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The Royal College of Art is the world’s most influential postgraduate institution of art and design. Find out about courses, research and innovation here.
The Royal College of Art offers a wide range of opportunities to improve your art and design practice and career, from postgraduate taught and research degrees to tailored courses for individuals, businesses and organisations.
The Royal College of Art (RCA) was founded in 1837 as the Government School of Design. In 1967 it was granted a Royal Charter and university status. Today, the RCA remains the world’s most influential postgraduate art and design institution.
The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom.
The Royal College of Art is the world’s leading art and design university, having been ranked for ten consecutive years as the world’s number 1 art & design university (2015-2024) in the QS World University subject rankings.
Programmes are supported by staff with reputations in world-leading research, teaching and practice. Our schools are our centres of excellence, where our students study and our cutting-edge research takes place.
The Royal College of Art (RCA) is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the world. It was originally founded in 1837 as the Government School of Design. It was renamed the Normal Training School of Art in 1857 and in 1896 it became the Royal College of Art.
