Acting BA (Hons), sandwich with work placement

Gain the skills and confidence to perform across screens and stages as you enhance your ability to engage audiences through voice, movement, and innovative performance techniques on this BA (Hons) Acting course.

With an emphasis on practical learning, you’ll develop a unique acting approach across various mediums—from live performances to digital content creation. You'll have access to industry-standard facilities, from film, television, and theatre studios to motion capture and augmented reality, providing you with the ideal environment to refine your skills.

By the time you graduate, you’ll be prepared for a diverse range of roles in film, television, theatre, games, and more, with the ability to bring a variety of stories to life.

You’ll also have access to cutting-edge facilities including CCIXR (our Centre for Creative and Immersive Extended Reality), 3D studios, and the Open Access Suite to support and enhance your creative practice.

Course highlights

• Learn from experienced professionals and researchers and collaborate with your peers to create innovative and thought-provoking work
• Gain a solid foundation in the fundamentals of Acting, including voice, movement, and devising
• Perform in our flagship White Swan Studios and Portsmouth's Victorian theatre, New Theatre Royal
• Develop your creative and critical thinking through a range of modules
• Work on a major project in your third year that will showcase your skills and knowledge
• Have the opportunity to perform your work in a public setting
• Develop the skills you need to succeed in a range of careers in the creative industry

This course is available through Clearing.

Clearing 2025 is now closed

We look at more than just your grades

While we consider your grades when making an offer, we also carefully look at your circumstances and other factors to assess your potential. These include whether you live and work in the region and your personal and family circumstances which we assess using established data.

Explore more about how we make your offer

With this degree, you'll have the skills and knowledge to work as an actor across the creative industries.

You'll have the ability to contribute creatively critically and to meaningfully entertain audiences. You'll know how to act independently and within teams. You won't have to wait for the phone to ring, you'll be the one starting projects and making calls.

Graduate roles and destinations

You'll be able to audition for work as an actor on stage and screen, but also in immersive experiences, mixed reality, games, and more. You'll also be able to network and form relationships with other creatives to become an indispensable part of professional projects. Some students might seek further study in acting and related disciplines, such as teaching. Some may form their own companies to begin making work before graduation and be ready with examples of creative work to enter the industry.

Ongoing careers support

Get experience while you study, with support to find part-time jobs, volunteering opportunities, and work experience.

Towards the end of your degree and for up to five years after graduation, you’ll receive one-to-one support from our Careers and Employability Service to help you find your perfect role.

Each module on this course is worth a certain number of credits.

In each year, you need to study modules worth a total of 120 credits. For example, four modules worth 20 credits and one module worth 40 credits.

Boost your employability by taking an industry-based work placement year with a relevant organisation.

This is an amazing opportunity to put everything you’ve learned so far into action in a real workplace. We’ll help you find and secure an exciting placement opportunity within an appropriate company or organisation to help you boost your future career.

This is a Connected Degree

We're the only university that gives you the flexibility to choose when to take a work placement. Take it after your 2nd year, before returning to finish your studies. Or after your final year, connecting you into the workplace.

If you're not sure if or when to take your placement, don't worry. You'll have plenty of time to settle into your studies and explore your options before making your choice.

Find out more about Connected Degrees

Changes to course content

We use the best and most current research and professional practice alongside feedback from our students to make sure course content is relevant to your future career or further studies.

Therefore, some course content may change over time to reflect changes in the discipline or industry. If a module doesn't run, we'll let you know as soon as possible and help you choose an alternative module.

One of the main differences between school or college and university is how much control you have over your learning.

We use a blended learning approach to teaching, which means you’ll take part in both face-to-face and online activities during your studies. As well as attending your timetabled classes you'll study independently in your free time, supported by staff and our virtual learning environment, Moodle.

Teaching

Teaching methods on this course include:

• workshops
• projects
• collaborative work
• lectures
• seminars
• collaborative work

You can access all teaching resources on Moodle, our virtual learning environment, from anywhere with a Web connection.

How you're assessed

You’ll be assessed through:

• practical productions
• presentations
• portfolios
• written work
• interviews

You’ll be able to test your skills and knowledge informally before you do assessments that count towards your final mark.

You can get feedback on all assessments so you can improve in the future.

Teaching staff

Staff who teach on this course include:

The amount of timetabled teaching you'll get on your degree might be less than what you're used to at school or college, but you'll also get support via video, phone and face-to-face from teaching and support staff to enhance your learning experience and help you succeed. You can build your personalised network of support from the following people and services:

Funding your studies

Find out how to fund your studies, including the scholarships and bursaries you could get. You can also find more about tuition fees and living costs, including what your tuition fees cover.

Applying from outside the UK? Find out about funding options for international students.

Tuition fees terms and conditions

Admissions terms and conditions

When you accept an offer to study at the University of Portsmouth, you also agree to abide by our Student Contract (which includes the University's relevant policies, rules and regulations). You should read and consider these before you apply.

Entry requirements