Acting (with Integrated International Foundation & Professional Practice Years)

Our BA (Hons) Acting (with Integrated International Foundation Year and Professional Practice Year) is a five year degree programme, specifically designed to provide international students with the English language and creative skills before they embark on year one of a degree. Your fourth academic year would then include a year in industry placement.

Create your own stories, tell the stories of others, and learn the skills to tell them on stage and on screen on this e degree at UCA Farnham.

Our immersive degree is about preparing you for an career in theatre or film in the modern landscape – with an awareness of equality, diversity and inclusion in the industry, and cultural and global influences – and giving you the entrepreneurial skills to move with the times.

You’ll benefit from the insight and experience of our academic team and the expertise of our partnership with Farnham Maltings, learning from actors, screenwriters, theatre makers and directors.

This partnership and your proximity to UCA Farnham’s Film & Media Centre mean you’ll learn in large performance spaces and studios, and have access to sound recording studios, filmmaking equipment. And you’ll have the chance to collaborate with students from across film and media to make amazing work.

Related courses:

• BA (Hons) Film Production (with Integrated International Foundation Year & Professional Practice Year)

• BA (Hons) Design for Theatre and Screen (with Integrated International Foundation Year & Professional Practice Year)

• BA (Hons) Film and Screen Studies (with Integrated International Foundation Year & Professional Practice Year)

• BMus (Hons) Composition for Screen (with Integrated International Foundation Year & Professional Practice Year)

For our students coming from a non-UK educational background, UCA has launched an Integrated International Foundation Year, based at UCA Farnham to bring students from around the world to one hub of creativity.

This year of preparatory study is designed to give you the skills you’ll need to start your degree in the best possible way – with confidence, solid knowledge of creative practice, study skills and the English speaking and writing skills you’ll need to succeed.

You’ll explore a range of creative techniques and develop your portfolio, with your chosen subject in mind. We’ll work with you throughout the year to ensure you’re on the right track and give you the tools to achieve your highest potential on your degree.

If you opt to complete a professional practice year, this will take place in year three. You will undertake a placement within the creative industries to further develop your skills and CV.

While on your Professional Practice Year, you will be required to pay a reduced tuition fee for that year. This fee will be determined using government funding regulations. Based on current regulations, we expect this to be a maximum of 20% of the tuition fee rate that you are charged for your second year of study. You will also incur additional travel and accommodation costs during this year. The University will provide you with further advice and guidance about this as you approach your Professional Practice Year.

Please note: If you are an international applicant, you will need to enrol onto the course ‘with Professional Practice Year’. It will not be possible to transfer onto the Professional Practice Year after enrolment