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Overview	Facilities and room capacity	Students
Established in 1958 Opened in 1959 Director/CEO: Kate Cherry Accreditation: Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA)	Parade Theatre: 707 seats (full capacity) Playhouse: 183 seats (full capacity) Studio Theatre: 120 seats (full capacity) Space: 84 seats (full), 100 (cocktail mode), 80 (banquet mode) Atrium: 120 seats (full capacity), 300 (cocktail mode) Reg Grundy Studio: film and television training and production Library Rehearsal rooms: nine in total, ranging in size from approximately 100 to 200 square metres Nancy Fairfax Foyer: 700 (cocktail mode), 300 (banquet mode) Reception Room: 80 (full), 100 (cocktail mode), 60 (banquet mode) Costume and props workshops Lighting and sound studios Teaching and administration space	Total number of full-time students at NIDA (2017): 221 Number of undergraduate students (2017): 170 Number of postgraduate students (2017): 51 Number of VET students (2017): 51 Number of NIDA Open students annually: 12,500 Number of NIDA Corporate students annually: 2,900 Number of NIDA Corporate seminar students annually: 3,200
Diploma Courses	Bachelor Courses	Masters Courses
Live Production and Technical Services Musical Theatre Specialist Make-up Services Stage and Screen Performance	Acting Costume Design for Performance Properties and Objects Staging Technical Theatre and Stage Management	Cultural Leadership Design for Performance Directing Voice Writing for Performance

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