University for the Creative Arts

University for the Creative Arts is the creative University for the south east of England, with Schools across Surrey and Kent, as well as at our partner organisations such as Maidstone Television Studios – all located in a beautiful city or town close to London.

Canterbury School of Art, Architecture and Design – Canterbury is known for its historic beauty, stunning architecture, and cool café culture – a vibrant place to live and explore while you study. Our relaxed and friendly campus is located just on the edge of the city. The Cathedral is only a short walk away, and on sunny days, a quick bus ride takes you to the Kent coastline.

Epsom School of Creative Business, Fashion and Enterprise – This campus is located on the edge of the town centre of Epsom, here you’ll find everything you need – from shops, bars, cafes and restaurants, to nights and days out. Popular spots also include Rosebery Park, which is opposite the campus – perfect for socialising and relaxing. Also take the train to London and be there within an hour.

Farnham School of Creative and Cultural Industries – With its market-town charm, World Craft Town status and excellent transport links to London, the south east and the south coast, Farnham has plenty to offer. Located in Farnham itself, our campus is close to a host of cafes, restaurants, pubs and independent shops. You’ll also find stunning spots for countryside walks close to Farnham, including Bourne Woods, where many blockbuster movies have been filmed.

Maidstone Television Studios – Study television production in the UK’s largest independent TV studio facility at our partner organisation. Located in the vibrant town of Maidstone in Kent, the Studios are just over 30 miles from London and about 25 miles from our Canterbury campus. Maidstone offers excellent shopping, museums and galleries, events throughout the year and stunning local countryside to explore.

The University wants to make sure you get the most out of your time there. That means offering more than just general information. University for the Creative Arts’ Campus Life team provides advice and guidance whenever you need it, on a variety of areas related to your student experience from wellbeing to disability, money matters to course administration. The team also offers specialist support services for international students around immigration.

Students requesting support for their mental health and wellbeing are offered a wellbeing check-in where they can talk to a member of the team who will work with them to create a plan that could include a referral to its counselling service, where you can talk to professionally qualified and experienced counsellors.

All students have access to wellbeing tools to help proactively manage their mental health and wellbeing. Plus, the Campus Life team regularly host wellbeing events. Click here to learn more.

While talented academic staff and technicians will guide you along the way with their expert knowledge, practical skills and professional experience, you’ll also have full access to the University’s wealth of facilities, with each School having facilities to support its relevant disciplines.

Canterbury School of Art, Architecture and Design – Canterbury is home to architecture, design, fine art and visual communications it has – a large accessible machine workshop; digital fabrication lab; print bureau; sculpture, painting and printmaking studios; three fully equipped digital media suites; motion capture studio; colour and back-and-white darkrooms; photographic studio; animation suite.

Epsom School of Creative Business, Fashion and Enterprise – Epsom hosts the University’s creative business and fashion courses, plus much more – extensive fashion studios with sewing facilities; dedicated fashion atelier machine rooms and pattern-cutting studios; make-up and hair design salon; digital print and screen print studios; sound studio with equipped sound booth; fully equipped photographic studios; seminar rooms; video conferencing; boardrooms.

Farnham School of Creative and Cultural Industries – Farnham is home to the University’s film, performing arts, fine art, photography, animation, crafts, graphic design, illustration, creative technology and games courses. It has a wealth of facilities for these disciplines including, but not limited to – multiple film soundstages; virtual production, motion capture and visual effects studios; animation rostrum rooms; analogue film processing and darkrooms and digital imaging studio; live performance room with musical instruments, control room for sound mixing, dubbing theatre, radio studios, TV studio and foley studio; specialist environments and equipment to support its craft courses; dedicated building with high-end games creation and experiencing environments and facilities; immersive VR studios; comic and concept art digital studio.

Maidstone Television Studios – Studying in the UK’s largest independent TV studio facility means you’ll have access to live galleries, editing suites and an audio booth, as well as a fully stoked equipment store and library.

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University for the Creative Arts Students’ Union has a number of sports clubs to join, including football, netball and its hugely successful Hellcats Cheerleaders, all which use local sports facilities to each School.

The Union has something for everyone – discover new and many familiar hobbies through its clubs and societies. And, if you can’t see what you’re after, then you can start something new. Click here to learn more.

University for the Creative Arts is committed to sustainable development and reducing the environmental impact of activities through its teaching, research and day-to-day operations. Its approach to sustainability focuses on eight core areas:

1. A sustainability strategy that is developed and monitored by a Sustainability Strategy Group
2. Integration of Education for Sustainability into courses
3. Research and knowledge transfer activities related to sustainability has been completed by The Centre for Sustainable Design® since 1995
4. Commitment to improving environmental performance e.g. its commitment to reach Net Zero carbon emissions from energy by 2030
5. Integration of sustainability into procurement policy and guidelines
6. Improving the provision of sustainable food by catering services
7. Encouragement of staff and student engagement in social and environmental sustainability projects
8. Awareness-raising on sustainability through the organisation and promotion of events and activities

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