Emma Watson to Put Acting Career on Hold

Emma Watson is putting her acting career on hold - in a bid to concentrate on her education, according to reports.

The actress, 18, has said she wants to complete her degree after she has finished shooting the final installment of the Harry Potter franchise.

Watson, along with co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint will finish work on production by next autumn - and producers have agreed to move filming around to fit in with her university timetable if necessary.

Emma explains, "I would like to go to university and complete a degree and so that will mean a break from acting.

"I've always tried to balance my education with my acting career, but I just don't think it will be possible to juggle it with a degree course. I have a need now to study."

Emma -- who has earned a reported $30m from the Potter movies -- has previously revealed she considering whether to go to University in England or in the US.

She has said, "There are excellent universities over there and I am applying at the moment.

"If I stay in [England] I will read English Literature, and if I go to America I will do a Liberal Arts program."

Emma's spokesperson added, "Any future projects will take second place to University. Her first commitment will be to her course."

The new Harry Potter film, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince has been delayed for release until 2009, to coincide with the summer box office season.