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UAL School of Pre-degree Studies

illustrations of white stars on an iridescent and black background
illustrations of white stars on an iridescent and black background
Welcome campaign 2024 | Design direction: Brand and Creative, UAL

We can’t wait to welcome you to UAL School of Pre-degree Studies, based at 40 Lime Grove. We look forward to supporting you on your creative journey!

The UAL School of Pre-degree Studies offers courses designed to help you develop your practice before starting an undergraduate degree.

Our courses prepare you for specialist undergraduate degrees in art and design. For many of our students, this year provides the ideal bridge from high school or college-level study to undergraduate study in the creative arts. It’s a year full of exciting projects, new peers, and experiences that will inform your future study, career, and creative life.

Take a virtual tour of Lime Grove

Joining UAL's School of Pre-degree Studies

  • A woman is working with wood in a studio at Lime Grove
    Wood workshop, UAL School of Pre-Degree Studies, Lime Grove, Course film still by Gareth Johnson

    Need to know

    Find out all the essentials about the Lime Grove building, health and safety, and support.

  • Students dressed in clothes they have made, walk along a fruit and veg shop near Lime Grove
    BTS Eddie Dimayuga, 2025 Fashion Show x Shepherd’s Bush Market, FAD Fashion and Textiles, UAL Schoolf Pre-degree Studies, Photograph Tomasz Fraczek

    Lime Grove area guide

    Find out more about shops, restaurants and cultural venues around Lime Grove

  • Students and staff sit in the busy canteen
    Open Studios 2026, UAL School of Pre-degree Studies. Photography, Tomasz Fraczek

    Welcome events for new students

    There's a Welcome event for every student at SPdS

Starting your studies

  • A photo of open pots containing brightly coloured paints
    Becky Moriarty, 2021 MA Illustration, Camberwell College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Alys Tomlinson

    Technical resources  

    Find out more about the technical resources available to you as a pre-degree student at Lime Grove.

  • Students hang out socialising on a summer's day, at the courtyard at Lime Grove
    Courtyard Lime Grove, Open Studios 2026, UAL School of Pre-degree Studies. Photography, Tomasz Fraczek

    Student life

    Join a vibrant student community in West London, and discover everything UAL and the local area have to offer.

  • A student working at their laptop.
    Digital life Yousef in Creative Tech Lab, UAL School of Pre-Degree Studies, Lime Grove, Course film still by Gareth Johnson

    Digital learning

    Digital tools are an important part of learning and teaching at UAL. We want to make things as easy as possible for you