The Kingston School of Art (KSA) is an

art school An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, including fine art – especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. Art schools can offer elementary, secondary, post-seco ...

Kingston upon Thames Kingston upon Thames (hyphenated until 1965, colloquially known as Kingston) is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, England. It is situated on the River Thames and southwest of Charing Cross. It is notable as ...

, part of

Kingston University London Kingston University London is a Public university, public research university located within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in South London, South West London, England. Its roots go back to the Kingston Technical Institute, founded in 1 ...

. It was first established in 1899 as the Kingston School of Science and Art. In 1930 it was established as a separate school and has been based on its own art school campus since 1939. It was disestablished in 1970 by becoming part of Kingston Polytechnic, but a re-brand in 2017 introduced the name again. It is the oldest constituent part of Kingston University, which was established in 1992. The School of Art plays an important role in the

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and social development of Kingston. The school teaches a variety of art-related subjects, including

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

fashion Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashion in ...

, and

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. In the 2018/2019 academic year it will also begin teaching

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and

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s, which were previously taught by other schools of Kingston University. It had 2,801 students in the 2017/2018 academic year, 2,161 of which were

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or EU students. In the 2019

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University Guide, it was ranked 6th out of 49 for fashion, 9th out of 67 for art, and 22nd out of 49 for architecture in the

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Notable students and faculty

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(1930-1934) faculty *

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(1961), singer, songwriter * George Fisher Gilmour (1934), artist, playwright, and filmmaker *

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, record producer, musician and singer

References

1899 establishments in England 1970 disestablishments in England Educational institutions established in 1899 Educational institutions disestablished in 1970 Art schools in London Education in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames History of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 2017 establishments in England Educational institutions established in 2017 Kingston University {{UK-university-stub