University Of The Arts London Retains Ranking As 2nd Place In The World For Art And Design Behind The Royal College Of Art

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For the third consecutive year, UAL is ranked second for Art and Design in the QS University World Rankings by Subject 2021.

 London cements its reputation as a force for creative education with Royal College of Art, an institution dedicated to postgraduate studies, also retaining its top position.

During a year in which their staff and students have been challenged like never before, it is testament to their commitment that UAL continues to be the highest ranking undergraduate arts institution in the world.

To retain our status, during a year in which we had to reimagine and transform the institution to deliver teaching and expertise digitally, is a credit to our staff and students. Their resilience and ingenuity has demonstrated the enduring value of a creative education at UAL.

— Sir Nigel Carrington, Vice-Chancellor

The University of the Arts London is a collegiate university in London, England, specialising in arts, design, fashion and the performing arts.

 It Is A Federation Of Six Arts Colleges

Central Saint Martins

Central Saint Martins College was formed in 1989 by the merger of Saint Martin's School of Art, founded 1854, and the Central School of Art and Design, founded as the Central School of Arts and Crafts in 1896.

Drama Centre London, founded in 1963, became part of Central Saint Martins in 1999, and the Byam Shaw School of Art, founded in 1910, was merged into CSM in 2003.

The school was renamed Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in 2011.

It was established as a university in 2003, and took its present name in 2004.

Chelsea College of Arts

 The Chelsea School of Art originated as part of the South-Western Polytechnic, which opened in 1895 and in 1922 became the Chelsea Polytechnic.

In 1957 the science department of the polytechnic was renamed Chelsea College of Science and Technology; the School of Art became independent from it at that time, and merged with the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Art to create the Chelsea School of Art in 1964.

In 1975 Chelsea merged with Hammersmith College of Art and Building, founded in 1891 by Francis Hawke and taken over by the London County Council in 1904.

The Chelsea School of Art became part of the London Institute in 1986 and was renamed Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1989.[17]

London College of Communication

The Westminster Day Continuation School opened in 1921, and was later renamed the College for Distributive Trades.

It became part of the London Institute in 1986.

In 1990 it merged with the London College of Printing to form the London College of Printing and Distributive Trades, which in 1996 was renamed the London College of Communication.

London College of Fashion

The London College of Fashion derives from three trade schools for women, the Shoreditch Technical Institute Girls Trade School, founded in 1906, Barrett Street Trade School, founded in 1915, and Clapham Trade School, founded in 1927; all were established by the Technical Education board of the London County Council to train skilled workers for the clothing and hairdressing trades.

The Barrett Street school became a technical college after the 1944 Education Act and was renamed Barrett Street Technical College.

Shoreditch also became a technical college; in 1955 it merged with Clapham Trade School to form Shoreditch College for the Garment Trades.

In 1966 it was renamed Shoreditch College for the Clothing Industry and in 1967 merged with Barrett Street Technical College to become the London College for the Garment Trades, which in 1974 was renamed the London College of Fashion.

It became part of the London Institute in January 1986.

In August 2000 it merged with Cordwainers College, founded as the Leather Trade School by the Leathersellers and Cordwainers Company in 1887 in Bethnal Green, and later renamed the Cordwainers Technical College and, in 1991, Cordwainers College.[22]

Camberwell College of Arts

Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts was established by the Technical Education Board of the London County Council on 10 January 1898, in a building beside the South London Art Gallery, with the financial support of John Passmore Edwards and following advocacy by Edward Burne-Jones, Lord Leighton, Walter Crane and G. F. Watts.

The subjects taught were mainly technical until a Fine Arts department was established between the Wars.

The school became part of the London Institute in January 1986, and was renamed Camberwell College of Arts in 1989.[15]

Wimbledon College of Arts

The foundation of Wimbledon College of Arts goes back to 1890, when an art class for the Rutlish School for Boys was started.

Between 1904 and 1920 this was housed in the Wimbledon Technical Institute in Gladstone Road.

It became independent in 1930 and moved to Merton Hall Road in 1940. Theatre design was taught from 1932, and became a department in 1948. In 1993 the school, which previously had been controlled by the London Borough of Merton, was incorporated as an independent higher education institution.

Wimbledon School of Art became part of University of the Arts London in 2006 and was renamed Wimbledon College of Arts.