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MA Design for Performance at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama - UCAS

Course summary

Enhance your expertise with our course that offers specialist tuition and opportunities to design performance environments, installations, characters and sets for a series of live public performances and immersive experiences. Bring your creative designs to life with our course that explores traditional design approaches for characters and sets across theatre, events, installation, exhibition, film and TV. You’ll delve into digital and physical modelling, character drawing and storyboard creation, guided by expert tutors operating at the top of their field. In our safe and immersive learning environment, you will have the opportunity to gain all the practical and creative skills you’ll need to kickstart your career in the industry. The course ends with a public exhibition of your cohort’s work in Cardiff and then for four days on London’s South Bank, which includes an industry night for an invited audience of potential employers. Our Design for Performance graduates have consistently been successful Linbury Prize finalists and have gone on to roles as early career designers in leading companies across the UK.

Course details

Principal study options

During the application and audition process, you must select which instrument(s) you wish to specialise in for the duration of your course. On this course, you can choose from the following options:

Main specialism

Only one specialism is studied. It may be possible to study a further instrument, but this will not contribute towards the qualification.

Instrument/specialisms

For all courses, you must select at least one specialism from the 'primary' list. For those studying primary/secondary pathways, two instruments may be selected – one from the 'primary' list and one from the 'secondary' list. Joint pathway students may select any two instruments from either list.

Primary instrument/specialism

  • Performance Design (Set & Costume)
  • Set Design

How to apply

*If you are an international applicant, or you are applying for a postgraduate course, or are choosing certain assessment locations, the 'on time' deadline may be later in the year - please contact the conservatoire directly.

Application codes

Course code:
712F
Institution code:
R59
Campus name:
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

International applicants

International applicants whose first language is not English will need to gain an English language qualification. For more information, please see our website: https://www.rwcmd.ac.uk/englishlanguage

Entry requirements

Entry requirements usually include a degree or equivalent qualification in an art and design related subject. Selection is made on the basis of an interview and portfolio presentation. The College may consider applications from people without formal qualifications if they have an exceptional level of practical ability and suitable portfolio content.

Additional entry requirements

Interview

Portfolio


Assessment locations

In the event of a successful assessment, applicants may be invited for a further interview prior to being made an offer.

Remote assessment recordings may be accepted in the event that you cannot attend an assessment in person.

Single specialism assessment

LocationOn-time FeeLate Fee
OnlineNo fee charged
UKEC ChinaNo fee charged
China - ZL EstrellaNo fee charged

Joint principal specialism assessment

LocationOn-time FeeLate Fee
OnlineNot available at this location
UKEC ChinaNot available at this location
China - ZL EstrellaNot available at this location

Additional information

All applicants are required to submit a portfolio to support their application and to discuss at interview.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Republic of Ireland £17500 Whole course
EU £35000 Whole course
England £17500 Whole course
Northern Ireland £17500 Whole course
Scotland £17500 Whole course
Wales £17500 Whole course
International £35000 Whole course
Channel Islands £17500 Whole course

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

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
MA Design for Performance at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama - UCAS