Direct Form Postgraduate

Select the Apply Now button, anywhere on this page. Then select your chosen course, now you will be able to access the Direct Application form. 

You will receive an email verification request, please complete this within 24 hours. If you do not receive this, please email us at [email protected]. This link can only be used once and is valid for 24 hours only. 

This is your Application Management Portal. For future access, select “Continue my Application” in the quick links section at the bottom of our website.

Apply to a different course the same Apply Now link. Select another course and log in with details you have just created.

Select “View” then “Edit” on the Personal Details section. Enter your details (matching those on your official documents), then select “Next” in the bottom right-hand corner. 

A green tick will show, you have now completed this section. 

Enter your current address. For those living in the United Kingdom, your country will be England, Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales. 

You can use the copy button to copy and paste your address onto the next page (correspondence address).

Enter your contact details. Please double-check that these are correct. 

Enter your passport details and nationality. If you are a UK Citizen, your country of birth is the United Kingdom, and your legal nationality is UK National.

Enter your residency details.  If you are a UK Citizen, your country of residence is England, Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, and your residential category is UK Citizen (Country of Residence).

If you are unsure, please seek advice from the UK Government Website. 

If you have used an overseas agent, enter your agent's details. Our affiliated agents can be found in the drop-down list; your application will be shared with them. 

Enter information of non-affiliated agents manually; we won’t share information on your behalf. 

Enter the highest level of qualification you expect to have when you start your course and the official name of the last institution you attended.

Enter your relevant qualifications. Please double-check that these are correct before proceeding.

If English is your first language, select no and move to the next section.

If English is not your first language, please enter the details of your test. 

Please upload your personal statement as a Word document or PDF.

 If your file is too large, please email a copy to us at [email protected] and upload a blank Word document.

Enter any examples of paid or unpaid work experience that is relevant to your course or that strengthens your application.

You can either upload a CV or individual instances of work experience.

Please fill out all the requested information; it won’t affect your application.

Now you have completed your application, please check that your information is correct before submitting.

Once you submit, you will receive an email confirmation from us, and we will be in contact to guide you through the next steps. If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected]

Good luck, we hope to see you soon!

Applicant Portal

After you submit your application, you will receive two emails from us.

First, a confirmation of your application and then an invitation to log onto your Applicant Portal. 

From here you can track the progress of your application and see any messages from us. If there’s any extra information we need from you we will message you here, so make sure to check it regularly!

Audition Invitation

Our admissions officers will now review your application. If you are successful you will be invited to our audition management platform, Acceptd. 

From here you will be able to book and manage your in- person auditions and upload any audition materials, portfolios or self-tapes.

For more information about auditions please check out our Audition Guides. 

Please note that we assess all our applications by hand. This means we might take longer to process your application than other institutions, so please don’t worry if you don’t hear back from us straight away. If you don’t hear back for a month please email us at [email protected]

If you have any concerns or complaints during the admissions process, please contact us via our feedback form.

To read our comprehensive policies and regulations, please head over to our policies page. 

Applicants who have undertaken learning which has been formally assessed and certified by another educational institution or training provider, as well as applicants who have gained formal recognition of learning through other experience (e.g. in-house training programmes that are not externally assessed), may be able to use this towards their study at Leeds Conservatoire either to satisfy entry requirements or to join the programme at a later stage. The following document provides further information on the conservatoire’s APL application procedure.

• Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) PDF