There's a whole host of options for postgraduate study and this section should help you find the course that is right for you. When applying, make sure you are well prepared, as some courses require you to submit additional supporting resources, such as a portfolio or a research proposal, alongside your application.
Further Study at Leeds Conservatoire
Find out more information about our postgraduate offering on the Postgraduate Study section of our website.
MA Music
Kickstart your music career with our Music MAs. These practical postgraduate degrees are designed to develop your art form and enhance your musical skills, professional approach and innovative thinking, equipping you for the dynamic nature of today's music industry. You can choose a route that suits your interests, specialising in Classical, Composition, Film, TV and Games, or Jazz.
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See the MA Music (Classical) Course Page
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See the MA Music (Composition) Course Page
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See the MA Music (Film, TV and Games) Course Page
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See the MA Music (Jazz) Course Page
MA Music Production
Launch your career as a highly skilled, pioneering music and audio producer with our Music Production Masters degree.
MA Popular Music
Launch your career in music with our MA in Popular Music. Designed to empower you with a blend of musical expertise, a professional mindset and creative ingenuity, this postgraduate performance degree will prepare you to enter the ever-changing landscape of the modern music industry. Choose a route that's perfect for you, specialising as a performer, songwriter, writer-performer or writer-producer.
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See the MA Popular Music (Performer) Course Page
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See the MA Popular Music (Songwriter) Course Page
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See the MA Popular Music (Writer Performer) Course Page
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See the MA Popular Music (Writer Producer) Course Page
MA Musical Direction
Part of our suite of Theatre MAs, the MA Musical Direction is designed to fully prepare highly-skilled musicians to embark upon a career as a musical director. With tailored one-to-one classes, students will hone their musicianship and be exposed to a wide range of working practices, working alongside key practitioners, companies and industry professionals from across the region.
MA Directing
This degree will give you contemporary, practical training to become an integral part of the next generation of theatre directors. Through skills classes and project-based learning, you will be given the time, resources, and rehearsal room access you need to develop your craft. Teaching will be delivered by industry practitioners and Masterclass guests, with mentorship and placement opportunities. Each is designed to support you in clearly defining your artistic voice, aligning your passions, skills, and ambitions, and preparing for a portfolio career.
MA Dramaturgy
Our MA in Dramaturgy focuses on developing new work and individual artistry through collaborative practice. Whether as a practitioner shaping theatre through storytelling, dance or music, or as a dramaturg in a literary department dissecting text, students will be introduced to a multitude of ways of creating new theatre. Working with leading practitioners and institutions from across the North, students will learn the key components of storytelling, character and structure.
MA Musical Direction
MA Musical Direction is designed to fully prepare highly-skilled musicians to embark upon a career as a musical director. With tailored one-to-one classes, students will hone their musicianship and be exposed to a wide range of working practices, working alongside key practitioners, companies and industry professionals from across the region.
MA Musical Theatre Company
The Musical Theatre Company course combines rigorous conservatoire training with continued, collaborative, student-led development of new work, preparing students not only to gain employment in the musical theatre industry but as artists creating their work.
MA Musical Theatre Creatives
Our MA Musical Theatre Creatives is an individually-tailored MA for anyone interested in creating new musical theatre and a professional career as a creative in the industry, whether as a composer, writer, choreographer, lyricist or something that has yet to be defined.
Learn more about the opportunities for Postgraduate study at Leeds Conservatoire, hear from the tutors and see the facilities.
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See more about the offers available for alumni continuing or returning to their studies with us on the Postgraduate Fees and Funding web page
Postgraduate Study at Other Conservatoires and Specialist Institutions
Music
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Advanced Certificate
- Artist Diploma
- MMus/MComp in Composition
- MMus/MPerf in Performance
- MMus/MPerf in Performance: Orchestral Artistry
- MA Music Therapy
- MA Opera Making and Writing
- PGCert Performance Teaching
Selection is by audition and applications are accepted using their online application form.
Royal Academy of Music
- MA
- MMus
- PGCert
- Professional Diploma
- Advanced Diploma
- MPhil
Applications are accepted through UCAS Conservatoires.
