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Please Don't Eat The Art
Animal Life Drawing at UCA
Students undertake work placement with ITV
TV Production students work on new David Tenant game show
Workshop by Stephen Hancock
from Apple’s Media Arts Lab
Everyone is Welcome at UCA
Bri Chartrand
Giving Zizzi a mural makeover
Graduate Fashion Week
Peek behind the scenes of 2023 GFW
Oluwafemi Babalola
Colouring the UCA campus
Kongphat Phaiboonnukulkij
Pitching his design at COP28

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Each year, we’re privileged to be able to share our graduates’ incredible work with the world. And now’s your chance to take a look.

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What’s it like being a UCA student?

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Why UCA?

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We are the second highest-ranked specialist creative university in the UK for 2024, according to The Guardian.

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We are the third highest-ranked specialist creative university in the UK in The Times / Sunday Times and Daily Mail rankings for 2024.

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UCA is the UK's top specialist art and design university for world-leading research outputs in the most recent Research Excellence Framework. 

12 Jun 2025 UCA brings the colour at its Grad Show Opening Nights
09 Jun 2025 Grad Shows set to open celebrating student creativity
09 Jun 2025 Kent school children inspired by Zandra Rhodes

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