12 Master's degrees in Drama in Scotland, United Kingdom

Film Studies
The Film Studies programme offered by The University of Edinburgh is a long-established and stimulating programme that allows you to explore central concepts in the development of film-philosophy and film theory with an emphasis on European and American cinema.

Acting for Stage and Screen
The Acting for Stage and Screen programme from Edinburgh Napier University is a unique vocational training that offers you a full run in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at the end of your first year and extensive screen acting work and showreel opportunities in your second year.

Theatre Studies
Our outward-looking, multi-disciplinary research activities in the Theatre Studies programme of the University of Glasgow are based on high-quality, challenging and flexible graduate programmes.
Stage Management and Technical Theatre
Stage Management and Technical Theatre from Queen Margaret University course offers you the knowledge and skills to become an effective practitioner in the fields of stage management and technical theatre
Film and Visual Culture
The Film and Visual Culture programme of the University of Aberdeen is exploring the role film and visual culture plays in wider society.
Film Studies
The MLitt in Film Studies at the University of St Andrews helps students master a range of advanced research skills and acquire knowledge related to the construction and analysis of the moving image, the past and present-day realities of various national and regional film traditions, the dynamics of the global film industry, and the theoretical approaches related to film.
Dramatherapy
The MSc in Dramatherapy at Queen Margaret University is a unique opportunity to train as a dramatherapist in Scotland. This full-time course spans two years and combines theoretical study with practical placements, allowing students to develop their skills in a supportive environment focused on creative expression and therapeutic practice.

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.

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.

Theatre Studies
The Theatre Studies programme of the University of Glasgow engages with a wide variety of histories and practices attached to the study of theatre. It is designed to enable you to become proficient in the techniques of historical, sociological and theoretical analysis of the theatrical process, past and present.

Lighting Design
Learn the application of light to transform spaces, enhance experiences and shape perception. In a collaborative and interdisciplinary design studio, you will develop the criticality necessary to create lighting that inspires and excites people.

Directing
This Directing MFA degree from Edinburgh Napier University gives you the opportunity to launch your career as a director with a full run in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.