Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (RBC) is a specialist performing arts conservatoire within Birmingham City University, located at 200 Jennens Road, Birmingham, UK. With a history dating back to 1859 in music and drama training since 1936, RBC offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Music and Acting and Theatre, as well as a Junior Conservatoire for young musicians. In 2017, it merged with Birmingham School of Acting. The £57 million teaching and performance facility features 9,000 sq m of purpose-designed rehearsal and performance space, state-of-the-art recording facilities, concert venues, and practice rooms. RBC is home to around 50 full-time staff and nearly 200 visiting specialist tutors, with one in four students being international. It was named the top-performing UK conservatoire in the 2025 National Student Survey and is the first Conservatoires UK member to receive an Athena Swan Bronze Award.