The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) is a place like nowhere else, powered by performance, its people, and their passion.
Established in 1847, RCS is consistently recognised as a global leader in performing arts education (currently ranked as one of the world’s top ten performing arts education institutions by the QS World University Rankings 2025).
• Collaboration-focused with emphasis on developing innovative ideas and performance.
• Partnerships with all of Scotland’s national performance companies, with opportunities for masterclasses, side-by-sides and placements
• The only conservatoire in Europe to offer degrees across all of the performing arts.
• An international community, with students from over 55 countries studying in Glasgow
• Located in Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city and a cultural powerhouse of music, creative arts and theatre. Regularly named one of the world’s friendliest cities.
• Cost of attendance is significantly lower than at U.S. schools, and a lower cost of living than other cities in the UK and Europe.
• More than 500 performances and events per year held in five professional on-campus performance venues.
• Alumni perform in symphony orchestras, teach in classrooms and conservatoires, produce world-class arts festivals, create iconic set designs, lead cultural organisations and star in Hollywood movies.
• Alumni include Patrick Doyle, Karen Cargill, James McAvoy, Ryan Bancroft, Sam Heughan, Svetlina Stoyanova, Jack Lowden, Sean Shibe, Daniel Ciobanu, Alan Cumming and Fergus McCreadie.
At RCS, students develop not just their art but their power to use it.
