Founded in 2011, Backstage Academy offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, short courses and bespoke training programmes for the live events and creative industries.

Undergraduate degrees include BA (Hons) programmes in Live Events Production, Stage & Production Management and Live Visual Design & Production. Postgraduate degrees include MA programmes in Immersive & Interactive Media Design, Innovation & Entrepreneurship for Live Events, Live Event Design and Visual Effects for Live Events, and MSc programmes in Creative Technologies and Virtual Production.