Directing Admissions/Selection Process

Applicants must have or be about to receive a Bachelor's Degree (not necessarily in theatre) prior to applying for graduate admission. A 3.0 or better grade point average in the last two years of undergraduate or post-baccalaureate work is required. Please note that due to the nature of our program, students may enter only in the fall quarter, and we DO NOT accept transfer credits from other programs. The GRE is no longer required for Directing applicants.

You will be notified if a personal interview with the head of directing is to be scheduled. Each interview will be scheduled for approximately 30-45 minutes. Every February, in conjunction with our audition tour, UCSD holds director interviews in New York, Chicago, and San Diego. These interviews will be arranged on an individual basis.

At the conclusion of all interviews, there will be a final selection process. We will then immediately notify those directors we wish to admit into the program.

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Now Available!!! You can now apply to our Directing program online by clicking this button! Be sure you know what your first and second choices for audition dates are before you continue. If you have questions, you can contact our Graduate Adviser, Lee Montaño.