Arts University Plymouth is a new kind of Arts University for the 21st century, preparing graduates who are uniquely placed to provide creative solutions to the complex global challenges of our times.
Founded in 1856 as the Plymouth Drawing School, we are proud to be the Arts University in Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City. The University offers a comprehensive spectrum of specialist undergraduate, postgraduate and pre-degree study in art, design, craft and digital media programmes to a dynamic community of around 1,500 UK and international students – combining 170 years of creativity with contemporary thinking and cutting-edge, industry standard resources.
Our university is widely regarded as a catalyst for individual, societal and ecological transformation, delivering innovative and distinctive learning, teaching and research through our interdisciplinary ecosystem of materials, processes, technologies and knowledge exchange.