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163 Master's degrees in Drama in United Kingdom
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.

Theatre (by research)
Combine creativity with research to develop key skills for a future in theatre-making, academia, or both with the Theatre (by research) degree delivered by the University of York.

Scriptwriting (Theatre and Digital Media)
On the Scriptwriting (Theatre and Digital Media) degree from University of Essex you produce a varied portfolio of dramatic works, culminating in a full-length original script, whether for the stage, screen, radio or television, which will enable you to hone and develop your own unique voice.
Acting for Screen
The MA Acting for Screen degree at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is a professional training that focuses on acting in film, television and screen-related media. Primarily for those with previous training or professional experience, it explores the expressive potential of performance and the relationship between performers and camera.
World Theatres
This World Theatres programme, offered by Goldsmiths, University of London, is one of the few taught Masters programmes of its kind in the world. Covering historical and philosophical bases of theatre and performance practices from different parts of the world, this degree investigates indigenous and contemporary performance and theatre traditions from a variety of cultural contexts.

Research Film, Theatre and Television
Pursue flexible postgraduate research with our MA by Research Film, Theatre & Television. The Research Film, Theatre and Television degree is offered by the University of Reading.
Musical Theatre Company
The Musical Theatre Company course at Leeds Conservatoire combines rigorousconservatoire training with continued, collaborative, student-led development of new work, preparing students not only togain employment in the musical theatre industry, but as artistscreating their own work.

Writing for Stage and Screen - 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 Writing for Stage and Screen - Pre-Master's Programme at OnCampus London from Birkbeck, University of London.
Puppetry
The Puppetry programme at the University of the Arts London (UAL) explores and develops the art forms needed for the creation of puppetry.

Acting (International)
The Acting (International) degree from University of Essex is a conservatoire-style, industry-focused professional training programme, designed specifically for international students looking to train in the UK.
Performance - Writing
This Performance - Writing MA programme from University of the Arts London (UAL) offers training and support for creative adventure and personal development. This course is part of the Performance programme.

Creative Arts and Mental Health
The Creative Arts and Mental Health course delivered by Queen Mary University of London equips you with the skills, perspectives and creative approaches needed to work, research and innovate at the intersection of the arts and mental health.

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.

Secondary English with Drama
This Secondary English with Drama course from London Metropolitan University will train you to teach 11 to 16-year-olds and, by arrangement, can also give you additional experience in the post-16 age group.
Applied Theatre - Drama in Educational, Community and Social Contexts
Develop your ability to contextualise, critique, and create. This Applied Theatre - Drama in Educational, Community and Social Contexts, offered by Goldsmiths, University of London, addresses the historical, political, theoretical and ethical issues of applied theatre, and explores the ways in which theatre and performance are created by diverse groups of people.
English and Drama
Combine your interests for dramatic texts, theatre history and literary studies at University of Warwick. This English and Drama MA at the University of Warwick offers an exciting opportunity, with cutting-edge modules and easy access to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford.
Linklater Teaching Practice (Voice and Theatre Arts)
This course is the only postgraduate programme in the world which takes candidates through a course of study that culminates in their receiving Designated Linklater Teacher status along with the MFA degree.