V&A/RCA History of Design

Ranked the World's number one art and design university for five consecutive years (2015-2019),  the Royal College of Art is the world’s most influential postgraduate university of art and design. Specialising in teaching and research, the RCA offers Graduate Diploma, MA, MRes, MPhil and PhD qualifications across the disciplines of fine art, architecture, applied art, design, communications and humanities. There are over 2,100 masters and doctoral students from 75 countries and more than 1,000 professionals interacting with them – including scholars, leading art and design practitioners, along with specialists, advisors and distinguished visitors. The RCA is the most concentrated community of artists, designers and communicators to be found anywhere; a community focused on art in a design environment and design in an art environment. At the College’s heart is a firm belief in project-based education, face-to-face teaching and learning and professional orientation. Our mission is to recruit talented students of great variety and complexity - whatever their background. www.rca.ac.uk