Bruford has degree programmes in acting, actor musicianship, directing, theatre arts and various disciplines of stagecraft.

[2] Its undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications and programmes were validated by the University of Manchester,[3][4] until it received taught degree awarding powers in 2017.

[citation needed] In 1950 Rose Elizabeth Bruford established The Rose Bruford Training College of Speech and Drama, with the help of poet laureate John Masefield and actors Laurence Olivier and Peggy Ashcroft, who formed part of the Board of Governors.

[10] In April 2022. when Academy of Live and Recorded Arts closed, Rose Bruford offering a place to all ALRA's students.

[12] Other alumni include Hayley Squires,[13] Gary Oldman, Mathew Baynton, Tom Baker, Tom Hopper, Graham Hamilton, Edward Peel, Christopher Pizzey, Lake Bell, Rosalie Craig, Giovanna Fletcher, Stephen Graham, Nick Darke, Sam Palladio, Jessica Gunning, Kerry Godliman, Mem Fox, and Marc Duret.