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Master Acting and Directing (CNSAD - PSL) at Université PSL (Paris Sciences et Lettres)

Université PSL (Paris Sciences et Lettres), France

Programme overview

Two-year dual-degree programme at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD-PSL) letting a limited number of acting students extend into directing and writing, issued as a graduate-level institutional degree of Université PSL; affiliated with the PSL graduate programme in Arts.

Faculty: Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique - PSL  |  Duration: 2 years (Master 1 and Master 2)  |  Study mode: full-time; taught in French  |  Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France

What you will study

Year 1 runs in parallel with the third year of the acting curriculum, with classes, seminars, internships and workshops; Year 2 is individual and includes internships, an international experience, a research thesis and a final project, with partners such as the Comédie-Française and several national dramatic centres and foreign theatre schools.

Career pathways

Actors in every medium, directors, assistant directors, instructors and trainers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must have passed the Conservatoire's competitive entrance exam and completed the first two years of the acting programme; applications are reviewed at the end of the second year by a jury chaired by the director of the school.

Duration: 2 years (Master 1 and Master 2)

Apply through the official page: https://cnsad.psl.eu

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