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Why do I have to pay an application fee?

Conservatoires and drama schools do not select applicants solely based on academic criteria and exam certificates; we also want to know whether you have the artistic potential to benefit from our training.

This means we often use external expertise to help select students, and this cost is partly (though not completely) covered by the candidate via the application fee, so that the cost is not passed on to current students. This might include:

  • covering the cost of an audition or selection panel that includes external experts
  • covering the cost of a professional accompanist for your audition
  • covering the cost of an external expert to view your portfolio

Although this cost is unavoidable, we try to provide ideas for helping you raise the funds to cover the fee. See gsmd.ac.uk/apply for more information.

We also offer 350 places on the Supported Application Scheme with places available for all our undergraduate programmes for 2021 entry for applicants whose backgrounds are under-represented in higher education, who live or study in a partner London borough, or at a partner youth theatre in London, and who meet the eligibility criteria.

In the case of auditions for BA Acting, we audition every applicant to our acting programmes, with three rounds of auditions, and charge a single audition fee for each candidate. Each fee is used to cover the cost of the audition process and the administration behind the organisation of at least 2,500 auditions a year.

Please note that as your application is processed as soon as you pay your application fee, your application fee is non-refundable even if at a later point you withdraw.

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