Arts University Plymouth
We are a specialist, independent arts university, est. 1856.
- Location
- Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Website
- https://www.aup.ac.uk/
Projects credited in
- Textile Designer
- Marketer
- Other Profession
- Interior Designer
- Fashion Designer, Garment Maker
- Fashion Designer, Garment Maker
- st
- Fashion Designer, Garment Maker
- Artist & Designer, Interior/Stylist.
- Graphic Designer | Freelance
- Interior Designer
- Graphic Designer
- CHAMPIONING THE FUTURE OF DESIGN
- Interior Designer
- CHAMPIONING THE FUTURE OF DESIGN
- Interior Designer
- Midweight Digital Designer
- Freelance Print Designer
- Interior Designer
- Freelance Print Designer
- Pattern Cutter
- Freelance Print Designer
- Pattern Cutter
- Interior Designer
- Freelance Print Designer
- Interior Designer
- Freelance Print Designer
- Freelance Print Designer
- Interior Designer
- Director, Photographer & Editor
- Freelance Fashion & Beauty Photographer, Retoucher & Assistant
- Interior Designer
- Midweight Digital Designer
- Photo Editor
About
Arts University Plymouth is a new kind of Arts University for the 21st century, preparing graduates who are uniquely placed to provide creative solutions to the complex global challenges of our times. Founded in 1856 as Plymouth Drawing School, Arts University Plymouth offers a range of Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Pre-Degree study, delivering art, design, craft and digital media programmes to a dynamic community of around 1,500 UK and international students. We are proud to be the Arts University in Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City. Our city-centre campus is home to our industry-standard studios, workspaces and laboratories across six buildings; our public gallery MIRROR; Fab Lab Plymouth; our creative business incubation programme Workroom; and Plymouth Arts Cinema. Making Futures is the University’s flagship international research platform and journal. A world-class ecosystem of creative resources and talented people, Arts University Plymouth was voted by students as the top arts university in the UK for overall student satisfaction in the National Student Survey (NSS) 2022 and excelled again in the NSS 2023. The University was voted by students as Winner of University of the Year for South West England and 4th in the UK for the category of University of the Year at the annual Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2024, was voted best Small or Specialist Institution in 2022, and voted second-place in the same category in 2023. Arts University Plymouth was awarded a TEF Silver rating by the Office for Students in 2023 (an academic quality mark that lasts four years), was ranked as a Top 10 university for Arts, Drama & Music League Table 2024 in the Complete University Guide, and as the sixth top university in the UK for studying Interior Design in the Guardian University Guide 2024. In 2023 Arts University Plymouth’s Pre-Degree provision was rated Ofsted ‘Good’. Arts University Plymouth offers a first-class creative education for the designers and makers of tomorrow.
Awards
2024
Winner: University of the Year - South West
Whatuni
Arts University Plymouth won University of the Year for South West England at the Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCAs). The nominees and winners of these awards are selected by students based on reviews submitted by students from across the UK, and winners judged by a panel made up of prospective and current university students.
2024
Winner: Lecturers & Teaching Quality - South West
Whatuni
Arts University Plymouth was awarded first place in the South West region for Lecturers & Teaching Quality, and fourth in the UK overall.
2024
Winner: Facilities - South West
Whatuni
The University was awarded Winner in the Facilities award category for South West England, celebrating the access students have to the wide array of subject-specific resources available across all creative disciplines. Students voted based on Arts University Plymouth’s cutting-edge resources, including Fab Lab Plymouth, diverse multimedia and photography studios, a comprehensive Materials Lab that supports innovative practices in hot glass, ceramics and biomaterials, and the university’s well-equipped Drawing Lab, Fashion and Textile studios. Arts University Plymouth was awarded second place for Facilities overall in the UK, and first place in the South West region.
2024
Winner: Student Support - South West
Whatuni
Arts University Plymouth was awarded first place in the Student Support category at the Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2024, and third place in the UK overall.
2021
THINK STUDENT AWARDS 2021
Arts University Plymouth
Arts University Plymouth's Students’ Union (AUP:SU) won Best Campaign Supporting Student Wellbeing at the 2021 Think Student Awards, beating leading international universities to be selected as the winner by the Student Pulse panel of 40,000 students. The Think Student Awards are the only awards of their kind, judged by the students themselves and measuring real impact. Judges from the 2021 Think Student Awards said: “The students loved how Arts University Plymouth went above and beyond to support their students during the pandemic, providing tangible help and access to essential items.” Part of an independent university-sector art school established in 1856, AUP:SU is run by a small team focussed on student wellbeing, mental health and welfare, providing an inclusive, welcoming environment. Student Union President Harriet Moore is dedicated to going above and beyond to develop their support network.
People who have worked with Arts University Plymouth
chloe Hedges
- Fashion Designer, Garment Maker
- Westward bound latex, Skint clothing, Arts University Plymouth, Gok Wan, Graduate Fashion Foundation
Beth Mundy
- Interior Designer
- Freelance, Arts University Plymouth
Olivia Campbell
- Character Designer
Sunny de Moor
- Photographer, Writer, Camera Operator
- Folkestone Fringe, Arts University Plymouth
