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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In the Spotlight
Fair Access
The Fair Access department at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has undergone a transformation, bringing all our exciting programmes under the single banner of Fair Access.
As we say goodbye to the WACI and Transitions programmes, we continue to provide the same support for young people moving into performing and production arts training. This includes our new credit rated Access Courses, Get Into courses, our outreach activity through schools and communities, support for teachers, and online resources allowing young people across Scotland to get involved.
75 Years of Stage and Screen
In 1950, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music (as RCS was known then) established its College of Dramatic Art. Since then, generations of students have trained with us to work both onstage and off, and in front of the camera and behind it.
To mark this 75th anniversary, we’ll be celebrating the breadth, depth and richness of the work that Stage and Screen students and staff – past and present – have created. With special events, including performances, alumni meetups and more, we hope that you will join us in celebrating this special anniversary.
Performing Shakespeare with The Original Parallels Method
Performing Shakespeare with The Original Parallels Method is an intensive, fast-paced, practical series of lab sessions exploring Shakespearean text work in performance, from multi-award-winning actor and director Rob Myles.
Over this series of workshops you will be challenged by a craft and graft approach to the text, which specialises in identifying creative opportunities in the text and interpreting them in action, in ways that are unique to you.
By understanding and applying the same tools and approaches Shakespeare used to sculpt his masterpieces, you can harness the richness of his text quickly, easily and fearlessly. Deadline is 16 October to apply. Bursary support available.
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