2026 UCAS Clearing Acting courses

Looking for Acting Clearing opportunities for September 2026?

If you're exploring your options through UCAS Clearing, you can apply for Acting at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) and begin your degree this September.

Whether you've changed your plans, achieved different grades than expected, or are applying to university for the first time, Clearing gives you another route onto a creative and industry-focused Acting degree.

Find out if you could get a offer to study Acting through Clearing in less than 60 seconds.

Megan Shepherd & Ffion Austin, BA (Hons) Acting, UCA Farnham

Acting degrees in Clearing at UCA

Our actor training is practical, vocational, and intensive – led by practising industry professionals – but you are also given the creative freedom to write, produce, and direct. That's what makes a UCA actor-creator – a performer who is employable across a wide range of skills and disciplines.

The Acting degree at UCA includes performances on stage, screen, and everything between. One week you may perform at a 400-seat theatre and the next you might be on set in a custom-built film studio, find yourself wearing a motion capture suit, or behind the mic in a recording studio.

By the time you graduate you'll have a professional showreel, voicereel, headshots, and a website that you've produced as part of the course, in collaboration with other students and staff from across our creative community.

View the acting degree webpage

Patricia Cunha, BA (Hons) Acting, UCA Farnham

Why choose UCA for Acting?

  • Collaborations include the National Theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe and BFI
  • Recognised as a Graduate Course by Spotlight and Equity
  • Guest lecturers have included well-known actors and directors from stage and screen, as well as casting professionals from Hollywood films
Sara Casanova, Louis Sandars, Bola Bao, BA (Hons) Acting, UCA Farnham

How to apply to Acting Clearing courses

Every year many students as can you get into Acting through Clearing? And the answer is yes! Many students secure places on Acting courses through Clearing every year.

You may be eligible for an Acting Clearing place if:

  • You've received your results and are looking for available courses
  • You've changed your mind about where or what to study
  • You didn't meet the conditions of your original offer
  • You're applying to university after the main UCAS deadline

Acting applicants may be asked to provide examples of creative work or a portfolio. Our admissions team will explain the current requirements and guide you through the process.

Clearing at UCA

Learn more about Clearing and begin your application today to start your creative journey at UCA this September

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