Welcome to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is a World Top Ten institution for performing arts education.
(QS World Rankings 2025)
“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.
Study at RCS
Be part of Scotland’s national conservatoire and one of the world’s top performing arts education institutions. You’ll be made to feel part of our inclusive and diverse environment from the very beginning of your studies.
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Find the Short Course, Junior Conservatoire, Undergraduate or Postgraduate programme for you.
In the Spotlight
MA Creative Arts Practice
Applications are open for our brand-new, online/blended MA in Creative Arts Practice! This one-year programme will help you shape your creative identity, develop critical thinking skills and build a sustainable career in the performing and production arts.
It will help you enhance your skills for freelance work, employment with creative agencies or further academic study, while expanding your professional network, and is designed to integrate with your existing arts practice.
Postgraduate Drama and Production Deadline
Applications for our Postgraduate Drama and Production programmes close 31 March 2025.
The deadline for our masters programmes is fast approaching! Applications close on 31 March for MA/MFA Acting/Directing Classical and Contemporary Text; MA Musical Theatre Musical Directing; PGD Musical Directing; and our brand-new MA/MFA Production (Design/Management). Check the relevant page for details and apply via UCAS/UCAS Conservatoires.
Circle of Betrayal Short Course
Looking for a thrilling day out this March? Step into The Circle of Betrayal, an immersive one-day experience where you will play to find the betrayers.
Work with your team to uncover those who are telling lies… or play the ultimate bluff yourself. Take on roles like Investigator, Sheriff, or Jailor – who will you become?
Bring your friends, question everything, and trust no one.
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What’s On
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland presents
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland at Beacon
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland presents
RCS Choir
Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland presents
Maxwell Quartet & Maximiliano Martín
Part of Fridays at One
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