If you're looking for a great place to live, study and be creative, look no further than the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in Maidstone.

UCA Maidstone offers specialist teaching and research in media arts and communication design including animation, graphic design, illustration, photography and general art & design.

UCA Maidstone offers;

• On campus a large, informal café and bar are popular student meeting places
• Home to the George Rodger Gallery
• Students halls of residence are ten minutes' walk away from the campus and the town centre is even nearer
• Maidstone is just 50 minutes on the train to Central London
• London's Gatwick airport is within easy reach via the M20, M25 and M23

UCA Maidstone campus is just 10 minutes from the centre of town and set in attractive parkland. Impressively, its history dates from 1867 when public art classes were first provided in Maidstone. Since that time, it has been recognised as one of the leading providers of art education in terms of illustration, introduced in 1919, and in printmaking and graphic design, which can be traced back to 1931. In 1963, photography was introduced and in 1972 the first time-based art degree option was offered, gaining an international reputation for experimental work.

Visit www.ucreative.ac.uk for further details.

Today, with just over 900 students, UCA Maidstone offers a range of courses from Access and Foundation Studies in Art & Design to undergraduate and postgraduate studies specialising in animation, graphic design, illustration, printmaking, photography and video. Courses actively encourage interdisciplinary, experimental work as well as specialist study with an emphasis on contemporary practice and professional links.