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
- Instrumental Performance (MMus, PgDip, PgCert) - Woodwind, Brass, Strings, Percussion
- Vocal Performance (MMus, PgDip, PgCert)
- Orchestral Performance (Strings) (MMus, PgDip)
- Conducting (MMus, PgDip) - Brass Band, Choral, Orchestral
- Jazz (MMus, PgDip, PgCert)
- Experimental Performance (MMus, PgDip, PgCert)
- Composition (MMus, PgDip, PgCert)
- Music Technology (MMus, PgDip, PgCert)
- Musician as Educator (PgCert)
- Musicology (MA)
Applications are accepted through UCAS Conservatoires.
Royal College of Music
- Graduate Diploma in Vocal Performance
- Master of Performance (MPerf)
- Master of Composition (MComp)
- MMus Performance
- MMus Composition
- MSc Performance Science
- MMusEd Teaching Musician
- Artist Diploma in Performance
- Artist Diploma in Opera
- Artist Diploma in Composition
Applications are accepted through UCAS Conservatoires.
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Music
- Artist Diploma
- Advanced Artist Diploma in Opera
- MMus/MA Accompaniment
- MMus/MA Chamber Music
- MMus/MA Composition
- MMus/MA Conducting
- MMus/MA Jazz
- MMus/MA Performance
- MMus Performance and Pedagogy
- MMus/MA Piano for Dance
- MA Psychology in the Arts
- MMus/MA Repetiteurship
- MMus/MA Traditional Music
Applications are accepted through UCAS Conservatoires.
Royal Northern College of Music
- Master of Education (MEd)
- Master of Music (MMus)
- Master of Performance (MPerf)
- PgDip: Advanced Studies
- PGCE in Music with Specialist Instrumental Teaching
- Advanced Orchestral Strings Programme
Applications are accepted through UCAS Conservatoires.
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
- MMus Composition
- MMus Choral Conducting
- MMus Collaborative Piano
- MMus Composer-Performer
- MMus Music Performance
- MMus Orchestral Conducting
- MMus Orchestral Performance
- MMus Brass Band Conducting
- MMus Multi instrument Woodwind Performance
- MA Jazz
- PgDip Advanced Professional Practice
- MMus Opera Performance
- MA Opera Directing
- MA Arts Management
Applications are accepted through UCAS Conservatoires.
Trinity Laban
- MEd Music Education (Online)
- MA Music Education and Performance
- MA Music Education
- Artist Diploma
- Professional Diploma
- Graduate Diploma
- Master of Music (MMus)
- MA Songwriting
Applications are accepted through UCAS Conservatoires.
Institute for Contemporary Music Performance
- MA Music Business
- MA Songwriting
- MMus Popular Music Performance (Guitar, Bass, Drums)
- MMus Popular Music Performance (Vocals)
- MA Creative Music Production
- MA Vocal Studies
- MA Commercial Songwriting and Production
Applications are made using their online Application form.
BIMM Institute
- MA Popular Music Practice
- MA Business for the Creative Industries
- MA Learning and Teaching in the Creative Industries
Applications are made using their online Application form
University for the Creative Arts
- MA International Music Management
Applications are made using their online Application Form
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts
- MA Music Industry Management
Applications Made Directly to the institution.
