levels at grade C. All A-Level subjects
accepted excluding General Studies. Points
from AS and Key Skills are not counted
* BTEC Extended Diploma – Merit, Pass, Pass
* BTEC Diploma – Merit, Merit
We accept all equivalent UK and overseas
qualifications including Advanced Diplomas,
Irish Leaving Certificate, Scottish Highers,
European, International and Welsh
Baccalaureate, Abitur, Vitnemål and SAT/ACT.
A level - CC
All A-Level subjects accepted. Points
from AS and Key Skills are not counted.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - MPP
Access to HE Diploma
Complete and pass course
Scottish Higher
Combination of Scottish Highers accepted to achieve equivalent points
Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.
Additional entry requirements
- Audition
- Successful applicants will be invited to audition
- Interview
- Other
- Acting applicants are required to submit some additional information by 15th January. Applicants who apply before 15th January deadline will be contacted to request further information.
Historical entry grades data BETA
This section shows the range of grades students (with UK A-Levels or Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diplomas) who received offers were previously accepted with (learn more). It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place. Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Republic of Ireland | £9790 | Year 1 |
| EU | £22750 | Year 1 |
| England | £9790 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9790 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9790 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9790 | Year 1 |
| International | £22750 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9790 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Additional fee information
LIPA will charge the maximum approved tuition fee per year. The tuition fee shown above for home students is for 2026 entry and is still subject to parliamentary procedure. In England and Wales, tuition fees for home undergraduate students are subject to the government fee cap, which the government has announced will be £9,790 for the 2026/27 academic year and £10,050 for the 2027/28 academic year (subject to parliamentary approval). Maximum tuition fee levels for the 2028/29 academic year and beyond have not yet been set. Fees may change in line with inflation and/or any adjustments to the government fee cap. These changes may affect fee levels for continuing students for subsequent years of study. We will communicate fees to you as soon as we can in advance of the relevant academic year.
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