Bachelor of Creative Industries (Acting and Performance)

    Bachelor of Creative Industries (Acting and Performance)

    Duration3 year(s)
    Tuition Fee
    AUD 24,077 / year(s)
    Next IntakeFebruary 15, 2027

    Bachelor of Creative Industries (Acting and Performance)

    About

    Pursue your dreams of acting and performance

    Discover the craft of acting and performance with a Bachelor of Creative Industries (Acting and Performance). Thanks to our partnership with TAFE Queensland, you’ll be prepared with the skills, knowledge, and outlook to build a sustainable career in the Performing Arts industry. The course offers lively, detailed, and focused training in acting, voice and body skills; regular performance opportunities to play to live audiences; intense development of the acting student's creative voice as an independent performance maker. Plays, readings, online resources, and academic materials are designed to inspire, challenge and motivate you.

    Complete your degree at our TAFE Queensland Brisbane campus where you'll build the foundations of your career and upon graduation, you'll be ready to jump into a career, anywhere you choose.


    Study a Bachelor of Acting and Performance at UC and you will:

  • Develop a range of highly advanced practical skills and specialised knowledge.
  • Gain lively, detailed and focused training in acting, voice and body skills and gives students regular performance opportunities to perform for live audiences.
  • Unleash your creative voice as an independent performance maker and develop as an actor and performer who thinks for themselves and respects their own ideas and ideals.
  • Gain exposure to plays, readings, online resources and academic materials that have been designed to inspire, challenge and motivate the training actor.
  • The program is tailored for those students who want to engage in a professional career as a stage or film actor, performing artist or performance maker.

    Requirements

    Entry Requirements

    Admission to this course is based on an entrance rank. A rank can be achieved by the following means:
    - Year 12 ATAR
    - diploma pathway
    - other Australian Qualification
    - work experience
    - overseas qualification

    We also offer a number of entry initiatives that give you the opportunity to gain entry to the University via alternate pathway programs and admissions schemes.

    More information is available on our Alternative Entry page: http://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/applications/apply-now/alternative-entry

    Additional admission requirements

    Audition + Portfolio

    English Requirements

    • PTEMin 50
    • IELTSMin 6
    • TOEFLMin 60

    English Program Requirements

    An IELTS Academic score of 6.0 overall, with no band score below 6.0 (or equivalent).

    Career

    Career opportunities

  • Director
  • Playwriting 
  • Actor/Actress
  • Producer 
  • Voice-over artist
  • Arts facilitator 
  • Performer
  • Fee Information

    Tuition Fee
    24,077 / year(s)

    How to Apply

    If you’re an international student applying for an undergraduate or postgraduate coursework degree, you can apply directly to UC using our online application portal or through an agent from our international agent network.

    Choosing UC for a student exchange or study abroad program

    If you’re an international student currently enrolled at an overseas university and you’d like to study at UC on a student exchange or study abroad program, you also need to apply through UC’s online application portal.

    International students currently studying Year 12 in Australia

    You should apply through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) if you're an international student in your final year of secondary school and studying any of the following programs in Australia:

    • an Australian Year 12
    • the International Baccalaureate
    • the New Zealand National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level 3.

    Bachelor of Creative Industries (Acting and Performance)

    University of Canberra

    University of Canberra

    Australia

    Australia, Canberra