Our schools

Business School for the Creative Industries

Ranked top by The Times & Sunday Times, 2022 for the teaching quality of our business and management courses, our dedicated Business School for the Creative Industries at UCA Epsom is unlike any other. On a range of courses tailored specifically to the creative industries, we’ll train you to adapt quickly in response to the fluid and ever-advancing nature of the UK’s fastest-growing sector.

Canterbury School of Architecture & Design

Are you ready to change lives with your imagination and design skills? Through a distinctive approach to architectural and spatial design education and research that builds on our rich art school heritage, we’ll encourage you to take an activist’s approach, considering how you can make a positive impact on society through your work.

School of Fashion & Textiles

Our School of Fashion and Textiles runs courses with one aim – to teach you to make exciting new and traditional fabrics and materials, and use them to create innovative designs. We’ll help you find your style and provide expertise, industry links and world-leading facilities that will set you up for a successful career in the world of fashion and textiles.

School of Film, Media & Performing Arts

Graduates from our School of Film, Media & Performing Arts go on to great things. By joining a course here, you’ll be following in the footsteps of Gareth Edwards (director of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Chris Butler (director of Golden Globe-winning animation Missing Link) and many other well-known and award-winning alumni. Along the way, we’ll give you the skills, knowledge and confidence to produce powerful and thought-provoking work, plus the industry links to get vital hands- on experience.

School of Fine Art, Photography & Crafts

The courses in this school are designed to turn you into an artist, a photographer ora visual storyteller – and so much more. You’ll be challenged to re-evaluate your own work, research historical and contemporary contexts and theories, and experiment with a wide range of different processes and materials on your journey to becoming a true expert in your craft.

School of Games & Creative Technology

Inventing new worlds and characters for play and creating new apps and websites for the digital and AR landscape are just a taste of what you’ll be up to on our courses in this school. With state-of-the-art facilities and some of the best in the business teaching you, you’ll be able to immerse yourself in this exciting and rapidly growing sector of the creative industries.

School of Communications

Our School of Communications is home to a mixture of new and industry relevant courses, as well as some of our more well-established degrees, including Graphic Design and Illustration. Courses within the School of Communications will challenge you to re-imagine how you communicate, either visually and through user experience, or through traditional media. Are you ready to challenge your mindset and dig deep into the psyche of a range of personas? Well, a course within our School of Communications will do just that.

UCA International College (UCAIC)

UCA International College (UCAIC) offers students from across the globe a chance to study our full range of creative arts and business courses. The integrated first year of our 4 year undergraduate or 2 year postgraduate degree will give you a chance to improve your English language skills and academic qualifications so you can progress with your studies at UCA with confidence. Our specialist team will support you throughout, from your application to your move to the UK.