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Norwich University of the Arts

Norwich , England ,United Kingdom

BA (Hons) Acting

As an actor in training at NUA, you will join a vibrant community that spans creative making and design courses like Fine Art, graphics, architecture, and fashion, to screen-based courses in film, animation, visual effects, and games.

Collaboration is encouraged and as you embark on your creative career, you will be well-placed to win work in traditional fields such as the stage, film and TV and emerging performance practices.

Campus Information

City Centre Campus

Our award-winning campus combines medieval to modern architecture on the outside, and contemporary tech and industry-standard tools on the inside. Our historic studios have high ceilings and windows that flood rooms with natural light – the perfect place to design, make and create. Norwich is a city where inspiration can be found on every street corner and NUA’s campus is a launch pad to explore your ideas.

Intakes

  • Jan
  • April
  • Sep

Application Processing Time in Days: 25

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description IELTS (1.0 -9.0) TOEFL IBT (0-120) TOEFL CBT (0-300) PTE (10-90)
Expert 9 120 297-300 86-90
Very Good 8.5 115-119 280-293 83-86
Very Good 8 110-114 270-280 79-83
Good 7.5 102-109 253-267 73-79
Good 7 94-101 240-253 65-73
Competent 6.5 79-93 213-233 58-65
Competent 6 60-78 170-210 50-58
Modest 5.5 46-59 133-210 43-50
Modest 5 35-45 107-133 36-43
Limited 4 32-34 97-103 30-36
Extremely Limited < 4 < 31 < 93 < 30

Job Opportunity Potential

NUA students go on to become world-leading artists, designers and creative professionals. We’ll help you turn your creative talent and determination into a fulfilling career.
Why choose a creative career?
One of the world’s most important and dynamic markets for the creative industries, the UK’s creative economy is thriving. The creative industries contributes £111.7 billion annually to the UK economy and employs over 2 million people (DCMS). Almost 1 in 8 UK businesses are creative businesses (CIF).

Driven by passionate and highly-skilled specialists, the sector depends on talented graduates and recruits 50,000 graduates every year (BIS). A university qualification is the key to many careers.

Here to help
The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework saw NUA awarded Gold overall and recognised for our ‘exemplary employability initiatives’. NUA won a Guardian Award for the best Employability and Entrepreneurship and was shortlisted in the Times Higher Education Awards. 

We’re here to help you succeed.
Every NUA degree course is designed to ensure that our students develop an outstanding and well-rounded set of skills, so you’ll graduate fully equipped to compete for creative jobs after graduation.

Expert careers advice
Not only will you benefit from the experience and expertise of the academic staff, who bring a wealth of industry experience to their teaching, you’ll also receive support from a dedicated Business and Employability Team, who provide specialist creative careers advice.

Whether your goal is finding a great job or starting a business of your own, the team in the Ideas FactoryNUA will support you as you plan your career. Everyone at NUA understands that creative talents forge distinctive paths, and we’ve developed a unique approach that gives innovators, disruptors and entrepreneurs the springboard they need to shape their future.

PSW Opportunity

  • 2 Years PSW

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

Entry Requirements
 
A / AS Levels – GCE
  • 3 A-level qualifications at grades BBB, at least one of which must be in an art, design or media related subject.
International Baccalaureate Diploma
  • A minimum of 27 points
IBCP
  • A minimum of 2 DP courses with a score of 4 or above and completion of careers-related study
India
 
Year 0 entry
 
All undergraduate degrees at NUA will offer a Year 0 option from 2020 (subject to validation). With the exception of BA (Hons) Acting and BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing and Business, which are scheduled for 2021.
 
The Year 0 option has lower academic requirements than the typical three-year degrees.
 
Year 1 entry
 
International Baccalaureate
  • 27 points
A levels
  • For BA courses – B, B, B
  • For BSc courses – B, B, B
Foundation Diploma in Art & Design
  • Merit
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
  • An overall average of 65% or above at grade 12