Scholarships at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

For undergraduate or postgraduate students holding an offer on our acting, technical, design or craft courses.

These scholarships have been made possible by Gareth Neame OBE. It is available for applicants holding an offer on our acting, technical, design or craft courses.

Courses: Applicants holding an offer for BA (Hons) Acting, BA (Hons) Acting CDT, BA (Hons) Acting (Musical Theatre), MA Acting - Classical, MA Acting - Contemporary, MA Acting for Screen; Costume Construction, Design for Performance, Production Lighting, Prop Making, Scenic Painting for Stage and Screen, Set Construction for Stage and Screen, Stage Management and Technical Theatre, Lighting Design, Sound Design and Production or MA/MFA Scenography.

Eligibility: Home/Overseas/ ELQ. 

Number of Awards: 2

Undergraduate Award Value: £15,000

Undergraduate Duration of Award: 3 years

Award per Year: £5,000

Postgraduate Award Value: £5,000

Postgraduate Duration of Award: 1 year 

Award per Year: £5,000

Application Details: 

Applicants interested in this fund must hold an offer of admission for a relevant course.

These major scholarships have been made possible by the Leverhulme Trust. Recipients will be incoming students on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses who demonstrate the potential for exceptional talent and also financial need.

Courses: Undergraduate and Postgraduate. 

Eligibility: Home/ELQ/Overseas

Number of Awards: 6

Individual Award Value: £10,000 (£5,000 as tuition fee waiver and £5,000 direct to student for living costs)

Duration of Award: 1 year

Award per Year: £10,000

Application details:

Offer holders must be nominated to apply to this award. All eligible offer holders will be automatically considered for nomination when they are made an offer of admission. Nominees are put forth based on the strength of their application to Central, including the interview/audition component.

One scholarship for an Undergraduate student and one scholarship for a Postgraduate student have been donated by Mary and Peter Freeman to support the new generation of Applied Theatre practitioners.

Courses: BA (Hons) Drama, Applied Theatre and Education, MA Applied Theatre, PG Certificate Applied Theatre with Young People

Eligibility: Home/ELQ/Overseas

Number of awards: 2

Individual award value: 

Undergraduate award: £15,000

Postgraduate award: £5,000

Duration of award: 

Undergraduate award: 3 years 

Postgraduate award: 1 year 

Award per Year: £5,000

Application Details: 

Applicants interested in this fund must hold an offer of admission for a relevant course.

This scholarship has been made possible by former President and graduate of Central Michael Grandage CBE.

Courses: MA/MFA Creative Producing

Eligibility: Home/ELQ/Overseas

Number of awards: 1

Individual award value: £5000

Duration of award: 1 year

Award per Year: £5000

Application details: 

Applicants interested in this fund must hold an offer of admission for a relevant course.

This Scholarship is for Acting students. The Scholarship was established by alumnus John Rye who chose to use his a gift in his will to help acting students benefit from the Central experience that he so enjoyed.

Courses: BA (Hons) Acting or MA Acting courses

Eligibility: Home/ELQ/Overseas

Number of Awards: 1

Individual Award Value: £5,000

Duration of Award: 

Undergraduate: 3 years

Postgraduate: 1 year 

Award per year: 

Undergraduate: £1,666 per year

Postgraduate: £5,000 per year

Application Details: 

Applicants interested in this fund must hold an offer of admission for a relevant course.

For incoming BA, MA, and MFA students.

This scholarship has been made possible by the Governors of the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama

Courses: All BA, MA, and MFA courses. 

Eligibility: Home/ELQ/Overseas

Number of Awards: 50

Individual Award Value: £2000 to £5000

Application Details: 

Applicants interested in this fund must hold an offer of admission for a relevant course.