About MA Acting in University of East London (UEL)

We believe this is a unique master’s course, combining the academic study of performance with a practice-based approach to the art of acting.

It’s ideal if you want to pursue a professional career in the theatre, to develop a deeper understanding of your craft and hone your performance skills. 

Based at our new, state-of-the-art University Square Stratford building, you will work in close collaboration with students and academic staff on our equally excellent MA Theatre Directing course as you produce and perform a range of innovative work of professional quality while also being given expert tuition in the skills of acting.

Taught in the evenings and on Saturdays and available for both part-time and full-time study to fit around your needs, it’s a course geared to equip you with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to be a stage actor.

You will be guided by leading theatre practitioners, who will both teach and mentor you. After a final degree show in which you will have the chance to showcase your talents, you will leave our course ready to discover that all the world’s your stage.

What you'll learn

We will lead you through the key building blocks to make your performance shine, giving you a complete grounding in a range of different approaches to acting. 

So you will study naturalism, realism, contemporary devising, intercultural performance, production and practice as research.

You will look at the dynamically interrelated skills of acting, voice and movement and take a module in how to stage performances, during which you’ll be mentored by members of a professional theatre company.

Our course is practice-based, so your final piece of theatre will be a performance piece involving both acting and directing students, while also producing a critical reflection on your own work.

This double module is capped by your final degree show, which will be devised and created by you. It could be purely a solo effort but, alternatively, you could collaborate with performers from other UEL courses in dance and music.

Either way, it’s a big opportunity, offering you the chance to develop important future contacts while acting as the main shop window for your talents.

• 50% or above from the universities of Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Chennai, Anna, Bharathiar, MSU Baroda or Bangalore; 
• 55% or above from other recognised universities.
• Overall CGPA of 5.8 (Gujarat Technological University) 
• Overall CGPA of 5.5 (Amity University)
• B or above (Kannur University)
• Second Class (2:2) from a UK University  

IELTS | PTE
6.0 (6.0 in Writing and Speaking and 5.5 in Listening and Reading) 
PTE overall 56+ (56 in Writing and Speaking, 51 in Reading and Listening 
6.5 (with no less than 6 in each component) 
PTE overall 62+ (56 in all four components)  
7.0 (at least 6.5 in each component) 
PTE overall 67+ (62 in all four components) 

We also accept TOEFL iBT

University of East London (UEL) Highlights

University of East London (UEL)  The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

The following are the categories of the tuition fee payable by the students

The total estimated annual cost of attendance for the 2020/2021 academic session is as presented on the table below:

Note: The cost stated above is just an estimate as the actual cost of living depends on the lifestyle of the students.

International students offered admission are required to pay tuition fee deposit. The deposits are:

• Undergraduate – 4,000 GBP
• Postgraduate – 3,000 GBP
• MBA – 5,000 GBP