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The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) is one of the UK’s leading specialist universities offering a range of courses in art, architecture, communications, design and media across five campuses in the South East of England. Graduates include Zandra Rhodes, Karen Millen and Tracey Emin.
On 1 November 2016 the Open College of the Arts became part of the University for the Creative Arts. This merger built on a close working relationship established in 2010.
The University for the Creative Arts (UCA) is situated in the South East of England with four campuses in Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, and Rochester, as well as specialist courses at The Maidstone Television Studios and the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace. We’re a small and specialist university with an art college environment and each campus is populated by a concentration of talented students and academics. Creators of Rupert the Bear, Morph and Aleksandr the Meerkat all studied at UCA. Now the second largest specialist creative arts university in Europe, we have a 160 year track record of educating creative practitioners who go on to lead in their chosen field.
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Entry Requirements
- The university adopts a balanced approach to candidate assessment, taking both individual portfolios and exam results into account. The majority of courses require a portfolio.
- Indicative undergraduate entry requirements for full-time 3-year BA/BSc (Hons) degrees are 112 UCAS tariff points; for BA (Hons) Architecture, a minimum entry criteria of 128 UCAS tariff points. For 4-year BA/BSC (Hons) degree, levels of qualifications differs slightly. Please refer to the university website for complete entry requirements.
- Other relevant and equivalent Level 3 UK and international qualifications are considered on an individual basis, and students from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
- The university occasionally makes offers which are lower than the standard entry criteria to students who have faced difficulties that have affected their performance, and who were expected to achieve higher results.