Performance: Acting/Dance/Design and Production (BFA) at Toronto Metropolitan University

Programme overview

The combination of intensive practical training and academic university theory truly distinguishes Toronto Met’s Performance programs. While learning to achieve their professional goals, students gain a well-rounded education in the humanities and liberal arts.

Faculty: The Creative School | Department: School of Performance | Duration: Full-time, 4-year | Study mode: full-time | Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

What you will study

The four-year Acting and Dance programs offer an intensive conservatory approach in performance complemented by academics which are a crucial part of the program curriculum. Actors and dancers spend a portion of each day in the studio, and each year brings fresh opportunities to perform in productions of original, innovative and established works.

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Application information

Entry requirements

O.S.S.D. with six Grade 12 U/M coursesincluding Grade 12 U English. Notes: ENG4U/EAE4U is the preferred English. The grade required in the subject prerequisite (normally in the range of 70 percent) will be determined subject to competition. Applicants to Performance: Acting and Performance: Dance will be expected to participate in an entrance audition. As part of the admission selection process, applicants must visit the Performance: Acting or Performance: Dance program page for details about the non-academic requirements. A non-academic assessment fee of $50 CAD (non-refundable and subject to change) is required.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Undergraduate admission is for the Fall term (Fall 2027 admission is open for applications). Some undergraduate programmes accept international applicants for winter admission (January start), subject to space availability.

Fall 2027 admission: the guaranteed consideration date for applications to all programmes is February 1; complete applications and amendments received by this date receive equal consideration, and many programmes continue to accept applications afterwards. The OUAC application deadline is in January. Grades-Plus programmes have programme-specific deadlines for non-academic requirements, submitted through the ChooseTMU Applicant Portal.

Apply through the official page: https://www.torontomu.ca/admissions/undergraduate/apply/

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