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Royal College of Art

School: School of Arts & Humanities

London, United Kingdom

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Overview

A specialist postgraduate university of art and design in London offering taught master's degrees and research degrees.

Programs researched: 12. None yet has a verified program-level accreditation record in our data.

Subjects with a verified program link: Animation, Ceramics, Fashion Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Jewelry and Metalsmithing, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textile Design, Visual Communication Design.

Programs

Each program is listed with its official award, subject link, delivery and published tuition. Accreditation, fees, language and entry requirements belong to the program, not to the whole institution.

Other master’s awards

  • Painting MA

    MAMaster’sMAPainting

    On campus1 year / 45 week programmeEnglishBattersea

    £17,850whole program

  • Print MA

    Print MAMaster’sMAPrintmaking

    On campus1 year / 45 week programmeEnglishBattersea

    £16,050whole program

  • Jewellery & Metal MA

    Jewellery & Metal MAMaster’sMAJewelry and Metalsmithing

    On campus1 year / 45 week programmeEnglishBattersea

    £17,850whole program

  • Fashion MA

    Fashion MAMaster’sMAFashion Design

    On campus1 year / 45 week programmeEnglishKensington

    £16,050whole program

  • Visual Communication MA

    Visual Communication MAMaster’sMAVisual Communication DesignGraphic Design

    On campus1 year / 45 week programmeEnglishWhite City

    £15,900whole program

  • Animation MA

    Animation MAMaster’sMAAnimation

    On campus1 year / 45 week programmeEnglishWhite City

    £16,050whole program

  • Contemporary Art Practice MA

    Contemporary Art Practice MAMaster’sMAFine Arts

    On campus1 year / 45 week programmeEnglishBattersea

    £17,850whole program

  • Sculpture MA

    MAMaster’sMASculpture

    On campus1 year / 45 week programmeEnglishBattersea

    £17,850whole program

  • Photography MA

    MAMaster’sMAPhotography

    On campus1 year / 45 week programmeEnglishBattersea

    £16,050whole program

  • Ceramics & Glass MA

    MAMaster’sMACeramics

    On campus1 year / 45 week programmeEnglishBattersea

    £17,850whole program

  • Textiles MA

    Textiles MAMaster’sMATextile Design

    On campus1 year / 45 week programmeEnglishKensington

    £16,050whole program

  • Design Products MA

    Design Products MAMaster’sMAIndustrial Design

    On campus1 year / 45 week programmeEnglishBattersea

    £15,900whole program

Campuses and facilities

Places where teaching actually happens. Studio, workshop, fabrication, printmaking, ceramics, darkroom, digital and gallery facilities are stated per campus, only as published.

  • Battersea

    Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom

    • studio: Studios or workspace and specialist workshops for full-time fine and applied arts students
  • Kensington

    Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom

    Facilities not described on the pages we checked.

  • White City

    White City, London, England, United Kingdom

    Facilities not described on the pages we checked.

Accreditation, validation and recognition

Recorded per program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, program accreditation, professional validation, degree-awarding authority and national qualification registers are different things, and a qualification accepted in one jurisdiction is not automatically accepted elsewhere.

  • Institution-wide statement

    Verified in official recordOffice for Students registerDegree-awarding authorityUK

    Reference: UKPRN 10007777

    Scope: Institution-wide: own research degree awarding powers (date of award 1967)

    The authority that allows the institution to award degrees.

  • Institution-wide statement

    Stated by the schoolRoyal Charter (RCA) / Office for Students (regulator)Institutional accreditation or recognitionUK

    Scope: Institution-wide: school-stated Royal Charter and OfS regulation

    The institution is accredited or recognised as a whole. This says nothing about an individual program.

Sources and verification

How this profile was verified

Facts come from the institution’s own pages and from official registers, each with a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Last checked 23 October 2026. Research methodology.

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