University for the Creative Arts recognises and welcomes applications from students on Kings university degree preparation programmes.
Students are counselled and Offers made based on the formal tariff agreement between Kings and the university.
On successful completion of their studies at Kings, students can progress to the University for the Creative Arts to continue their degree studies.
About UCA
University for the Creative Arts was named the Times and Sunday Times’ Modern University of the Year in 2019. As a specialist arts institution with over 110 creative courses, the university’s creative campuses are not compromised by sharing facilities with other subjects or disciplines, and the University’s Business School for the Creative Industries is the first of its kind in the UK. Alumni include Oscar-winning film makers and animators, television presenters and Turner-Prize nominees.
Key Facts
- #87 in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025
- #89 in the Guardian Good University Guide 2025
- #85 in the Complete University Guide 2025
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- UCA is the UK’s top specialist creative university for employability in the most recent Destinations of Leavers in Higher Education (DLHE) 2018, with 96.9% of graduates either in employment or further study within six months of graduation.
- The University is second largest provider of creative education in Europe.
- The founding colleges, which date back to Victorian times, have produced famous graduates such as the artist Tracey Emin and the fashion designers Karen Millen and Dame Zandra Rhodes, who is also the university’s chancellor.
- The four campuses have all have seen extensive developments, the latest of which is a £4m Film and Media Centre at Farnham.
Your route to UCA
Depending on the degree subject you want to pursue at the University for the Creative Arts, you will choose from a range of pathways, including:
Key facts
- January 2025
- September 2025
- Bournemouth
- Brighton
- London
- Oxford
- Average 21 hours per week plus homework and private study
- Academic: Good grades at high school or equivalent institution
- Language: Minimum IELTS 5.5 (5.0 in Reading and Writing) or equivalent
- Minimum age: 16.5