Program Overview
This one-year top-up program, designed for students with two years of undergraduate dance, fosters academic and artistic excellence through a curriculum taught by renowned faculty. Students engage in hands-on projects and collaborate with choreographers, artists, and dance companies, while gaining industry-ready skills and developing their potential in various dance careers. Backed by Roehampton's research excellence in dance, students benefit from a state-of-the-art studio and library and access to a successful alumni network.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This is a one-year top-up program for students who have already completed two years of an undergraduate degree in a relevant subject. The program aims to foster academic and artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation in dance. It is a full-time program with 240 credits.
Outline:
Year 3 Modules:
- Dissertation
- Dance Science and Somatics
- Dance Anthropology
- Dance Practice
- From Process to Product
- Screendance
- Dance Performance & Repertory
- The Teaching Artist
- Applied Lighting and Production for Dance
Teaching:
- Classes are led by artists and academics with qualifications from some of the world's top universities and conservatoires.
- The School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences provides a wide range of curricular expertise.
- The course is shaped around the individual student's interests and ambitions.
- Students have opportunities to work with renowned choreographers, artists, and dance companies.
Other:
- Roehampton is ranked number one in the UK for the impact of its research in dance (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
- Roehampton is ranked Top 6 in London for Dance (Complete University Guide 2025).
- Roehampton received Silver in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) for delivering high-quality teaching, learning, and outcomes for its students.
- Roehampton is the #1 modern university in the UK for Research (Research Excellence Framework).
- The program offers four dedicated studios for studio-based learning, technique classes, portfolio development, and professional training courses.
- The program has a state-of-the-art library with dance resources, offering more than 52,000 books, journals, and videos.
Assessment:
- Assessments are designed to reflect the real-world of dance, preparing students for their future careers.
- Assessments include authentic projects, tasks, and exercises that replicate the working world of dance.
Careers:
- Potential career paths include:
- Choreographer
- Dancer
- Artistic director
- Community dance artist
- Journalist
- Teacher
- Arts manager
- Arts Programmer
- The program develops key transferable skills that open up opportunities in other fields and professions.
- The program has a successful alumni network, including:
- Robyn Cabaret, Programmer at Sadler's Wells
- Tom Bowes, Northern Contemporary Dance School
- Ceyda Tanc, dance company owner
- Holly Blakey, award-winning music video choreographer and director
- Maya Pindar, dance critic and reviewer
- The careers support team provides:
- Career development events
- Guest industry speakers
- Networking opportunities
- Personalized mentoring and careers support
- Students have opportunities to work with partners across London and beyond and attend a Roehampton jobs fair.
Tuition Fees and Funding
- September 2024 entry tuition fees:
Year one fees
- UK: £9,250
- EU and International: £15,750
