Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road
Birmingham
B4 7XR
Course contact details
Admissions Team
Email:conservatoire.admissions@bcu.ac.uk
Phone:+44 (0)121 331 5901
Fax: +44 (0)121 331 5906
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- Scheme:
- UCAS Conservatoires
- Awarded by:
- Birmingham City University
Course summary
Transform your career with a postgraduate qualification in Acting at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Designed to advance your practical and professional progress, our PgDip Acting course provides intense training from tutors with extensive industry experience.
You will be taught to maintain a high standard of skill and knowledge and how to transform into an independently-minded performer and practitioner. We will enhance your ability to reflect and analyse, through a range of concepts and ideas. You will enhance your technical skills through practice-based study, learning and developing flexibility to confront issues that you may experience within your profession.
Your studies will help to influence and shape your career; previous graduates have been commended by industry for their innovative, challenging project work. Our acting and performances courses have recently been ranked as 3rd in the UK by the Guardian University league table 2019 (drama and dance category).
This course is based the School of Acting at Ruskin Hall in Bournville.
Course details
Principal study options
During the application and audition process, you must select which instrument(s) you wish to specialise in for the duration of your course. On this course, you can choose from the following options:
Main specialism
Only one specialism is studied. It may be possible to study a further instrument, but this will not contribute towards the qualification.
Instrument/specialisms
For all courses, you must select at least one specialism from the 'primary' list. For those studying primary/secondary pathways, two instruments may be selected – one from the 'primary' list and one from the 'secondary' list. Joint pathway students may select any two instruments from either list.
Primary instrument/specialism
- Drama Performance
Ways to study this course
Campuses
- Main Site
Study options
- PgDip • Full-time • 1 Years
Start dates
- 09/2026
Application codes
- Course code:
- W413
- Institution code:
- B34
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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How to apply
If you are an international applicant, or you are applying for a postgraduate course, or are choosing certain assessment locations, the 'on time' deadline may be later in the year - please contact the conservatoire directly.
Application codes
- Course code:
- W413
- Institution code:
- B34
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