Make yourself at home

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Wherever you're from, UAL is where your creativity finds its future.

Creativity grows when you're surrounded by friends who share your ambition. Join our global creative community, make lasting connections, and build the skills, confidence and experience you need to shape your future, your way.

Choose your study level

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Pre-degree

The foundation of your creative journey.

Develop your creativity, expand your skills, and build your portfolio.

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Undergraduate

Your creative community awaits.

Industry-connected
courses to turn your passion into career-ready expertise.

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Postgraduate

Take your study further.

Deepen your practice and pioneer new ideas with specialised courses.

130 +

UAL is home to students from over 130 countries.

#2

QS World University Rankings for Art & Design.

#1

For UK graduate start-ups for 4 years running.

Life in London

From food to festivals, find the places across London that connect you to home. See how our students make the city their own.

Student voices

London is almost the best place to move to because almost everyone’s moved here from somewhere. So you’re in good hands, you’re in good community, and you just find yourself in London with people of similar minds, people of similar journey, and live it.

Tamunokuro Krukrubo

MArch: Architecture, Central Saint Martins

The best thing about the course is that it’s allowed me to make friends with and build a network of people that are into what I do. I’m into what they do. And there’s a real emphasis on collaboration throughout the learning there, which then kind of goes on outside of your life at university.

Fraser Scowen

BA Sound Arts, London College of Communication

I think because I’m born here and my parents are from a different country, I’ve created this third space where I can be both, and I’ve accepted both cultures to be mine. I was able to find people who had similar mindsets, and that grounded me in my work ethic and where my creative practice will lead me.

Chelsea Laylo

BA Design for Art Direction, London College of Communication

More than an education

At UAL, you'll find your people and open doors you didn't know existed. Your culture and identity become your creative edge. London's creative industries are right on your doorstep, ready for you to step into.

Get inspired by our student and graduate stories.

Discover creative careers

Find your place at UAL

6 Colleges, plus institutes and schools, all with their own character and community. Which one calls your name?

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Central Saint Martins

Ready to find your creative home?

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Pre-degree

Explore creative disciplines and experiment with new mediums.

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Undergraduate

Dive into your chosen specialty with our creative BA and BSc courses.

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Postgraduate

Advance your skills and expand your creativity.

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