Camberwell College of Arts Camberwell 1898
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design Holborn, Charing Cross Road 1854
Chelsea College of Art and Design Millbank 1895
London College of Communication Elephant and Castle 1894
London College of Fashion London College of Fashion Oxford Street, Bond Street 1906
Wimbledon College of Art Wimbledon College of Art Wimbledon, Merton Park 1890
University of the Arts London is ranked fifth in the world (as ranked by QS Global University Rankings 2016 ) based on specialization. It has an exceptional international reputation and is the largest of the five branches of the London Academy. It offers the most diverse and comprehensive range of art and design degree and postgraduate courses in the UK - in essence, it is a full art college. With the ****together of all its staff and students, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is striving to build on its past achievements and continue to push the boundaries between the practice of art and design and the education of art and design.
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design was ranked number one in the world in Fashionista's 2014 list of the world's top fashion colleges.
In the Global Fashion School Rankings 2015 (2105 Global Fashion School Rankings) given by BOF (Business of Fashion), Central Saint Martins undergraduate fashion program (BA) is ranked first in the world, and graduate program (MA) is ranked second in the world.
St. Martin's Traceability:
CSM was founded in 1989 by the merger of 2 schools:
Central School of Arts and Crafts (founded in 1896) - renowned for its design including industrial design and graphic design.
St. Martin's School of Art (founded 1854) - renowned for its fashion and fine art.
The London Drama Center (built in 1962) joined in 1999, bringing courses in the performing arts. Alma mater of movie stars Colin Firth (BJ's Bachelor Diaries) and Pierce Brosnan
Peramshaw School of Art joined in September 2003. The only specialist fashion school in the UK
The institution is one of the UK's key providers of specialist courses that offer effective pathways into the fashion, fashion and beauty industries. It offers a unique range of courses that are unmatched by many other professional colleges around the world. Many of its courses are unparalleled, offering students a unique learning experience that cannot be experienced anywhere else in the UK. For example, London College of Fashion offers the only degree course in makeup for theatre, television and video, the only beauty course in a college, and the only course for fashion models in the UK state business.
London College of Fashion was ranked second in Fashionista's 2014 list of the world's top fashion colleges.
London College of Fashion was ranked 8th in the world for undergraduate programs (BA) and 4th in the world for postgraduate programs (MA) in the Global Fashion School Rankings 2015 (2105 Global Fashion School Rankings) given by BOF (Business of Fashion).
Geographic Advantage
London College of Fashion is located in the heart of an area that has seen considerable growth in the women's apparel industry and fashion retailing over the past 250 years, and now LCF is the result of a merger of three pioneering educational institutions from the early 1900s, a revitalization of traditions and a new addition of shoemaking in the Portfolio Preparation Program.
History
Merged from three pioneering early 20th century educational institutions
Date: 1957 Under the leadership of the London County Council
Shoreditch Trade School
Clapham Trade School
Barrett Street Trade School
Development in the 20th century
In the late 1950s, a new campus was completed, marking a departure from the finishing school atmosphere of the 1920s and 1930s.
The work took five years and cost ￡59,000, using avant-garde architectural techniques to remarkable visual effect.
The college is committed to providing professional training that closely integrates theory and practice.
Resources
Clothing factory, beauty salon, textile laboratory, technical university, fashion showroom
In 2000 it merged with the long-established Caldweller Institute, which specializes in footwear and decorative items. The institute celebrated its centennial in 1995. Over the years, its graduates have produced some of the world's most renowned professionals in the printing, graphic arts, media, marketing and retail industries. The college focuses on process, technology, and communication aesthetics, which, along with the fields of design, marketing, and management (which are the foundational disciplines), are undergoing tremendous change. The college has kept pace with this change by offering a range of educational opportunities that provide a solid foundation for creating first-rate professionals for the 21st century.
History
The City of London Local Charities Act 1883 advocated the establishment of St. Brelade's Foundation and North West School of Crafts;
Queen Victoria approved the Act in 1891.
Saint Bride Foundation Institute Printing School opened
The Saint Bride Foundation Institute Printing School was established in November 1894 in St. Bride's Avenue, with 124 students attending evening classes.
1894 Kilt Technical School opened on Clerkenwell Road.
1895 Kilt School moved to 6 Bolt Court and was renamed Bolt Court Technical School.
1911 - Bolt Court Reconstruction
1912 Mr J. R. Riddell was appointed the first principal of St. Blessed's, and the emphasis of teaching shifted from books to practice.
1919 St. Bede's first full-time course of study.
1921 The Westminster Day Tutorial School is founded in Leicester Square.
1922 St. Brelade's Printing School moves to 61 Stamford Street, renamed London Printing and Kindred Vocational School, under the jurisdiction of the London Borough Council.
1923 The Westminster Walking Tutorial School began to introduce retailing.
1929 The North West School of Crafts is created, including a printing school, and the Westminster Walking Tutorial School is renamed the Vocational School of Retail.
1933 Construction begins on the Stamford Street building extension.
1935, Bolt Court branch moved to Back Hill;
1949, Bolt Court, London College of Printing and Distributing;
1962, renamed London College of Printing;
1964, North West School of Crafts, Department of Printing, moved to Back Hill;1969 incorporated into LCP.
