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University for the Creative Arts
University for the Creative Arts
About UCA
The University for the Creative Arts is for specialists like you, looking for a career in the Creative Industries. Courses span Arts, Business and Technology with subjects from Acting & Performance to Virtual & Immersive Reality – with plenty in between.
Campuses are located across the South East of England in Surrey and Kent, and provide spaces where you’ll have the freedom to express yourself alongside like-minded individuals. We are a vibrant community of makers, artists, and innovators – so which ever campus you choose, you’ll feel right at home!
Postgraduate study at UCA is all about inspiring and challenging you to fulfil your creative potential. Here, you’ll be encouraged to push the boundaries within your chosen field and follow your own creative path.
UCA is the second largest creative specialist university in the whole of Europe, with academics coming from all walks of life and bringing a huge variety of experience from the creative sector. This will give you the confidence that you’ll not only learn more about your chosen creative subject but be ready to take on the world when you leave.
UCA Creative Communities
Creativity is not defined by any one thing – both our students and staff join us from all over the world and bring a variety of abilities and skills with them. All students have the opportunity to explore within their projects and collaborate with other like-minded students across all courses.
Each of our campuses have dedicated student support teams, so that all students are able to make the most out of their time at UCA. These teams are able to provide support both in person and online, with advice for both home and international students including health and wellbeing, finance and support and assistance with disabilities and learning difficulties.
At UCA, our Students’ Union is here to help make your UCA experience even better – supporting you, representing you and providing awesome social opportunities. The SU’s clubs, societies and communities offer you the chance to make like-minded friends and take part in a range of fun activities, from Disney film nights to Rugby, cheerleading or K-Pop dance.
Facilities at UCA
With UCA being the second largest creative specialist university in the whole of Europe, we are packed full of high-tech and quality equipment for our students to use around the clock to explore and experiment within their projects.
From animation suites and photographic studios, to kilns, looms and dye labs, our range of creative resources exceeds your expectations and allows you to develop your project in any way you can imagine.
And with our academic staff being experts in their fields, their continued connection to the creative industries keeps their teaching and the course syllabus relevant to the newest skills emerging in the industry.
OurResearch Culture
Our vibrant community is home to seven world-leading research centres that span creative disciplines from crafts to design to animation. Meanwhile, our research degrees give graduates an unparalleled opportunity to work alongside renowned creative experts, combining theoretical study and creative practice in an environment that offers industry-grade creative facilities.
The Research Exercise Framework (REF 2014) recognised 93% of the research here as being internationally recognised for quality and 64% of research being world-leading.
Contact Us
University for the Creative Arts
Canterbury | Epsom | Farnham | Rochester
Tel: +44 (0)1252 918291
Email: enquiries@uca.ac.uk
Web: uca.ac.uk
Postal Address: Falkner Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7DS
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