Acting BA

Apply your passion and complete your actor training at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire – we offer drama school level training to mould you into a versatile actor and help you launch your professional career. Our acting and performance courses have been ranked 3rd in the UK in the Guardian University league table 2019 (drama & dance category). This course scored 100% for overall satisfaction in the 2017 National Student Survey. Our BA (Hons) Acting course is designed to develop you practically, personally and professionally and prepare you for this challenging industry. We have carefully designed a contemporary course that will train you for a creative career in front of a stage, screen or radio audience. You will receive specialist training in voice, movement and singing, graduating with the skill and aptitude to take on the exciting and dynamic world of the dramatic arts. This course equips you with the skills you need to become a professional actor; continually stretching and challenging you to reach new levels of personal achievement and self-discovery. As a vocational actor training course, full commitment and attendance for a minimum of 30 contact hours a week, for a minimum of 30 weeks would be expected. Our graduates go on to achieve success in all areas of the industry; on stage, screen, radio and through writing, directing, and forming their own theatre companies. We encourage our graduates to be flexible, adaptable and entrepreneurial; supporting them in developing the skills they will need in the industry when they leave us after three years of intensive training. In their final year our actors perform Showcases in both Birmingham and London which are attended by agents, casting directors and potential employers. They also perform in three productions in external theatres in the city, create a radio play, and produce a show reel of their screen acting work. Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is one of 20 member institutions of the Federation of Drama Schools. The FDS brings together all of the major drama schools that were formerly members of Drama UK.

UCAS Tariff - 64 points
AS
Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications (AS Levels must be in different subject to A-Levels) to obtain 64 pts

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Foundation Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

Pearson BTEC Extended Diploma (QCF) - MPP
Pearson BTEC Diploma (QCF)
Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

Pearson BTEC 90-Credit Diploma (QCF)
Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

Pearson BTEC Subsidiary Diploma (QCF)
Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

Pearson BTEC Certificate (QCF)
Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

Scottish Advanced Higher - DD
Achieve a minimum of 64 tariff points achieved in either three Advanced Highers or from a combination of two Advanced Highers plus two Highers. Where three Advanced Highers have been taken achieve a minimum of grades DDD Where a combination of Highers and Advanced Highers have been taken you must achieve (grades of DD in two Advanced Highers plus grades of DD in two Highers).

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Obtain a minimum of 24 points overall For students who do not already hold a GCSE in English Language at Grade C/4 or above Standard Level English Language (not literature) English A - Grade 4 or above or English B - Grade 5 from the IB Diploma will be accepted

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)
" Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

Extended Project
Must be in a topic related to the degree subject being applied for Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Pass the Irish Leaving Certificate with a minimum of 64 tariff points, achieved in five Higher level subjects. This must include English Language taken at either Ordinary Level (minimum grade O1-O4 (or A-C/A1-C3)) or Higher level minimum grade H1/H7 (or A-D / A1-D3 up to and including 2016)

Leaving Certificate - Ordinary Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
See level 3 entry under Irish Leaving Certificate for full details

GCSE/National 4/National 5 - Minimum of 5 GCSE’s at grade C/4 or above one of which MUST include English Language Acceptable equivalents:- City and Guilds Level 2 Certificates in Adult Numeracy/ Adult Literacy - Adult Literacy Functional Skills/ Essential Skills level 2 - English Key Skills level 2 - Communication English Language C/2 Scottish Intermediate 2 Scottish Credit Standard Grade Scottish National 5 Must have been achieved at the point of enrolment
HNC (BTEC)
Pass with 120 credits at Level 4 Must be in a Drama related pathway Year 1 entry only

HND (BTEC)
Pass with 240 credits at Level 5 Must be in a Drama related pathway Year 1 entry only

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma - MPP
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma
Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

OCR Cambridge Technical Subsidiary Diploma
Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

OCR Cambridge Technical Foundation Diploma
Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

OCR Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma
Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate
Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

OCR Cambridge Technical Certificate
Considered with a maximum of 2 other Level 3 qualifications to obtain 64 pts

A level - CC
Drama subject preferred A maximum of 3 subjects are considered. These can be other A/S Levels (as long in a different subject) A-Levels or Level 3 equivalents.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - MPP
Access to HE Diploma
Pass with 60 credits overall. At least 45 credits at Level 3. Arts and Drama subjects preferred but other subjects also considered

Scottish Higher
Achieve a minimum of 64 tariff points achieved in either five Highers or from a combination of two Advanced Highers plus two Highers. Where only Highers have been taken a minimum of grades DDDDD is required. Where a combination of Highers and Advanced Highers have been taken you must achieve grades of DD in two Advanced Highers plus grades of DD in two Highers.

IELTS Minimum overall score of 6.0, with no less than 5.5 in each band