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University for the Creative Arts

Farnham

  • Location: Town, City, Rural

International

Introducing the University for the Creative Arts

  • We’ve been providing creative education for 160 years.
  • We’re the 2nd largest provider of creative education in Europe.
  • Based in scenic Surrey and Kent, we have campuses in Canterbury, Epsom and Farnham.
  • We provide pre-degree, undergraduate and postgraduate education to the next generation of creatives.
  • Our Business School for the Creative Industries is the first of its kind in the UK.
  • Courses include Architecture, Crafts, Fashionm Graphic Design, Illustration, Fine Art, Photography, Film, Media, the Performing Arts and Creative Business. 

 

At the heart of the creative industries

As a specialist arts institution, we are 100% creative. Our students develop their skills and thinking in environments that replicate the studios found within the creative industries, alongside peers on courses spanning arts, business and technology.

Oscar-winning film makers and animators, world-renowned fashion designers, television presenters and Turner-Prize nominees are just some of UCA's high-profile graduates who have enriched the world with their creative talents. Taught and guided by our experienced, industry-connected academic staff, our students reap the benefits of studying at the highest-ranked creative specialist in the UK.

 

Our reputation

  • We are the 2nd highest-ranked specialist creative university in the UK for 2024, according to the Guardian.
  • We are the 3rd highest-ranked specialist creative university in the UK in The Times/ Sunday Times and Daily Mail rankings for 2024.
  • We are the 1st top speciliast art and design university for world-leading research outputs in the most recent Research Excellence Framework in the UK.
  • We are ranked 12th for social inclusion by The Times / Sunday Times for 2025. 

 

Our international community

As one of the largest specialist creative arts universities in Europe, we offer a truly global perspective in creative education, with our students coming to study with us from overseas. We have a diverse international community that welcomes students from 91 nations from all over the world.