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206 Master's degrees in Drama in Europe

Acting for Digital Media
The Acting for Digital Media degree from University of Essex is a full-time, professional and intensive training programme designed specifically for performers who wish to expand their skill base to be able to seek and thrive in the technological advances in the performance industry.

Acting
Upon completion of the Master: Acting from the University of Surrey, you will have an advanced knowledge of context, style and genre in the practice of acting, with a coherent personal approach to acting techniques
Drama
The MPhil/PhD in Drama at Goldsmiths, University of London, offers a comprehensive research opportunity for aspiring scholars. This degree typically spans 3-4 years for full-time students and 4-6 years for part-time attendees. Students can engage in either practice-based research with a written component or a traditional thesis format.
Theatre Making
The Theatre Making programme from University of Kent offers an opportunity to develop advanced knowledge of practices, traditions and professional contexts of theatre making through academic engagement, practice-based learning, individual supervision and professional study.

Playwriting and Dramaturgy
The Playwriting and Dramaturgy programme of the University of Glasgow gives you a practical and theoretical engagement with the many forms of writing and production for theatre. Blending practice, theory and history, the programme is designed for those wishing to develop playwriting skills and knowledge of script development and support, opening the way to many theatre roles, including dramaturgy.

Contemporary Theatre, Dance and Dramaturgy
The Contemporary Theatre, Dance and Dramaturgy programme at Utrecht University focuses on new and interdisciplinary forms of theatre, dance and dramaturgy. It is interested in how performance and choreography respond to current societal phenomena, how this leads to new artistic forms and strategies and new modes of storytelling.

Theatre
Ideal for those in full-time employment or commitments, our Theatre programme from University of Surrey allows you to study at your own pace through distance learning, so you can pursue your passion for theatre and develop industry connections around your existing commitments or work.
Applied Theatre and Social Change
This Applied Theatre and Social Change MA course from University of Leeds is centred on the belief that applied theatre has the ability to create individual, community and social change.
Theatre (Musical Theatre)
The Theatre (Musical Theatre) program at The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is an intensive one-year postgraduate programme which offers practical training that will equip participants in the ‘triple-threat’ disciplines of acting, singing, dancing. All of our teaching staff are theatre professionals that work in higher education as well as the industry.
Acting
The Acting programme at Birmingham City University is rooted in practice and designed with international graduates in mind.
Performance and Theatre Making
Create innovative new theatre by cultivating your dramaturgical skills, performance training and critical thinking. Gain confidence in facilitation and community engagement to reach your audiences. Build your networks and industry knowledge through placement study. Emerge with a well-rounded skillset that prepares you to make, perform and facilitate creative work for the contemporary cultural environment.

Acting for Film
This full-time Acting for Film course from University of Chichester delivers highly practical training to fully equip you to transition from your undergraduate degree into the modern industry.

Theatre and Performance Practices
The Theatre and Performance Practices programme of the University of Glasgow engages with a range of theatre and performance practices, explored in a critically informed context. The programme encompasses practices such as contemporary devising and production dramaturgy, autobiographical performance, and socially/politically engaged practice.
Music, Theatre and Performance Studies
This master's programme in Music, Theatre and Performance Studies at University of Groningen offers two specializations: one in Popular Music, Sound and Media Cultures and another in Theatre, Culture and Media studies. Each specialization encompasses both emergent and historically established practices in music and theatre and the performing arts.
Acting MFA
Our Acting MFA is an intensive and rigorous postgraduate programme designed to train highly versatile, contemporary performance practitioners.
Contemporary Theatre Practice
Ignite your creativity with University of East Anglia's MA in Contemporary Theatre Practice. You’ll combine high-level theatrical skills training with a wealth of opportunities to gain real-world insight and experience in today’s theatre industry.

Applied Theatre - Drama in Educational, Community and Social Contexts - Pre-Master's Programme
This one-year (2-semester) programme offers successful students guaranteed progression to a postgraduate degree at a top UK university. Learn more at the Applied Theatre - Drama in Educational, Community and Social Contexts - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Goldsmiths, University of London.
Dramaturgy
Our MA in Dramaturgy at Leeds Conservatoire focuses on the development of newwork and individual artistry through collaborative practice.

Arts Management and Creative Producing
The Arts Management and Creative Producing degree delivered by the University College Cork will provide you with training in arts leadership and management as well as offering essential practical skills in event organisation across a range of art forms, including amongst others, theatre, music, film, dance, literature, visual, and performance art.
Arts and Engagement
The Arts and Engagement course at Munster Technological University will run part-time, one day a week over two years. Electives are timetabled in 2-day blocks once a month. Successful applicants who have completed the Certificate in Principles of Art Therapy can chose to be exempted from the year one elective.