Campus Tours - Kensington

Campus Tours - Kensington

Join one of our student ambassadors on a tour of our campus and facilities and get a feel for what studying at the RCA is like.

By Royal College of Art

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Fri, 3 May 2024 10:00 - 13:30 GMT+1

Location

Royal College of Art

Kensington Gore Royal College of Art London SW7 2EU United Kingdom

About this event

This student-led tour will take you through the RCA's main spaces and facilities, as well as key programme areas and studios.

Our Kensington campus tour will take you through our:

  • Architecture studios
  • Environmental Architecture and City Design studios
  • Making (Bench, Wood & Laser) workshops
  • Natural Matters Lab
  • Fashion and Textiles studios
  • Fashion and Textiles workshops: Printed Textiles Lab, Dye Lab, Digital Knit
  • Stevens building with seminar rooms for Service Design, Interior Design, Curating Contemporary Art, History of Design and Writing
  • Letterpress studio
  • Animation and sound studios
  • RCA Shop
  • RCA Resource store
  • RCA Library and Special Collections
  • RCA Cafeteria
  • RCA Student Support centre
  • RCA Student facilities and workspaces
  • MRes and MEd Creative Education spaces

Programmes situated at our Kensington campus are:

  • MA Textiles
  • MA Service Design
  • MRes Healthcare & Design
  • MA Architecture
  • MA City Design
  • MA Environmental Architecture
  • MA Interior Design
  • MA V&A/RCA History of Design
  • MA Curating Contemporary Art
  • MA Writing
  • MRes Master of Research
  • MEd Creative Education
  • MArch Design Practice

    • Need to know

    The tour will take approximately 1.5 hours and will accommodate a small group. If you wish to bring a +1, please book a separate ticket for them too.

    This tour is led by a student who is happy to answer any questions you might have about their experience studying at the RCA.

    If you wish to speak to a member of staff or have any questions regarding applications, please visit one of our (online) Open Days and recruitment events, or contact admissions@rca.ac.uk

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    Royal College of Art

    Ranked the world's number one university of art & design for nine consecutive years (2015-2023) by the influential QS World University Subject Rankings, the Royal College of Art offers 30 highly specialised postgraduate programmes in Art & Design. These sit within four Schools: Architecture, Design, Communication and Arts & Humanities.

    Founded in 1837, the RCA is the world’s oldest art & design institution. Based in the heart of London, the College is an international university, with artists and designers from over 80 countries making up our diverse student body. 

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