Rose Bruford College

Rose Bruford College is a specialist drama institution at Sidcup in the London Borough of Bexley, teaching acting, actor musicianship, directing, theatre arts and stagecraft. It pioneered the first acting degree in Britain in 1976 and held University of Manchester validation until it received its own degree-awarding powers in 2017. Which body awards the degree matters, since it appears on the certificate, and for current entrants it is Rose Bruford itself. Its international fee for the three-year BA Acting is GBP 24,150 a year, with a GBP 4,000 deposit on acceptance. Fees are published per course, so another programme may differ. Sidcup is in outer south-east London, so the London maintenance requirement of GBP 13,761 applies while rents sit well below central London. A student here evidences the same sum as one in Kensington while likely spending considerably less — the visa floor works in their favour.