School of Art and Design

About us

The School of Art and Design is a thriving creative community, which has built its reputation as leading/highly-respected provider of art and design education over the past sixty years.

Situated within the City Campus, our beautiful Bower Ashton site is home to maker spaces and technical workspaces. This is complimented by inspiring city centre studio spaces at two international contemporary art centres: the Arnolfini and Spike Island.

We offer a range of courses in Art, Design Craft, and Design Communications. This includes seven undergraduate courses plus foundation level courses, and postgraduate courses in Design, Graphic Art, Multidisciplinary Printmaking and Curation. All of our courses benefit from extensive input from professional and industry specialists.

We also lead a partnership steering group with international art centres Arnolfini and Spike Island and this special alliance supports the design and delivery of our curricula, enhancing the student experience. 

 
 
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Student showcase

View our digital showcase featuring the work of students from 25 of UWE Bristol’s creative programmes across art, design, animation, fashion, media, performance, photography and filmmaking.

Fashion show

Our subject areas

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Art

Our Art courses include: Illustration, Fine Art and more. Find out why you should study an Art degree at UWE Bristol.
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Design

On our design courses, you'll work on live briefs, be inspired by study visits and benefit from our extensive industry links, both in buzzing Bristol and further afield.
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Fashion

Our Fashion courses include: Fashion Communication and Fashion Textiles Find out why you should study a Fashion at UWE Bristol.
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Our partnerships and research

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Partnerships

Well-established links with some of the top creative and cultural organisations in the region have led to an evolving portfolio of exciting collaborations and opportunities.

Partnerships
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Research

Research plays an integral role in the School of Art and Design, generating new knowledge through a mixture of dialogue, practice and critique. The findings feed directly into your learning experience, providing valuable insights.

Research

Our facilities

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Art and Design facilities

Develop your skills in traditional and contemporary crafts, processes and digital technologies.
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Fashion facilities

You can access facilities across the whole of Bower Ashton Campus whilst studying fashion, exploring fabrication, print and digital design to produce incredible work.
Bower Ashton D block

Design studios

Our new state-of-the-art Design Studios at Bower Ashton are helping to shape the future of the creative industries.

City Campus

City Campus is UWE Bristol's creative and cultural industries campus made up of city centre sites at Bower Ashton, Spike Island, Arnolfini and Watershed.

City Campus

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News and events

News

Find out all the latest from the School of Art and Design.

News from the department

Events

Find out what art and design events are taking place across the University and how you can take part.

Department events

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