Conservatory
Performing Arts
Applications open
Tuition and study format
Academic year: 2026/27
Intakes and application dates
- 2026/2027 Ön BaşvuruApplications openJanuary 1, 2026 — August 31, 2027
Programme information package
The programme's definition and learning outcomes, as the university publishes them in its official information package.
Programme definition
History
İstanbul Nişantaşı University- Conservatory Performing Arts Department was established in 2021.
Qualification Awarded
Performing Arts students of Istanbul Nişantaşı University graduate with a bachelor's degree at the end of the program.
Level of Qualification (Short Cycle , First Cycle , Second Cycle, Third Cycle)
Nişantaşı University provides education at the Conservatory Performing Arts, Bachelor's degree.
Specific Admission Requirements
Candidates are subjected to aptitude test for the new program year with their Ösym score. Candidates who are successful in the aptitude test are eligible to register.
Profile of The Programme
It aims to perform the acting profession professionally with theoretical and applied courses, conferences, applied theater projects, inter-institutional internships, domestic and international professional ties and joint programs required by the actor candidates. This professional field includes all the components of acting, such as theatre, television, cinema, production on digital platforms, interdisciplinary performances, teaching, and many separate performance structures belonging to the performing arts. While examining classical acting theories and approaches, candidates are encouraged in this direction by directing them to find and strengthen their own voices with their unique and unique talents, artistic approaches, vocal and body equipment. While they are equipped with information, they are prepared to use the information on the field and become an actor who creates, not imitates, by obtaining maximum inferences from theoretical courses such as theater aesthetics, theater theory, theater history, dramatugi. Different branches of art and contemporary art are invited to question its place and function in the world. They enrich themselves by practicing with master artists who are experts in their field but have different artistic approaches. Without ignoring the rules of theater and the sub-sectors dependent on theater, they raise awareness of the ethical understanding required to continue the profession with dignity. In order to break the cycle of acting profession dependent on external factors or coincidences, they acquire equipment with rich knowledge, manners and experience on the axis of their artist personalities.
Access to Further Studies
In the fields of Performing Arts; In-field Graduate students can apply to the Performing Arts Higher Education Institute Programs.
Graduation Requirements
Students graduate after successfully completing the course load and credits in the program.
Mode of Study (Full-Time, Part-Time, E-Learning )
Tam Zamanlı
Address, Programme Director or Equivalent
Adress: Maslak Mahallesi, Taşyoncası Sokak, No: 1V ve No:1Y Bina Kodu: 34481742, 34398 Sarıyer/İstanbul Telefon: (0212) 210 10 10
Facilities
For four years, the actor candidate is equipped in the areas of movement, breathing, voice, diction / phonetics to meet the technical needs of the actor. With dance and singing lessons, the side areas that the modern player should have are studied. Necessary sportive skills related to the art of acting are gained. Basic and advanced acting techniques and on-camera acting systems are studied with master artists. Interdisciplinary performance studies are carried out. In the production of art, with the thought that theoretical knowledge is also effective on the identity of the artist, it is equipped with theoretical knowledge and aims to transform this knowledge into an aesthetic consciousness.
Programme outcomes
- To conduct collaborative work with professional ethics and a sense of responsibility.
- To be able to plan and implement the staging process of an artwork.
- To be able to evaluate and apply acting with scientific methods.
- To be able to use voice, breath, and body movement techniques in stage applications.
- To be able to interpret a stage work in an original way and transfer one's artistic approach to the stage performance.
- To be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in individual and collective work.
- To be able to develop an aesthetic perspective and approach critically towards works of art.
- To have knowledge of theatre history and theory.
- To be able to analyze a stage work using scientific methods and develop a critical perspective.
- To be able to establish interdisciplinary relationships between the field of performing arts and other branches of art and science, and to apply this relationship in creative production processes.
- To be able to think and evaluate in the field of art and to develop written and oral expression skills.
Programme outcomes and the Turkish Qualifications Framework
Each line is an item of the Turkish Qualifications Framework; the numbers beside it are the programme outcomes that meet it.
KNOWLEDGE
- 1
Possess advanced level theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks with updated information, practice equipments and other resources
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11
SKILLS
- 1
Use of advanced theoretical and practical knowledge within the field
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 - 2
Interpret and evaluate data, define and analyze problems, develop solutions based on research and proofs by using acquired advanced knowledge and skills within the field
Programme outcomes3 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 9 · 10 · 11
COMPETENCES ( Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility )
- 1
Conduct studies at an advanced level in the field independently
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 7 · 9 · 10 · 11 - 2
Take responsibility both as a team member and individually in order to solve unexpected complex problems faced within the implementations in the field
Programme outcomes1 · 2 · 3 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 9 · 10 · 11 - 3
Planning and managing activities towards the development of subordinates in the framework of a project
Programme outcomes1 · 2 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 9 · 10 · 11
COMPETENCES ( Learning Competence )
- 1
Evaluate the knowledge and skills acquired at an advanced level in the field with a critical approach
Programme outcomes1 · 2 · 5 · 7 · 9 · 10 · 11 - 2
Determine learning needs and direct the learning
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 9 · 10 · 11 - 3
Develop positive attitude towards lifelong learning
Programme outcomes1 · 3 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 9 · 10 · 11
COMPETENCES ( Communication and Social Competence )
- 1
Inform people and institutions, transfer ideas and solution proposals to problems in written and orally on issues in the field
Programme outcomes1 · 2 · 3 · 6 · 10 · 11 - 2
Share the ideas and solution proposals to problems on issues in the field with professionals and non-professionals by the support of qualitative and quantitative data
Programme outcomes1 · 2 · 3 · 6 · 9 · 10 · 11 - 3
Organize and implement project and activities for social environment with a sense of social responsibility
Programme outcomes2 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 9 · 10 - 4
Monitor the developments in the field and communicate with peers by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level
Programme outcomes— - 5
Use informatics and communication technologies with at least a minimum level of European Computer Driving License Advanced Level software knowledge
Programme outcomes10
COMPETENCES ( Field Specific Competence )
- 1
Act in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethic values on the stages of gathering, implementation and release of the results of data related to the field
Programme outcomes1 · 2 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 9 · 10 · 11 - 2
Possess sufficient consciousness about the issues of universality of social rights, social justice, quality, cultural values and also, environmental protection, worker's health and security
Programme outcomes1 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 9 · 11