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Acting

Course details
  • BA (Hons)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-time
  • 22/09/2025
  • Undergraduate
Course location
Preston Campus

Course summary

Course Overview

This unique actor training programme taught by industry professionals provides you with the skills and knowledge to work as an actor on screen stage and in digital media.

Why study with us

  • This is production-based course, with the majority of your work directed towards performance, including to the public.

  • Research informed teaching including Meyerhold’s Biomechanics

  • Our graduates include Mandip Gill (Yasmin in Doctor Who), Freddie Bolt (Ackley Bridge), Jordan Reece (Emmerdale). Riley Carter (Eastenders) Sarah George, Alexa Lee and Gary Hanks (Hollyoaks).

What you’ll do

  • Your studies will be practice based, emphasising the importance of technique - learning in workshops and assessed through performance.

  • This is a production-based course, with the majority of your work directed towards performance, including to the public.

  • You’ll learn from tutors who are experienced performing artists –professionals with a national, if not international, reputation.

Future careers

Our BA (Hons) Acting course offers a programme of industry-focused, highly vocational training designed to prepare you for the realities of a career in the acting profession.

Modules

Please visit The University of Central Lancashire’s website for the latest information about our modules.

How to apply

Apply by
29 January

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:
C30
Campus name:
Preston Campus
Campus Code:
U

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

UCAS Tariff - 96 points

A level

96 points at A2.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - MMM

Access to HE Diploma

Pass Access Course: 96 UCAS points from Level 3 credits.

Scottish Higher

96 UCAS points from Scottish Highers.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DD

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Pass including 96 points from Higher Level Subjects.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

96 UCAS points from Higher Level Irish Leaving Certificate.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSEs: 5 at Grade C/4 including Maths and English or equivalent. IELTS: grade 6.0 with no component lower than 5.5

T Level - Pass (C and above)

Additional entry requirements

Audition
Applicants must attend an audition- you will be sent an email by our Admissions Office asking you to book onto a selection day event

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6with no component score less than 5.5 (To have been taken within two years of the course commencement date)

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

Widening participation is at the core of our mission. We believe in helping people to seize every opportunity to flourish in education and work, for life. We offer reduced entry tariffs for students from areas of relative disadvantage, with lower rates of participation in higher education, as well as those who have spent time in the care system. Simply include your care leaver status and postcode on your UCAS application and we will automatically make you a contextual offer if you are eligible.

Learn more on the University of Lancashire website

Historical entry grades data BETA

This section shows the range of grades students (with UK A-Levels or Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diplomas) who received offers were previously accepted with (learn more). It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place. Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England£9535Year 1
Northern Ireland£9535Year 1
Scotland£9535Year 1
Wales£9535Year 1
Channel Islands£9535Year 1

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

*subject only to annual increase in line with UK Retail Price Index inflation rate

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