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Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático "Miguel Salcedo Hierro"

Higher education centre in Cordoba, Spain

The Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático "Miguel Salcedo Hierro" (ESAD Córdoba) is a public drama school in Córdoba that has trained performing artists for more than three decades. It is a centre of Enseñanzas Artísticas Superiores within the Spanish education system, and its official qualification is equivalent to a university bachelor's degree. The school is based at the historic Teatro Duque de Rivas.

  • Interpretación Textual (acting)
  • Interpretación Musical (musical theatre)
  • Escenografía (set design)

The four-year programmes include external work placements, a final workshop and a final project. Students have the Teatro Duque de Rivas as their own theatre, plus a set design workshop, a costume store and a library specialised in drama and the performing arts. The school also publishes Ar.Es, a journal of theatre research.

Applicants need the Bachillerato, a higher arts or university degree or a Técnico Superior qualification, and must pass a specific entrance test. Admission is managed jointly with the drama schools of Seville and Málaga as a single Andalusian district. An ECTS catalogue in English is available for international exchange students.

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Programmes

Official higher degree in Dramatic Art (four years), in two specialities:

  • Escenografía (set design): artistic and technical drawing, stage space, costume, lighting, costume design and model making
  • Interpretación (acting), with the itineraries Interpretación Textual and Interpretación Musical (musical theatre): acting, voice, movement, acrobatics, fencing, mime, singing and dance

The fourth year includes external work placements, a final workshop (Taller Fin de Grado) and a final project.

Admission

  • Bachillerato, or a higher arts degree, university degree or Técnico Superior qualification
  • A pass in the specific entrance test, which assesses maturity, knowledge and aptitude; the first exercise, common to all specialities, is the analysis of a dramatic text

There is no maturity test (for applicants without the Bachillerato) for Dramatic Art. The three public drama schools of Andalusia (Córdoba, Seville, Málaga) form a single admission district: applicants list their preferred school and itinerary first and sit the test there. For the 2026-27 academic year, applications ran from 1 to 20 May and the test fee was €36.76 per speciality and itinerary.

Scholarships and financial aid

Students can apply for study grants from the Spanish Ministry of Education and from the Junta de Andalucía, through the official grant websites.

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