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with Jim Le Fevre from University for the Creative Arts

This toolkit includes information and resources to help you support students applying to conservatoires.

Here, we provide in-depth information about the range of subject areas you can study at postgraduate level.

Music scholarships, grants, and bursaries are available to students who show exceptional musical talent, whether they’re studying a music degree or not. Find out how to apply, extra benefits you can get, and more.

Universities and colleges in the UK offer students from overseas an amazing opportunity to study in the UK at some of the world's leading higher education providers.

Every year, thousands of adults go into higher education and many study at a conservatoire. It's a great chance to develop skills and career options.

Widening participation aims to support and encourage students whose personal circumstances put them at a disadvantage when pursuing higher education. Universities and colleges offer dedicated scholarships, grants, and bursaries as part of this.

You can study performance-based music, dance, drama, and musical theatre courses at conservatoires in the UK – at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

UK conservatoires are excellent places for international students to get high quality training in music, dance, drama, or musical theatre. Students come from all over the world, to gain performance skills they can use to succeed on international stages.

How to choose a conservatoire course and when to apply. Courses are available in music, dance, acting, and musical theatre at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

We publish a wide range of undergraduate, conservatoire, and teacher training statistics and analysis reports throughout the year, for use across the education sector and beyond.

A record 1,250 talented performers from outside of the EU have applied through UCAS Conservatoires to study music from September 2020, up 25 per cent on last year, and the third straight year of sharp increases.

UCAS today publishes the 2014 UCAS Conservatoires End of Cycle Report, a detailed analytical report setting out the nature of admissions to this important part of higher education provision

UK universities should take advantage of Chinese students’ rising interest in creative arts degrees to remain competitive on the world stage, a new report has found.

Professor Julian Lloyd Webber, renowned cellist, conductor and Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham City University, and Ace, the guitarist from rock band Skunk Anansie, and Head of Creative Industry Development at the Academy of Contemporary Music, will appear at a UCAS event for people who wish to explore a career in the creative arts.

The report provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the UCAS Conservatoires admissions scheme. It looks at the nature of admissions into this important part of higher education and highlights key trends.

Liam Vincent-Kilbride, from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, has been announced as the winner of this year’s Take the Spotlight competition.

UCAS analysed 300,000 students’ personal statements this year and found all university applicants - from future accountants to fine art scholars – use a blend of career and passion-related words to promote their suitability for the subject.

Students across the country have the opportunity to win up to £2,500 by creating a short video or writing an essay on their experience of life at their conservatoire.

Students in London interested in dance, film or music degrees should visit UCAS’ upcoming Compose Your Future event to learn about the artistic options on offer.

Students in London interested in dance, film or music degrees should visit UCAS’ upcoming Compose Your Future event to learn about the artistic options on offer.