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The details of your application to study at RCS will depend on what programme or level of study you are applying for.
If you are applying for a Junior Conservatoire or Short Courses programme, information about how to apply will be available on the individual programme page. Our Junior Conservatoire and Short Courses/Summer Schools departments take applications through Paritor.
Most other programmes at RCS are applied for through UCAS Conservatoires or UCAS (except BA Performance in BSL and English and Continuing Education). The below table lists each of our programmes and where each should be applied for. You can find also find out more on the dedicated pages for each level of study.
| Course | Application Route | Applications Open | UK Applicant Deadline | International Applicant Deadline |
| BA Modern Ballet | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| BA Dance Artists | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| BMus Composition | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| BMus Jazz | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| BMus Joint Principle Study | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 / 2 October 2024 for keyboard principal study |
| BMus Performance | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 / 2 October 2024 for keyboard principal study |
| BMus Traditional Music | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| BMus Traditional Music: Piping | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| BA Acting | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| BA Musical Theatre | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| BA Performance in BSL and English | RCS Website | 10 July 2024 | 31 March 2025 | 31 March 2025 |
| BA Productions Arts and Design | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| BA Production Technology and Management | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| BA Filmmaking | UCAS Undergraduate | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| BA Arts with Community | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| Bachelor of Education (Music) | UCAS Undergraduate | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| Advanced PG Dip in Music | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| Artist Diploma | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| Artist Diploma in Opera | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| MMus/MA Accompaniment | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| MMus/MA Chamber Music | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| MMus/MA Composition | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| MMus/MA Conducting | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| MMus/MA Jazz | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| MMus/MA Performance | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 / 2 October 2024 for keyboard principal study |
| MMus Performance and Pedagogy | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| MMus/MA Piano for Dance | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| MA Psychology in the Arts (Music) | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| MMus/MA Repetiteurship | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| MMus/MA Traditional Music | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 2 October 2024 | 1 December 2024 |
| MA Musical Theatre: Musical Directing | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| MA/MFA Acting/Directing Classical and Contemporary Text | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| Professional Graduate Diploma in Musical Directing | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| MA/MFA Production Design/Management | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (Music) | UCAS Undergraduate | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| MEd in Learning & Teaching in the Arts | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| PG Certificate in Learning & Teaching in the Arts | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
| PhD/MPhil Doctor of Performing Arts | UCAS Conservatoires | 10 July 2024 | 29 January 2025 | 29 January 2025 |
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