University of the Arts London
 The University of the Arts London is a federal university and Europe's largest and leading centre for education in art communication and design. It also owns the Cochrane Theatre in Holborn. The Rector is Sir Michael Bichard.
It was previously called The London Institute, but changed its name upon being awarded university status in 2004. Wimbledon College of Art joined the university in 2006.
In September 2006 the University of the Arts London has changed its visual appearance and also turned parts of its site at Davies Street into the Student Hub - a place for students with learning resources, a new Students' Union bar and café. Also the University of the Arts London Students' Union moved from its previous location on Catton Street to its new location on the ground floor in Davies Street. As the university is not a university based in one place but has many sight across London a central building for its students to go to was necessary.
Camberwell College of Arts is an art college in Camberwell, south London. It is part of the University of the Arts London and is on Peckham Road. It offers both further and higher education programmes, including postgraduate awards. It was formerly known as Camberwell School of Art and Crafts.
The College's history is finely intertwined with that of the South London Gallery, with whom the building is shared. Manager of the South London Working Men's College in 1868, William Rossiter, purchased the freehold of Portland House on which the College now stands in 1889. The resulting Gallery opened in 1891, followed by the Technical Institute, the College's first guise, in 1898. Reference : Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts : its students & teachers, 1943-1960 by Geoff Hassell. Published by Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1995.
Notable alumni
- Gillian Ayres, 1989 Turner Prize nominee
- Roger 'Syd' Barrett, musician, founding member Pink Floyd
- Gillian Carnegie, 2005 Turner Prize nominee
- Lady Sarah Chatto, artist
- Cathy de Monchaux, 1998 Turner Prize nominee
- Terry Frost, artist
- Maggi Hambling, artist
- Howard Hodgkin, 1985 Turner Prize winner
- R. B. Kitaj, artist
- Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, interior designer, TV presenter
- Mike Leigh, film director
- Richard Long, 1989 Turner Prize winner
- Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician
- Mark McGowan, artist
- Tom Phillips, painter and collagist
- Euan Uglow, artist
- Georgina von Etzdorf, textile designer
- Tim Roth, actor
The Chelsea College of Art and Design, the erstwhile Chelsea School of Art (1928-2001), is one of the University of the Arts London's five constituent colleges, albeit one of the world's premier schools of art and design. It offers both further and higher education courses up to postgraduate level.
The college was founded in 1891 and alongside its stablemates is seen as something of a dying breed in the UK. Having once spanned four sites, the particularly notable Fine Art department being based on Manresa Road, just off the Kings Road, SW3, the college has now set up camp in Pimlico having made the decisive transition for the academic year of 2004-05.
The substantial notable alumni contrasts with a modest student intake of 1,500 on site in any one year. At Chelsea, students are taught by teachers highly respected in the art world, such as artists Roger Ackling, Angela De La Cruz, Alexis Harding, and Gina Medcalf.
The college is presently (ie., as of 2005) huddled next to London's Tate Britain gallery on Millbank. It is a sister college of the Camberwell College of Art and Design, Central St Martins, London College of Communication, and London College of Fashion. It also has links with Byam Shaw School of Art and more recently, Wimbledon College of Art.
Cheslea Space and The Triangle Gallery are on-site exhibition spaces showing work by students and professionals, which are open to the public.
Notable alumni
- Rita Angus, New Zealand painter
- Quentin Blake, children's illustrator
- Jane Campion, New Zealand film director, 1993 Palme d'or winner
- Anthony Caro, abstract sculptor
- Patrick Caulfield, printer and printmaker
- Helen Chadwick, 1987 Turner Prize nominee
- Peter Doig, painter
- Elizabeth Frink, sculptor and printmaker
- Thomas Jenkinson, electronic music artist
- Anish Kapoor, 1991 Turner Prize winner
- Steve McQueen, 1999 Turner Prize winner
- Mariko Mori, artist
- Paul Nash, war artist
- David Nash, sculptor.
- Chris Ofili, 1998 Turner Prize winner
- Alexei Sayle, comedian and actor
- Conrad Shawcross, artist
- Gavin Turk, artist
- Mark Wallinger, artist
- Gillian Wearing, 1997 Turner Prize winner
- Fred Williams, Australian painter
- Diarmuid Bryon O'Connor, Sculptor and Art Director
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