University for the Creative Arts - UCA (reviews)

I was a student at UCA Maidstone in 2011 – 2014 and graduated during the last year it was active. While I feel I took on a lot during that time and enjoyed many aspects of the course, the last part of our final year was marred by tutors not being present, conflicting advice and a general lack of interest in the students. I feel very strongly that we were let down due to a lack of funding and interest and that we were left utterly unprepared for our postgraduate lives.

I thoroughly enjoy my course and the range of subject we study. The content is very modern and is up to date with current social media advance such as AI. The university does well to encourage our studies in these topics with extra seminars from outside lecturers, as well as workshops with the wide range of facilities the University has to offer. This includes screen printing, digital printing, textiles work and the studios where you can hire out equipment and the studio to run your own photoshoot. Campus life is very supportive and there is wide range of support for a variety of needs the students may require. However I have struggled to understand specific requirements within my course for assessments due to the fact it is a new course, therefore there isn’t previous work or materials we can use as a framework. I believe this university and course was the right choice for me and I enjoy my studies here.

No doubt, UCA offers the best in creativity and innovation. Every course is well taught, every class brings inspiration that propel good result. UCA brings out the best in their students and build them to be solution providers to their world.

I find my coursework for my course (Interior Design) to be really well structured and manageable. Although I would have preferred a different order of coursework, understandably everyone is different!
I also love the strong social aspect the University has created- there are so many points of contact, forums and groups to join! Which makes it easy to also get help and feedback on your work.