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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. 

06 Dec 2023 Portrait celebrating neurodiversity shortlisted for Portrait of Britain
04 Dec 2023 UCA past and present top the AJ Architecture Awards 2023
01 Dec 2023 Sustainable brick inventor to pitch his design at COP28

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