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Acting at University of Winchester - UCAS

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2025 - 20262026 - 2027
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This course is not open to application until the 13th May 2025.

This course is subject to validation. You can still apply for this course while it is being approved.

University of Winchester has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

Open days

10Jun
University of Winchester - Open Afternoon (2026 entry)
Undergraduate
5Jul
University of Winchester - Open Day (2026 entry)
Undergraduate
13Sep
University of Winchester - Open Day (2026 entry)
Undergraduate

Course summary

  • Work with a supportive and dedicated teaching team who combine a wealth of industry performance, production and publication experience
  • Build an impressive portfolio of performances to enhance your CV whilst you study
  • Create your own work for public performance in a studio theatre space with a view to touring your work to festivals after graduating
  • Collaborate on and perform in a full-scale production in a large public venue via our Play to the Crowd Partners at Theatre Royal Winchester
  • Rehearse and perform in our excellent Performing Arts Studios which provide six bespoke spaces to create and rehearse for your productions
  • Spotlight Accredited: our partnership with Spotlight offers you discounted graduate membership to the largest casting resource in the UK, inclusion in a dedicated ‘graduate’ section on their website, access to their one-to-one career advice sessions and more
Join a lively community of like-minded people on our Spotlight accredited course, to explore a breadth of acting skills from voice and movement training practices through to how to approach script work; working as an ensemble; acting for screen; applied theatre/theatre in education; devising your own work; alongside performance and production opportunities across different drama/theatre genres at each level. Learn by doing! It’s a competitive industry so you’ll need to be up for the challenge, but over three years you will get to enrich your imagination, build resilience, a disciplined working ethos and consolidate your own working methodology. You’ll develop the artistic skills to forge a successful career as an actor but your skillset will also serve you well across a range of creative employment routes in the arts industry and beyond. This is a highly vocational programme with a conservatoire-style intensity of focus. It is delivered by our talented teaching staff who have worked around the world as actors, directors, stage managers, and technicians. The course combines elements of traditional actor training with specialist content in community and theatre-in-education work alongside outdoor and site-specific performance. As well as mastering body, voice and movement skills you may find yourself performing in schools or at summer festivals. You will work in a variety of genres and repertoires, from classical to contemporary, and take part in regular performances so that you graduate ready for professional life on the stage, screen and radio.

How to apply

This course is not open to application until the 13th May 2025.

14Jan

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
W410
Institution code:
W76
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Applicants are required to hold a minimum of 2 x A-level or equivalent qualifications (e.g. 2 x BTEC National Subsidiary Diplomas) and we accept all A-level subjects, including Critical Thinking, General Studies and own-language A-levels. We welcome applicants who have completed the Extended Project (EP/EPQ) and points obtained from this qualification will be included in any offer. In addition, we accept a maximum of 32 points from level 3 qualifications below A2 that are included in the tariff (e.g. AS-levels not studied at A-level, music or dance qualifications). If you are a mature student, your application will be considered on its individual merits and work or other professional experience may be taken into consideration in lieu of other published requirements.

Additional entry requirements

Audition

Interview

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6An overall score of 6.0, including 5.5 in writing is required. If you require Tier 4 sponsorship, you will require a minimum of 5.5 in all 4 components.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9535* Year 1
Northern Ireland £9535* Year 1
Scotland £9535* Year 1
Wales £9535* Year 1
Channel Islands £9535* Year 1
Republic of Ireland £9535* Year 1

*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

For further information about any additional costs associated with this course please see the individual course page on the University of Winchester website (www.winchester.ac.uk).
Acting at University of Winchester - UCAS