Drama and Performing Arts
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
- MFA Professional Acting
- MA Screen Acting
- MA Drama Writing
- MFA Professional Voice Studies
- MA Drama Directing
Applications are made via UCAS
Drama Studio London
- MA/PgDip Professional Acting
- MFA Professional Acting
Applications Made using their online form
East15
- MA Acting
- MA/MFA Theatre Directing
- MA/MFA Acting for Digital Media
Applications made using their online form
Guildford School of Acting
- MA/MFA Acting
- MA/MFA Musical Theatre
- MA Stage and Production Management
- MA Teaching and Practice of Voice and Singing
- MA/MFA Theatre (Part-time Onlline)
Applications made online through the University of Surrey
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- MA Collaborative Performance Making
- PgCert Performance Teaching
Selection is by audition and applications are accepted using their online application form
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- MFA Professional Acting
- MA Classical Acting for the Professional Theatre
- MFA Classical Acting: Performance and Practice
- MA Directing
- MA/MFA Musical Theatre
Applications made online via their website
Mountview
- MA/MFA Creative Practice - Dramatic Writing, Producing, Directing
- MA Performance - Musical theatre, Acting
- MA theatre for Community and Education
- PgDip Stage and Production Management
- MA/MFA Music Direction
Applications made via their website
Rose Bruford College
- MA/MFA Actor and Performer Training
- MA/MFA Actor Musicianship
- MFA Advanced Devising Practice
- MA/MFA Collaborative Theatre Making
- MA/MFA Contemporary Directing Practice
- MA Devised Theatre and Performance
- MA/MFA Queer Performance
- MA/MFA Theatre for Young Audiences
Applications made via their online form
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- MA Musical Theatre (Musical Directing)
- Professional Graduate Diploma in Musical Directing
- MEd in Learning and Teaching in the Arts
- PG Cert in Learning and Teaching in the Arts
- MA/MFA Acting/Directing Classical and Contemporary Text
Application via UCAS
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
- MA Acting for Stage, Screen & Recorded Media
- MA Musical Theatre
- MA Stage and Event Management
- MA Arts Management
Application via UCAS
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- MA Classical Acting
- MA Contemporary Acting
- MA Acting for Screen
- MA/MFA Actor Training and Coaching
- MA/MFA Advanced Theatre Practice
- MA Applied Theatre
- PG Cert Applied Theatre with Young People
- MA/MFA Creative Producing
- MA Drama and Movement Therapy
- MA/MFA Movement: Directing and Teaching
- MA Musical Theatre: Acting and Performance
- MA/MFA Scenography
- MA/MFA Voice Studies: Teaching and Coaching
- MA/MFA Writing for Theatre, Film, Radio and Television
Applications made using their online application form
Trinity Laban
- MA/MFA Choreography
- MA/MFA Dance Performance
- MA Musical Theatre
Application Through UCAS Conservatoires
BIMM Institute
- MA Learning and Teaching in the Creative Industries
Applications using their online Application form
University for the Creative Arts
- MA Acting
- PgCert Creative Education
- MA Human Resource Management for the Creative Industries
Apply using their online form
Postgraduate Study in West Yorkshire
University of Leeds
Music
- MA Applied Psychology of Music
- MMus Critical and Experimental Composition
- MA Culture, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
- MA Global Performance and Cultural Industries
- MA/PgDip/PgCert Music and Wellbeing
- MA Music Management
- MA Musicology
- MMus/PgDip Performance
Drama and Performing Arts
- MA/PGDip/PGCert Audiences, Engagement, Participation
- MA Culture, Creativity and Entrepreneurship
- MA Writing for Performance and Digital Media
Applications are made either through UCAS or using the University’s Online application form.
Leeds Beckett University
Music
- MA Music Production
- MA Music for the Moving Image
- MSC Sound and Music for Interactive Games
- MA Sound Design
- MA Popular Music and Culture
- MSC Audio and Acoustics
Drama and Performing Arts
- MA Dance and Choreography
- MA Theatre and Performance
- MA Screenwriting: Feature Film and Continuing Series
Leeds Beckett also offer the opportunity to do a Masters by Research (MRes) in a subject of your choosing, these are dependent on staff availability.
Applications are made either through UCAS or using the University’s Online application form.
University of Huddersfield
Music
- MRes Music
- MMus Music Performance
- MA Creative Music Production
- MMus Popular Music Practice
- Secondary Music PGCE with QTS
Drama and Performing Arts
- MRes Drama, Dance and Performance
- Secondary Drama PGCE with QTS
Applications are made either through UCAS or using the University’s Online application form.
Academy of Live Technology
- MA Live Event Design
- MSc Creative Technologies for Live Events
Applications are made either through UCAS or using the Institutions’ Online application form.
Leeds Arts University
- MA Advertising and Marketing
- MA Creative Writing
- MA Creative Practice
Applications are made directly to the university using this link
