University for the Creative Arts

University for the Creative Arts
TypePublic
Established1856; 168 years ago (1856)
2005 (as the University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester)[1]
ChancellorMagdalene Odundo
Vice-ChancellorProfessor Jane Roscoe
Students9,430 (2021–22)
Undergraduates7,685 (2021–22)
Postgraduates1,745 (2021–22)
Other students
1,129 FE (2015–16)[2]
Location
Canterbury, Kent
Epsom and Farnham, Surrey
,
England, UK
AffiliationsGuildHE
Websiteuca.ac.uk

The University for the Creative Arts is a specialist art and design university in Southern England.

It was formed in 2005 as University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester when the Kent Institute of Art and Design was merged into the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, which already had degree-awarding status;[3] both constituent schools had been formed by merging the local art schools, in Kent and Surrey respectively. It was granted university status in 2008, and the name changed to the present one.[4]

  1. ^ "The University's History – UCA: University for the Creative Arts". University for the Creative Arts. 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2008.
  2. ^ "Financial Statements for the year ended 31 July 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
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