MFA Acting for Stage and Screen
Edinburgh Napier UniversityEdinburgh, United Kingdom
Course overview
Our 2-year MFA is a unique vocational training that offers you a full run in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at the end of your first year and extensive screen acting work and showreel opportunities in your second year. You will be training within a vibrant, interdisciplinary postgraduate community of film and theatre directors as well as screenwriters and playwrights. Classes are delivered by staff with extensive industry experience and our programme is respected within the profession.
Our graduates have been featured on Netflix, Starz, BBC, Amazon Prime, Channel 4, and ITV, as well as working at the Royal National Theatre, The Traverse, the Lyceum Theatre, Dundee Rep, Bard in the Botanics, London Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, and have been nominated for Olivier and Ian Charlson Awards. Typical entry point to this course is in September. Please enquire for more information.
Key highlights
- Full Edinburgh Fringe Festival run at the end of first year
- Extensive screen acting work and showreel opportunities in second year
- Train alongside postgraduate directors, screenwriters and playwrights
- Classes delivered by staff with extensive industry experience
- Graduates featured on Netflix, BBC, Amazon Prime, Channel 4 and ITV
- Alumni nominated for Olivier and Ian Charleson Awards
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — to include Drama or Humanities; or above
Scholarships
Harilela Scholarship
Successful applicants will be awarded £2,500 towards the cost of their fees, paid directly to the University’s fees office.
Up to £2,500June Scholarship
We have partial scholarships available for self-funded international applicants starting a course at Edinburgh Napier in June.
Careers this course leads to
- Stage actor
- Screen actor
- Television actor
- Theatre performer
- Voice actor
Cost of study
UK/Home: £6,170 | International: £16,890
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Edinburgh Napier University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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