University for the Creative Arts (UCA)

Our vision is to be recognised as a global authority on creative arts, creative technologies and business for the creative industries.

We are achieving this through our strategic plan 2018-28, which focuses on a number of key areas:

• Delivery of a shared vision through high-performing Teams
• Develop and drive a financially robust and resilient business model
• Develop the ‘Business of Creativity’
• Develop our international presence and influence
• Enhancing our educational offer

At UCA, we believe that creativity makes global communities more vibrant, more innovative, more human.

Which is why, for 160 years, our university has been a passionate advocate for creative education and research. 

We offer courses in Architecture, Crafts, Fashion, Graphic Design, Illustration, Fine Art, Photography, Film, Media, the Performing Arts and Creative Business. Our programmes are acclaimed for their top teaching quality, and highly respected by creative sector employers. But we’re a lot more than that, too.

Our goal

• We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.
• So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment.​ Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common:
• They are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.

Our strategy

• Our ten-year strategy sets out how we're working to make UCA an even better place to work and study.