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The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is a World Top Ten institution for performing arts education.
(QS World Rankings 2024)
“One of the top performing arts institutions in the world” The Sunday Times, May 2024
Established in 1847, RCS is a dynamic international community of artists. Here you’ll develop your craft, create new work, and collaborate across art forms in one of the finest multi-disciplinary environments in the world.
Be part of a diverse centre of creativity with outstanding teaching, purpose-built facilities, and active partnerships with all of Scotland’s national performing arts companies.
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In the Spotlight
RCS retains position in world Top Ten for performing arts education.
Scotland’s national conservatoire is still ranked sixth in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024. It’s the eighth time we have been placed in the global Top Ten since the ranking was established in 2016.
Alumni singing success in prestigious international competitions
Two major singing competitions have been won by RCS alumni this month.
Congratulations to Will Frost and Matthew McKinney for their successes in the International Handel Singing Competition and the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, respectively.
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Led by Vanessa Coffey, Scotland’s first and leading intimacy co-ordinator, learn more about how intimacy coordination works, and the best practice to be incorporated in all aspects of stage/screen production. This exciting, new, one-day course is for directors, producers, actors and movement practitioners.
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