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About UCA Your route to UCA From Kings to UCA

Kings has a formal progression agreement from the Advanced Level Foundation to Bath

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

Rankings

  • #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

Latest undergraduate enrolment

  • 6,000

Latest postgraduate enrolment

  • 350

Year founded

  • 2005

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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.
Location

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

When

  • January 2025
  • September 2025

Where

  • Bournemouth
  • Brighton
  • London
  • Oxford

Duration

  • 1 academic year

Lessons

  • Average 21 hours per week plus homework and private study

Entry requirements

  • 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

From Kings to UCA

Every year our students get accepted on a wide range of degrees at UCA.

Below are examples of past progression.

Please note that for some nationality / degree combinations, we have had many students but we only mention once.

The subject ranking is from The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.

Kings course Degree Subject ranking
Degree pathway Film Production
Degree pathway Film Production
Kings alumni at University for the Creative Arts

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