Screen Acting BA (Hons) is an undergraduate degree at MetFilm, based in London, taught full-time over 2 years. Graduates earn £24,000 on average 15 months after finishing. Entry requires around 100 UCAS points.
UCAS Points
100 points
Typical offer · UCAS
Avg. Graduate Salary
£24,000
15 months after graduation · HESA via Discover Uni
About this course
BA (Hons) Screen Acting is a unique, practical, industry-focused degree course which will allow you to develop the skills necessary to become a screen actor. This course has been developed with industry professionals to reflect the real business of screen acting.
Through a combination of lectures, seminars, reflective practice, and self-directed learning, everything you learn will be put into practice through a wide range of practical exercises and productions.
Why Take the Course?
- Comprehensive: Gain experience in essential screen acting disciplines that reflect the real business of screen acting through six key areas: story and script, character and performance, acting methods and techniques, behind the camera skills, screen business and employability.
- Industry-facing: Learn from leading industry guest speakers and tutors, supplying first-hand practical guidance to help students secure employment in the creative screen industries*.
- Portfolio: Collaborate on productions to create material for your showreels. Students leave the course with a showreel, headshots, one year’s Graduate Spotlight membership, and CV.
*For a selection of the tutors who teach across our campuses, please visit our website.
Please note: BA Screen Acting is Subject to Validation. From 2025/26, this course will be validated by BIMM University.
Entry Requirements
Career Prospects
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Course Details
- Qualification
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
- Study Mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 2 Years
- Start Date
- 2025
- Academic Year
- 2025
- Campus / Location
- London
- Scheme
- Undergraduate
- Subjects
- Drama, Film studies, Photography
- Avg. Graduate Salary
- £24,000
2025-entry data — 2026 offers may differ