Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is recognised as a world leader in performing arts education (ranked world top 10 by QS World Rankings 2024). 

Located in the vibrant city of Glasgow, Scotland’s national conservatoire offers specialist training in music, drama, dance, production, film and education.

Studying at RCS is to be immersed in a creative and collaborative arts community with students from more than 60 countries, innovative and specialist staff and active partnerships with all of Scotland’s national arts companies. It’s a centre of performance, with purpose-built venues and a learning environment which encourages students to create new work, collaborate with peers across disciplines and develop ideas across a range of platforms, both physical and virtual.

Through a curriculum built around performance, RCS nurtures each individual’s artistry and helps them to refine their art in order to reflect, shape and transform their communities and our world. RCS prepares students for the world as it is and will be in the ever-evolving landscape of the arts. 

RCS graduates are resourceful, highly employable and members of a dynamic community of artists who make a significant impact across the globe. At RCS, students develop not just their art but their power to use it.

• RCS is continually named as one of the world’s top destinations to study the performing arts by the QS World University Rankings. 
• Only conservatoire in Europe to offer degrees across all of the performing arts.
• Specialised teaching across music, drama, dance, production, film, and education.
• World-class facilities to help emerging artists thrive.
• Active professional partnerships with all of Scotland’s national arts companies.
• Collaboration opportunities across all of the art forms.
• One of Scotland’s busiest arts venues with 500+ performances each year.
• More than 3,000 students are taught every year through the Junior Conservatoire and Short Courses, as well as our national Fair Access programmes.

www.rcs.ac.uk

Applications 

Welcome to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s online audition/application process. In order to be considered for a place at the RCS, applicants must have already applied through UCAS (except those applying to audition in the US for the Artist Diploma in Opera) and you will be asked to provide your UCAS ID as part of your Acceptd application.

For 2025/26 entry, all applicants must create an account regardless of their audition location choice. This platform will be used for applicants to choose their audition/interview timeslots. If you do not have an Acceptd account we will not be able to schedule your audition.

Many of our programmes require the submission of supplementary materials or video auditions (if you have chosen the recording option). You will be able to submit these using the Acceptd platform. Please check our course pages on our website www.rcs.ac.uk for programme specific information.

Example uses of the Acceptd platform can be found below:

1. Schedule your audition/interview time
2. Submit an audition recording to accompany a UCAS Conservatoires application.
3. Submit a composition portfolio to accompany a UCAS Conservatoires application.
4. Submit a creative response task, about your questionnaire and production/performance presentation for BA Production Arts and Design and BA Production Technology and Management ahead of your interview.
5. Submit a portfolio submission and filmmaking written component for BA Filmmaking ahead of your interview.
6. Submit photographs for BA Modern Ballet. 
7. Submit a proposal form for PhD/MPhil and DPerf to accompany your UCAS Conservatoires application. This information must match the information you supplied with your application either through UCAS Conservatoires or direct to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
8. Submit further information for MEd to accompany your UCAS Conservatoires application. 
9. Submit a Leverhulme Fellowship application and audition assessment.