Escuela Nacional Superior de Arte Dramático ENSAD

What Escuela Nacional Superior de Arte Dramático ENSAD does

Escuela Nacional Superior de Arte Dramático ENSAD, now formally operating as Universidad Nacional de Arte Escénico (UNAE), is a public Peruvian higher education institution dedicated to professional training in performing arts. Founded in 1946 as Escuela Nacional de Arte Escénico (ENAE), the institution operates under the Ministry of Education as Unidad Ejecutora 123 and was elevated to university status by Law N° 32074 on June 25, 2024. It delivers three professional career programs — Acting (Actuación), Scenic Design (Diseño Escenográfico), and Art Education with a dramatic arts specialty (Educación Artística) — through three campuses in Lima (Sede Centro, Sede Miraflores, and Sede Histórica/La Cabaña), serving approximately 115 employees and a student cohort pursuing formal qualifications as actors, set designers, and drama teachers.

The supporting technology stack is conventional educational infrastructure rather than a proprietary platform: Microsoft 365 institutional email with mandatory MFA, KOHA-based online library catalog, JSTOR academic database access, the JEDU educational intranet (ensad.jedu.pe) for enrollment and grades, an institutional repository (repositorio.ensad.edu.pe), the Fondo Editorial publishing operation, and Banco de la Nación for fee payments. Specialized physical assets include a library of over 6,000 volumes and 30 journal titles, plus theatrical production venues (notably the Sala UNAE at the historic La Cabaña campus).

The business model combines government funding under the Ministry of Education with student-paid administrative and academic fees. Fees are modest and standardized for a public institution: S/ 320 admission registration, S/ 550 per-semester matriculation for regular students, S/ 120 per course for non-regular students, and a range of one-time administrative fees (S/ 20 to S/ 400) for certificates, titles, transfers, and convalidations. Customer segments are students seeking professional performing arts training and academic researchers/artists engaged in research-creation. Distribution is direct and campus-based with no external reseller or commercial channel. Going to market is event-driven: an annual three-phase admission process (Artistic Aptitude exam, Writing and Critical Judgment exam, Psychological Evaluation) generates the student funnel, with special admission modalities for students with disabilities, victims of the 1980-2000 period of violence, top secondary school graduates, and inter-institutional cooperation agreement holders.

Name

Escuela Nacional Superior de Arte Dramático ENSAD

Legal name

Escuela Nacional Superior de Arte Dramático 'Guillermo Ugarte Chamorro'

Website

https://ensad.edu.pe

Company type

Private

Founded year

1946

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Escuela Nacional Superior de Arte Dramático ENSAD (UNAE) is a public Peruvian higher education institution under the Ministry of Education, founded in 1946, offering professional degree programs in Acting, Scenic Design, and Art Education across three Lima campuses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Higher Education

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (61161), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts Education Instruction (Visual/Performing) (EDAJAFAK)

Keywords

• Performing arts education
• Theatrical arts training
• Acting programs
• Scenic design education
• Higher education institution

Headquarters

HQ city

Lima

HQ country

Peru

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition and Academic Fees: As a public Peruvian higher education institution under the Ministry of Education, UNAE/ENSAD generates revenue primarily through student tuition and academic fees. These include admission registration fees (S/ 320), matriculation fees (S/ 550 for regular students, S/ 120 per course for non-regular students), and various administrative service fees for certificates, constancies, and titles.
2. Administrative Services Fees: Fees for various administrative processes including study certificates (S/ 35-50 per cycle), graduate constancy (S/ 90), title processing (S/ 400), reincorporation (S/ 20), transfer procedures (S/ 360), and course convalidation (S/ 150 per subject). These are one-time or periodic fees charged for specific student services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ENSAD/UNAE provides professional undergraduate higher education in performing arts through three career programs (Acting, Scenic Design, and Artistic Education with specialization in Dramatic Art). The public Peruvian institution delivers campus-based training at three Lima locations, complemented by a specialized library, theatrical production venues, an editorial publishing house, and a JEDU virtual learning platform for student academic management.

