Leeds Arts University


Leeds Arts University is a specialist arts further and higher education institution, based in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with a main campus opposite the University of Leeds.

History

It was founded in 1846 as the Leeds School of Art. From 1968 to 1993 it was known as Jacob Kramer College, after Jacob Kramer, having lost part of its provision to Leeds Polytechnic. It was known as Leeds College of Art and Design until 2009, and then as Leeds College of Art. In August 2017, the school was granted university status and the name was changed to Leeds Arts University.
Skin, DJ, fashion icon, actress, activist and lead singer of Skunk Anansie, was appointed as the university's chancellor in 2021.

Locations

The University today has city centre sites at Blenheim Walk and at Vernon Street.

Academic profile

Further education courses

  • Extended Diploma in Creative Practice
  • Foundation Diploma in Art & Design - one of the largest in the country, with 280 students validated by the University of the Arts London

    Undergraduate courses

  • BA Animation
  • BA Comic & Concept Art
  • BA Creative Advertising
  • BA Creative Writing
  • BA Fashion Branding with Communication
  • BA Fashion Design
  • BA Fashion Photography
  • BA Filmmaking
  • BA Fine Art
  • BA Graphic Design
  • BA Illustration
  • BA Photography
  • BMus Popular Music Performance
  • BA Textile Design
  • BA Visual Communication

    Postgraduate courses

  • MA Animation
  • MA Creative Practice
  • MA Fine Art
  • MA Graphic Design
  • MA Illustration and Graphic Novel
  • MA Photography

    Student body

Like many of the 'traditional' British art schools, it has a modest annual intake, at higher education students in. Out of UK higher education institutions, it is the largest.

Notable alumni