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The Royal College of Art is the world’s most influential postgraduate institution of art and design. Find out about courses, research and innovation here.
The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom.
The Royal College of Art offers a wide range of opportunities to improve your art and design practice and career, from postgraduate taught and research degrees to tailored courses for individuals, businesses and organisations.
The Royal College of Art is the world’s leading art and design university, having been ranked for ten consecutive years as the world’s number 1 art & design university (2015-2024) in the QS World University subject rankings.
The School engages with design on multiple levels, from the highly conceptual to the deeply practical, with a strong culture of innovation, experimentation and debate. Programmes are supported by staff with reputations in world-leading research, teaching and practice.
As the world’s leading university for art and design, the RCA fuels the cultural and creative industries and beyond.
Discover graduate work by Royal College of Art students from around the world. Engage with a programme of events, explore collections by guest curators, and immerse yourself in the thinking of the world’s most talented emerging artists and designers.
Open to the public from 12–6pm daily, with a late opening on Friday 30 June until 7.30pm. For information on getting to the RCA, and the accessibility of our campuses, see Visiting the RCA. RCA Battersea. Dyson, Painting, Rausing, Studio and Woo Buildings. Royal College of Art.
The Royal College of Art is the world’s leading art and design university, having been ranked for ten consecutive years as the world’s number 1 art & design university in the QS World University subject rankings (2015-2024).
The Royal College of Art (RCA) is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the world. It was originally founded in 1837 as the Government School of Design. It was renamed the Normal Training School of Art in 1857 and in 1896 it became the Royal College of Art.