In 1985, London College was founded.
1990 School of Printing merges with School of Distribution.
1993 Privy Council grants London College the power to award taught degrees.
In 1996, the name was officially changed to the London College of Printing.
In 2000, the Elephant and Castle site opened as a new complex.
From 2002, London College had the power to award research-based degrees.
In 2003, London College enjoyed the title of a university while the School of Media moved from Back Hill to Elephant and Castle.
In 2004, the name was changed to London College of Communication and the University of the Arts London was inaugurated The main objective of the college is to provide a professional education for tomorrow's artists and designers by imparting conceptual and practical art and design skills to students. Chelsea College of Art and Design's enviable reputation has been built on a high level of national and international courses, the outstanding achievements of its faculty in their specialist fields, and the excellence of its students in national and international competitions and exhibitions.
Campus View
In the fall of 2004, Chelsea College of Art and Design will move to Millbank, in the heart of London on the River Thames, next to the Tate Gallery, one of the world's most famous art museums.
History of Chelsea
Background: The late 19th century saw the rise of a series of practical art courses in the field of art and design.
First: The Craft School Era
The Chelsea School of Art, originally attached to the South West School of Crafts (later renamed the Chelsea School of Arts and Crafts), was founded in 1895 near Manresa Road and Chelsea Square. The curriculum emphasized the practical arts: illustration, textiles, etching, lithography, architecture, and more.
Soon after, under H.S. Willianmson (as headmaster, 1930-1950), the Department of Sculpture was created; after World War II, the Department of Painting was created.
Graduates from this period include Elizabeth Frink, Edward Burra, Patrick Caulfield, Ethel Walker, Dirk Bogarde, Adrian Berg, Robert Clatworthy, John Latham and John Berger.
In 1964, it merged with the School of Crafts (formerly the West London School of Art) and led the curriculum in painting, graphic design and sculpture. Enrolment in the Chelsea Diploma in Fine Art course was the highest in the country during the same period.
The first principal was Lawrence Gowing, who was committed to establishing a unity of history, theory and practice in teaching, and the seminar 'option' programme became a distinctive feature of Chelsea's Fine Art Professional Programmes, with theoretically-guided seminars also being adopted by the design program.
In 1965, Chelsea began to establish the first postgraduate diploma course in Fine Art.
The MA program began in 1974 under the leadership of Ian Stephenson, and became the 'national centre' for MA studies in Fine Art.
In 1975, the Bagleys Lane site (once an elementary school campus) was absorbed as a studio attached to Manresa Road.
Another late 19th century building in Lime Grove was used for studios & workshops.
The Hammersmith School of Art, founded in 1881, moved to the Lime Grove site in 1930.
In the mid-1970s Chelsea merged with Hammersmith. Hammersmith merged.
In 1981 Hugon Road was incorporated into Chelsea. The BA course in Graphic Design came to Chelsea until it was absorbed by CAM in 1988.
At the same time the Fine Art program began to expand - undergraduate teaching at Manresa Road Campus and postgraduate and foundation education at Bayley's Lane Campus.
The name was changed to Chelsea College of Art and Design in January 1986, when it was counted as having a history of over 90 years.
William Callaway, Head of the College 1989-1992, led a reorganization that began to focus on art and design:
Colin Cina was in charge of the art section and Bridge Jackson was in charge of design.
In 1989, the 3 HNDs courses - Mural Design, Textile Design, Interior Design - were re-established as BA Design courses, as well as MA courses in the History and Theoretical Practice of Modern Art and Theory and Practice of Public **** Art, and in 1998 an MA in Environmental Design Art.
Four sites: Manresa Road in Chelsea, Lime Grove in Hammersmith, and Bagleys Lane and Hugon Road in Fulham.
The number of students in the country ranges from 450 to 1,400,
In the year ending 2000, international students in Chelsea exceeded 30% of the total.
In 2003, the two Chelsea schools were merged into one and moved to Millbank. Built more than 100 years ago, Camberwell College of Art has a fine tradition and has long been considered one of the UK's leading art and design colleges. The creativity at Camberwell College of Art is second to none. Located in the heart of an exciting arts community in London's Southwark, the college has a small campus but a reputation that extends around the world.
Prince Peter, a member of Europe's Serbian royal family, completed art and Spanish courses at the college. Built in 1890, Wimbledon College of Art, one of London's leading art colleges, moved to its present site, Merton Hall Road, Wimbledon, south London, in 1940. Wimbledon College of Art, renowned in Europe for its fine art education and theater arts, officially joined the University of the Arts London (University of the Arts London) on August 1, 2006, becoming a new member of Camberwell College of Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Chelsea College of Art and Design, the London College of Communication and the London College of Fashion, and changing its name to Wimbledon College of Art. and was renamed Wimbledon College of Art.
Wimbledon College of Art is ranked as the number one art school in the UK in the latest Guardian League Tables. Wimbledon College of Art is world-renowned for its fine art education and theater and performing arts, and it is also the largest drama school in the UK. Wimbledon College of Art has produced many famous alumni, including James Acheson, who won three Oscars for Best Costume Design, and Richard Hudson, who was the set designer for the famous musical The Lion King.