The University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone & Rochester provides inspiring courses in art, design, architecture, media and communication.

Formed through the union of The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College and the Kent Institute of Art & Design, we have an outstanding heritage spanning almost 150 years. With around 6,500 students enrolled on more than 80 different courses, the University College is one of the UK's leading providers of specialist art and design education, offering strengths in art, design, architecture, media and communication.

A thriving and vibrant community of students, staff and researchers, the University College plays a significant role in the creative, economic and cultural life of the UK. It is home to several public art galleries, to the Crafts Study Centre and to research centres that include the Centre for Sustainable Design, the Animation Research Centre and the Public Art and Architecture (PARC) research centre.

As a specialist organisation, the University College's purpose-built facilities, its expanding programme of research and development, and its growing range of business and professional links are all focused on the promotion of the creative arts. In seeking to achieve university status and with ambitious plans for the future, the University College aims to enhance the reputation of further and higher education in the creative arts, drive forward research, and provide a gateway to the cultural industries in the UK and worldwide.

The University College's key strength lies in the breadth of specialist, academic disciplines that it offers. Providing students with a ladder of opportunity, the University College enables talented individuals to progress from further education through to undergraduate and postgraduate study and on to employment or creative practice.

Many staff are creative practitioners as well as academics, and are actively involved in the cultural industries. In this way, they bring the workplace into the learning environment, enabling the University College to drive forward research and to prepare its students for the real world of work.

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