Product overview

Escuela Nacional Superior de Arte Dramático (ENSAD), now evolving into Universidad Nacional de Arte Escénico (UNAE), offers a comprehensive educational platform focused on performing arts. The institution provides three core career programs: Actuación (Acting), Diseño Escenográfico (Scenic Design), and Educación Artística (Artistic Education). Supporting services include a specialized library with over 6,000 volumes, an institutional email system via Microsoft 365, an educational intranet platform (JEDU) for academic management, a publishing house (Fondo Editorial), and an institutional repository. The institution operates across three campuses in Lima (Centro, Miraflores, and Histórica) and serves as a public educational institution under the Ministry of Education.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Actuación (Acting Program) Professional undergraduate career program focused on actor training, including interpretation, improvisation, and corporeal expression techniques, preparing students to become professional actors and actresses.
• Diseño Escenográfico (Scenic Design Program) Professional undergraduate career program specializing in theatrical set design, visual composition, and scenographic creation for performing arts, preparing set designers for the stage.
• Educación Artística (Artistic Education Program) Professional undergraduate career program focused on art education with emphasis on dramatic art, preparing students to become teachers of artistic disciplines.
• PRE UNAE (Preparation Program) Pre-university preparation program offering leveling courses for prospective students before the formal admission process, available to candidates preparing for the three-phase entrance exam.
• Biblioteca ENSAD (ENSAD Library Services) Specialized library services providing access to a performing arts collection of over 6,000 volumes and 30 journal titles, with in-room reading, home lending, digitization, reference services, and online database access for students and researchers.
• Fondo Editorial UNAE/ENSAD (Publishing House) Editorial publishing house producing books and journals on performing arts, including Peruvian dramaturgy and theatrical research, with collections such as Dramaturgia Joven, Artistas Investigadoras/es, and Teatro para la Escuela.

Quantifiable outcome

• Transformation into university status (UNAE) enabling degree granting up to doctoral level

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Escuela Nacional Superior de Folklore José María Arguedas (ENSFJMA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 August 2025UNAE/ENSAD and ENSFJMA signed a framework cooperation agreement to open new opportunities for academic, artistic, and cultural development of both institutional communities. The agreement aims to promote collaboration in education, research, and cultural dissemination between the two national superior schools.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Escuela Nacional de Arte Teatral (ENAT): Mexico's national theater school under INBAL, offering comparable professional acting and scenic design training as a public institution. It is the closest structural peer to ENSAD/UNAE in the Latin American region, with similar government funding model and curriculum scope.
• Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique (CNSAD): France's elite national conservatory for actor training under the Ministry of Culture, comparable to ENSAD/UNAE as a publicly funded national institution focused exclusively on dramatic arts pedagogy and professional actor formation.
• Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema: Portugal's public higher-education institution offering degrees in acting, theater production, and cinema, similar to ENSAD/UNAE's scope. Comparable as a public European institution offering specialized performing-arts credentials through multi-year programs.
• National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA): Australia's national dramatic arts school offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in acting, design, and directing under government affiliation. Comparable to UNAE in its public-mandate structure and professional performing-arts training focus.
• Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático (RESAD): Spain's national public school of dramatic art, offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in acting, scenic design, and dramatic arts pedagogy. Comparable to ENSAD/UNAE as a publicly funded national institution training performers and theater professionals.
• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - Facultad de Artes Escénicas: Peru's leading private university's performing arts faculty offering professional degrees in theater, dance, and music. Direct domestic competitor for ENSAD/UNAE's prospective students, with comparable degree programs but private rather than public funding model.

Broad incumbents

• Tisch School of the Arts (NYU): NYU's performing arts school offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in acting, dramatic writing, and design for stage and film. Comparable to UNAE's postgraduate ambition but operates at much larger scale and with a broader arts portfolio.
• Royal Central School of Speech and Drama: University of London's conservatoire offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in acting, theater design, and performing arts pedagogy. Comparable to UNAE's planned postgraduate offerings in dramatic arts and arts education.

Regional players

• Escuela Superior de Formación Artística Pública (ESFAP): Peru's network of public fine arts schools offering programs in visual arts, music, and theater at secondary and tertiary levels. Comparable to ENSAD as part of Peru's public arts education ecosystem, though offering broader disciplines and operating in multiple regions.
• Conservatorio Superior de Arte Dramático: Spanish conservatory model offering higher-education programs in dramatic arts and scenic design across multiple regions. Comparable to ENSAD/UNAE in curriculum structure and credential-granting approach, though operating under a different regulatory jurisdiction.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/escuela-nacional-superior-de-arte-dram%C3%A1tico-ensad
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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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