MA Acting
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Course overview
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Features and benefits
Intensive conservatoire training
Develop advanced acting skills through rigorous studio-based training, exploring performance methodologies for stage and screen alongside specialist voice and movement practice.
Industry-ready professional portfolio
Create high-quality showreels, audio reels and promotional materials while developing your personal brand, helping you enter the industry with confidence and credibility.
Professional production experience
Work with an external professional director to rehearse and perform in a fully realised public production, gaining experience of industry-standard rehearsal and performance processes.
Showcases in Manchester and London
Present your work directly to agents, casting directors and industry professionals through dedicated showcases in two of the UK's most important creative hubs.
Designed for career changers and graduates
Open to graduates from any discipline, this accelerated one-year course provides a direct route into professional actor training without requiring a previous conservatoire degree.
Manchester advantage
Combine conservatoire training with meaningful industry exposure in one of the UK's fastest-growing creative cities, offering a distinctive alternative to London-based postgraduate acting programmes.
Accreditations, awards and endorsements
Year 1
Core modules
Acting Technique
Professional Development
Acting and Performance
Professional Portfolio
Independent Professional Portfolio
Study and assessment
Study
- Full-time 30% lectures, seminars or similar; 0% placement; 70% independent study
Assessment
- Full-time 100% coursework; 0% practical; 0% examination
Ten credits equates to 100 hours of study, which is a combination of lectures, seminars and practical sessions, and independent study. A masters qualification typically comprises of 180 credits, a PGDip 120 credits, a PGCert 60 credits and an MFA 300 credits. During the course, you are likely to be required to engage in collaborative projects, practical assessments, group work activities, and to give presentations to your peers/tutors. The exact composition of your study time and assessments for the course will vary according to your option choices and style of learning.
Taught by experts
MA Acting is part of the School of English at Manchester Met. Discover more about the school and who you’ll be working with if you choose to study this course.
Entry requirements
Typical offer
Lower second-class UK honours degree (2:2)
IELTS score
6.5
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Fees and funding
UK and Channel Island students
UK full-time fee to be confirmed
EU and non-EU international students
International full-time fee to be confirmed
Fees may be subject to change. See the tuition fees section below for full details.
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Careers support and prospects
Employed or in further study
89.9% of our UK-domiciled, full-time, postgraduate taught graduates are employed or in further study 15 months after graduation.
Graduate Outcomes survey 2023/24 leavers, HESA data.
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How to apply
There are no online application routes, please contact our course enquiries team.
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Programme review
Our programmes undergo an annual review and major review (normally at 6 year intervals) to ensure an up-to-date curriculum supported by the latest online learning technology. For further information on when we may make changes to our programmes, please see the changes section of our terms and conditions.
Important notice
This online prospectus provides an overview of our programmes of study and the University. We regularly update our online prospectus so that our published course information is accurate. Please check back to the online prospectus before making an application to us to access the most up to date information for your chosen course of study.
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