Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Institution Profile

Ranked as number one in Arts, Drama and Music by the Complete University Guide 2025 and one of the top ten performing arts institutions in the world (QS World University Rankings 2024), we deliver world-class professional training in partnership with distinguished artists, companies and ensembles.

A global leader in creative and professional practice, we promote innovation and research, and are also one of the UK’s leading providers of lifelong learning in the performing arts, offering inspiring training for children, young people, adult learners, and creative and business professionals.

Discover what it is like to study in the heart of London and learn how Guildhall is training the next wave of industry professionals across Drama, Music and Production Arts, including:

Our undergraduate degree programmes span the areas of drama, production arts and music. They include:

    • BA Acting
    • BMus - Strings, Wind, Brass and Percussion, Keyboard, Vocal Studies, Composition, Electronic and Produced Music, Jazz
    • BA Production Arts, with pathways in: Costume, Design Realisation, Stage Management, Theatre Technology
    • BA Performance Design

Applications are made directly to the School through our online application portal at gsmd.ac.uk/study

For more information, visit https://www.gsmd.ac.uk, or find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guildhallschool/



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Guildhall School of Music & Drama, located in London (UK), is an extraordinary place. Our training produces accomplished musicians; singers; composers; actors; theatre technicians; stage, and costume managers, and video designers. Some reach the very peak of their chosen professions to become household names; others use their craft behind the scenes to help bring performances to stage and screen, all over the world.