University Of The Arts

For more than 145 years, we’ve been developing innovative creative leaders – because we see you differently. It’s true that our top-level faculty provides a rigorous arts, design or writing education; but to be honest, so do most art schools.

UArts is much more: we’re the only arts school in America that makes it possible to work and collaborate across traditional boundaries. 20 minors are open to all students, so animators can study guitar, dancers can minor in photography, creative writers can take classes in illustration.

Innovative Education For 145 Years.

Established in 1876, the university was formed by the merging of two century-old institutions: Philadelphia College of Art and Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts. After being granted university status in 1987,

The University of the Arts became the largest institution of its kind in the nation, offering programs in design, fine arts, media arts, crafts, music, dance, theater and writing.