- We are the second highest-ranked specialist creative university in the UK for 2024, according to The Guardian. - We are the third highest-ranked specialist creative university in the UK in The Times / Sunday Times and Daily Mail rankings for 2024. - UCA is the UK's top specialist art and design university for world-leading research outputs in the most recent Research Excellence Framework.
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The University for the Creative Arts is a specialist art and design university in the south of England. It was formed in 2005 as University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester when the Kent Institute of Art and Design was merged into the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, which already had degree-awarding status; both constituent schools had been formed by merging the local art schools, in Kent and Surrey respectively. It was granted university status in 2008, and the name changed to the present one. The origin of the University for the Creative Arts lies in the establishment of various small art schools in the English counties of Kent and Surrey in the nineteenth century. In Kent the first of these was Maidstone College of Art, founded in 1867, and in Surrey the Guildford School of Art, founded in 1856. During the second half of the twentieth century many of these small art schools merged, eventually forming Kent Institute of Art & Design in 1987, and Surrey Institute of Art & Design in 1995. These two organisations joined forces in 2005 to become the University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester. In May 2008, the University College for the Creative Arts was granted full university status by the Privy Council, and adopted its current name, the University for the Creative Arts, officially in September 2008. In 2016, it merged with the Open College of the Arts.
Focus of Study : UCA is the third largest provider of design, and creative and performing arts higher education in the UK, with around 5,845 students. It offers courses in a very wide range of architecture, art, crafts, design, fashion, media and performing arts subjects. Courses are offered at pre-degree further education, undergraduate, taught postgraduate and doctoral levels.
Benefit, Goal of this course : The University is organised into ten academic schools: Business School for the Creative Industries, Canterbury School of Architecture & Design, School of Communications, School of Fashion & Textiles, School of Film, Media & Performing Arts, School of Fine Art, Crafts & Photography, School of Games & Creative Technology, UCA Doctoral College, UCA International College (UCAIC), and Institute of Creativity and Innovation (ICI). It has eight research centres: Centre for Sustainable Design, Crafts Study Centre, Animation Research Centre, International Textile Research Centre, Audio Research Cluster, Cluster for Cinema/Affect/Place (CCAP), Conflict and the Creative Arts Research Centre, and UCA Innovation Hub. The UK's first Business School for the Creative Industries is based at UCA Epsom.
Focus of Study : UCA is the third largest provider of design, and creative and performing arts higher education in the UK, with around 5,845 students. It offers courses in a very wide range of architecture, art, crafts, design, fashion, media and performing arts subjects. Courses are offered at pre-degree further education, undergraduate, taught postgraduate and doctoral levels.
Benefit, Goal of this course : The University is organised into ten academic schools: Business School for the Creative Industries, Canterbury School of Architecture & Design, School of Communications, School of Fashion & Textiles, School of Film, Media & Performing Arts, School of Fine Art, Crafts & Photography, School of Games & Creative Technology, UCA Doctoral College, UCA International College (UCAIC), and Institute of Creativity and Innovation (ICI). It has eight research centres: Centre for Sustainable Design, Crafts Study Centre, Animation Research Centre, International Textile Research Centre, Audio Research Cluster, Cluster for Cinema/Affect/Place (CCAP), Conflict and the Creative Arts Research Centre, and UCA Innovation Hub. The UK's first Business School for the Creative Industries is based at UCA Epsom.
Curriculum :
Advertising
Animation
Architecture
Business & Management
Communication & Media
Computer Arts
Crafts
Fashion
Film
Fine Art & Digital Art
Games
Graphic Design
Illustration
Interior Design
Marketing
Music
Performing Arts
Photography
Product Design
TV
Textiles
Course Information
Schedule
52 Weeks
Accommodation
On-Campus Dorm/residence, Off-campus Residence
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* Dates and Fees are approximate and may change without prior notice.
Location
Accommodation
For 2024/25, prices range from around £128 to £191 per week and vary depending on your level of study and the type of accommodation you choose.
Surrounding Area
Farnham was recently given World Craft Town status and is a national hub for makers - which makes it the ideal place to pursue your creative passions. Located on the edge of the town centre, UCA Farnham is packed with all the specialist facilities you'll need to make incredible things - from ceramics and metalwork to films and animations.
Facilities
- Multiple film soundstages with industry-standard lighting facilities
- Animation studios with Mac workstations, lightboxes, cintiques, line testers and hi-speed batch scanners
- Animation rostrum rooms set up to capture stop-frame animation on
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- Dedicated Games Art IT studios with specialist hardware and software. VR and Game testing areas compliment the incubator space to help test and nurture game development.
- Colour and black and white darkrooms
- Photography studios with an infinity table
- FAB LAB, a Digital Fabrication service with laser cutters and 3D printing facilities, offering a host of computer-aided design and creation opportunities.
- Digital print Bureau providing a professional print and finishing service using an extensive range of materials, paper types, sizes, finishes and binding options
- Film & Media Centre featuring a live performance room, control room for sound mixing, dubbing theatre, rehearsal studios and film soundstage with industry-standard Arri film lighting rigs. Also located in the is building is a 250 seat Lecture and film screening theatre with 4K digital projection and online streaming capabilities.
- Fine Art painting and sculpture studios
- Equipment to support hand and mechanical processes for working ceramic, glass, wood, metal, plastics and jewellery, and a foundry for casting bronze and aluminium
- Newly established jewellery workshop, containing 36 jewellers’ cut out workstations, and equipped with video recording demonstration bench.
- Digital and traditional looms for woven textiles and associated dye facilities
- Dedicated performance and rehearsal spaces
- Traditional printmaking workshop including equipment for intaglio, relief, screen printing and letterpress
- Three-camera digital television studio, networked to our broadcast newsroom and using industry-leading autocue software.
Activity
A wide range of clubs & societies operates at our largest campus, UCA Farnham, from sports and cosplay to K-Pop dance and Disney Appreciation. There's bound to be something for you, so be sure to check out what's available at Freshers' Week.
Getting to the school from the airport
UCA Farnham is easily accessible by car, and a 15-minute walk from the nearest railway station, which is on the mainline to London. There's plenty of short and long-stay parking close to campus, too.
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