BA Drama
About this course
BA in Drama, a drama degree centred on the study of performance, theatrical history, and practical production. Core topics include Research Methods, Fieldwork, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. Students engage in studio-based work involving public performances and community-based projects, with options to combine the subject through combined honours. Following the first year, the curriculum focuses on fundamental studies with compulsory modules including Theatre Histories, Performance Analysis, Staging the Text, and The Creative Actor. In subsequent stages, students select from a range of optional modules covering topics such as Writing for Stage, Screen and Across Media, Acting Shakespeare, Popular Performance Practices, Applied Drama: Touring, Directing and Facilitating, Approaches to Acting and Contemporary Performance Making, Entertainment Technologies, Performing Culture: Theatre, Media, Identity, Audiences, Participation, Immersion, Activism and Performance, Musicals: Critical Perspectives in Contemporary Contexts, Creative Producing: People, Culture and Collaboration, Voices Across Stage and Screen, and Performance in the Age of Screens: Intermedial Theatre.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB. IB: 32/655.
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Real offers for this course
Applicants have posted 1 UCAS decision for BA Drama (W400) at the University of Exeter for 2027 entry so far. The published offer is ABB at A level.
Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 92%: 152 offers from 166 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 23 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 84%
- Learning opportunities: 79%
- Assessment and feedback: 70%
- Academic support: 91%
- Organisation and management: 79%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 76%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 45 students who started
- Continued on course: 95%
- Moved to a lower qualification: 5%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 115 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 2%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 2%
- West Midlands: 2%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 39%
- South East: 28%
- South West: 20%
- Wales: 3%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 45 students who started
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Gold for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Theatre Histories
- Performance Analysis
- Staging the Text
- The Creative Actor
- Writing for Stage, Screen and Across Media
- Acting Shakespeare
- Popular Performance Practices
- Applied Drama: Touring, Directing and Facilitating
- Approaches to Acting and Contemporary Performance Making
- Entertainment Technologies
- Performing Culture: Theatre, Media, Identity
- Audiences, Participation, Immersion
- Activism and Performance
- Musicals: Critical Perspectives in Contemporary Contexts
- Creative Producing: People, Culture and Collaboration
- Voices Across Stage and Screen
- Performance in the Age of Screens: Intermedial Theatre
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Drama at University of Exeter earn?
The median salary is £21,000 after 3 years, £28,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £23,500 and £34,500. The £28,500 median after five years is £4,500 more than the UK median for Drama.
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Drama at University of Exeter?
84% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Drama at University of Exeter?
The typical offer is ABB at A level. The average entrant had 150 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Drama at University of Exeter?
92% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 152 offers from 166 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA Drama at University of Exeter include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Drama at University of Exeter?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 0% left higher education.