Performing Arts postgraduate degrees in Northern England

8 universities offer 13 postgraduate courses. To get the best results for postgraduate performing arts degrees, enter your predicted grades.

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Manchester Metropolitan University

2 performing-arts courses NORTH WEST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 21st
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WUSCA ranking: 4th
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The best aspects are the student union and the facilities available. I think it could be improved if we had more books generally available at the library without requiring click and collect, since right now the library feels like a study space but not a real library.

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MFA Performance
clock icon 2 years full time
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Year 1
  • Major Project
  • Performance In Context 2
  • Performance in Context 1
  • Performer as Maker
  • Professional Practices
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MA Performance
clock icon 1 year full time
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Year 1
  • Major Project
  • Performance In Context 2
  • Performance in Context 1
  • Performer as Maker
  • Professional Practices
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Northumbria University, Newcastle

1 performing-arts courses NORTH EAST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 22nd
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WUSCA ranking: 13th
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Northumbria's sports facilities are fantastic, I love sports central. As a sport lover it is a great place to go, super encouraging at getting students to be involved in sports whether through participating or watching. The psychology department is brilliant, nice big rooms and social spaces for independent study or group chats. Habita is cosy and big, always showing sports, fun music and cheap food and drinks.

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University of Hull

4 performing-arts courses YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE
Subject ranking: 44th
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The student report is great and really accessible for all different types of issues and problems you may need. Some of the buildings look quite dull, I would like if the lecture rooms had more windows.

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BIMM University

1 performing-arts courses SOUTH EAST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 90th
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The best is the students and the amount of resources the university provides. On the other hand, I expected a bigger workload and more classes for the price that I am paying. Since this is my first time studying something in the creative industries, I am not sure how the studies should be like, but it feels like there should be more tests inbetween the assessments and academic pressure.

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University of York

1 performing-arts courses YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE
Subject ranking: 5th
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There are excellent lecturers and student support services (particularly academic skills). The campus has a good feel and has a lot of outdoor seating which will be nice when the weather is warm. Lecture rooms are good but the seats are very uncomfortable. There is little impact from the students' union, for example there was no 'refreshers fayre' for January intake students, which also impacts the student life score.

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Year 1
  • Dissertation
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University of Leeds

2 performing-arts courses YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE
Subject ranking: 17th
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Oxford Brookes University offers a supportive learning environment with passionate lecturers and modern facilities. The campus is vibrant, with plenty of opportunities to get involved in clubs and events. The city of Oxford adds to the appeal, providing a rich, historic backdrop and excellent career opportunities. Overall, it’s a great choice for those looking for a balance of academics and student life.

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Year 1
  • Independent Research Project (MA)
  • Perspectives on Global Performance
  • The Creative Economy in Global Contexts
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Leeds Beckett University

1 performing-arts courses YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE
Subject ranking: 64th
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WUSCA ranking: 29th
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The best is the way its made me more confident in my art and made me embrace methods id previously rejected and made me consider more ways I can make a career in art than tattooing and allowed me to use resources id want to use after like risoprinting has become of particular interest. The worst is probably the vagueness of assignments sometimes and I tend to worry Im doing the wrong thing, but I have plenty of tutors I can talk to about this.

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MA Theatre and Performance
clock icon 1 year full time
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Year 1
  • Commission
  • Critical Conversations
  • Major Project
  • Research in the Arts
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University of Huddersfield

1 performing-arts courses YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE
Subject ranking: 89th
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WUSCA ranking: 21th
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i love the community - societies are great, i love how i’ve met so many people and get to do a course i love, the worst aspect is maybe how many days were in as it doesn’t see very worth it and facilities/resources for art students as we got £150 from an exhibition last year and they kept the money for “resources” however we’ve not seen any

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