Academic Admission

The minimum general requirement for admission to the post-graduate degree programme is a Bachelor Degree from a recognised university.

In addition to the above, applicants must also satisfy the following requirements:

• Successfully pass an audition consisting of a taught contemporary and ballet class, improvisation session, and a discussion.
• International students may submit a video audition

English Language Proficiency

Students satisfy the English requirements if their first degree was taught in English. Otherwise, they would need to present a minimum TOEFL score 550 and above, or Computer-based TOEFL score of 213 and above, or Internet-based TOEFL (iBT) score 79-80 and above, or GCSE (or GCE) English Language “O” Level of “C” or above or IELTS of 6.5 and above or Cambridge Exams (First Certificate with Grade B and above, as well as Proficiency with Grade C and above or a score placement at the ENGL-100 level of the University English Placement Test. The University offers English courses at various levels to help students reach the required standard for admission to a graduate program.

Course assessment usually comprises of a comprehensive final exam and continuous assessment. Continuous assessment can include amongst others, mid-terms and class participation.

Letter grades are calculated based on the weight of the final exam and the continuous assessment and the actual numerical marks obtained in these two assessment components. Based on the course grades the student’s semester grade point average (GPA) and cumulative point average (CPA) are calculated.

The student must complete 240 ECTS and all programme requirements.

A minimum cumulative grade point average (CPA) of 2.0 is required. Thus, although a ‘D-‘ is a PASS grade, in order to achieve a CPA of 2.0 an average grade of ‘C’ is required.

Upon successful completion of this program, the students should be able to:

1. Perform and interpret contemporary dance on a professional level, demonstrating a high level of technical proficiency, a broad range of movement qualities and dynamics and strong personal expression.
2. Perform classical ballet with adequate proficiency, embodying the aesthetics and qualities of major styles within the technique (i.e. romantic, neoclassical, contemporary).
3. Demonstrate professional kineasthetic/spatial skills in all techniques.
4. Practice, interpret and successfully perform dance in various and diverse professional ensemble/dance company situations.
5. Choreograph, teach and direct dance works.
6. Improvise dance as a creative tool and as a performance genre (contemporary dance based).
7. Formulate and practice a personalised, unsupervised practice routine that incorporates dance technique and body conditioning practices.
8. Interpret and analyse dance in a variety of styles and performance media, besides his/her specialised performance media.
9. Demonstrate a historical, aesthetic and socio-cultural understanding of dance.
10. Classify, differentiate, interpret, analyse, and criticise a broad and diverse dance repertory representing a variety of styles.
11. Teach contemporary based and creative dance to children and adults of all ages from a beginning to a high intermediate level.
12. Create and administer unit-based dance lessons and curricula, implementing the appropriate methods and theories in dance pedagogy.
13. Engage in dance research, using appropriate tools and methods and drawing upon a variety of source material.

Section: B Ballet

ECTS: Min. 36 Max. 48

Section: C Dance Theory
ECTS: Min. 36 Max. ECTS: 48

Section: D Composition and Performance

Section: E Health and Body

Section: F Dance Education
ECTS: Min. 12 Max. 24

Section: G World Dance Forms
ECTS: Min. 8 Max. 16

Section: H Language Expression
ECTS: Min. 12 Max. 18
Notes: Placement in the English courses is done on the basis of a Placement Test or tests such as TOEFL or GCE.

Section: I Foreign Language
ECTS: Min. 0 Max. 6

Section: J Computer and Maths
ECTS: Min. 6 Max. 12

Section: K Humanities and Social Sciences
ECTS: Min. 12 Max. 24