University for the Creative Arts

Key Information
Location	Various, England
Established	1866
Percent International Students	12.6%
Famous For	Art, Design, Media

Key Information
Location	Various, England
Established	1866
Percent International Students	12.6%
Famous For	Art, Design, Media

Overview

The University for the Creative Arts offers an array of specialist courses in friendly and supportive campus environments and continues to provide an inspiring education to all students. The University is based at five campuses across the South East of England, in Canterbury, Epsom, Maidstone and Rochester.

The University for the Creative Arts creative reputation has been established for over 150 years and the 6,500 students currently enrolled from over 70 different countries study a wide variety of programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Subject areas include:

Advertising & Branding
Animation, Computer Games & Digital Arts
Architecture & Interior Design
Crafts: Jewellery, Ceramics & Glass
Design for Theatre, Performance & Events
Fashion & Textiles
Film & Video
Fine Art
General Art & Design courses
Graphic Design & Illustration
Journalism & Broadcasting
Marketing & Management
Photography & Media Arts
Three Dimensional & Product Design

Methods of teaching and learning in the UK may differ from those in your own country and the University for the Creative Arts encourage students to think creatively and to produce personalised, original and individual solutions to assignments. This means that there is not always a 'right' or a 'wrong' way to answer a set assignment.

Services for International Students

The University for the Creative Arts is committed to helping students achieve to the highest level of which they are capable. Students will have the opportunity to update and improve academic English skills, through attending English Language support classes and tutorials, with staff specialising in the theoretical aspects of the course, will also help you develop your English Language ability.

If you have come from an educational background that is more structured towards direct instruction, you may find the UK learning methods challenging at first. Help and guidance is available to support you with your academic progress and the University offer students English Language classes, which are tailored to meet the course requirements at each stage of your study at UCA.

Ranking

42nd in the Times University Guide 2020
13th in the Guardian University Guide 2020

Accommodation

University accommodation ranges from on campus halls of residence to University managed flats and houses. All accommodation is self-catering and the majority is in single study bedrooms and international students are guaranteed a place in UCA managed accommodation.

Location

The University of Creative Arts has campuses in Canterbury, Maidstone and Rochester, which are located in Kent which is about an hour south east of London, and Epson and Farnham in Surrey about a hour west of London. Both are within an hour of international airports.

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