Small class, 1:15
Fifteen is the room. Tutors know the file. The course is written around the student, not a lecture hall.
CSVPA Cambridge · U.K.
A specialist college, fifteen years a UAL centre.
Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts sits in the centre of Cambridge — not a college of the University. Rector Karin Askham. A studio of your own, and a diploma London already knows how to read.
Professor Karin Askham · Rector
Welcome to CSVPA
The work is seen. The industry sits in the year.
“At CSVPA we offer you opportunities to develop your talents by nurturing your creativity in an inspiring and diverse community. Our courses are built around your individual needs.”
The college is CSVPA. The city is Cambridge. We never present one as the other. Fifteen years a UAL centre. The conversation we hold with a family is whether this studio, in this city, is the right next year.
Faculty, and who she isWhat stands out
The studio, the ratio, the week.
Not a borrowed name. Six things a family actually asks for — rewritten from the work, not from a diagram.
International support, held
Five days on site. Twenty hours of contact. Five hours of EAL. One-to-one where it is needed. UCAS is walked, not handed over.
A studio of your own, seven days
Each student has a personal studio. The door is not locked at four. Seven days. The habit of making is the course.
Materials included
Tools, calico, pattern paper, unlimited printing — already in the building. Families typically save more than £3,000 a year. The first brief is not a shopping list.
Industry faculty
Tutors who still make. Royal Academy of Arts. University of the Arts London. The brief is the industry’s, not a worksheet.
One-to-one, built in
Unique individuals. Five days of teaching, five hours of language. The support is not an add-on for international students. It is the week.
What is unusual
Fashion ranked. Industry in the building. Cambridge beside it.
19th in the world for fashion
CEOWORLD Magazine Best Fashion Schools 2026. CSVPA sits beside Parsons, Central Saint Martins, London College of Fashion, Polimoda and the Royal College of Art.
Hearst Magazines UK
A year-long partnership — Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Esquire. Lectures, live briefs, mentorship, and days inside the publishing house.
Graduate Fashion Week
Collections on the national stage. Best of Menswear. Culture & Heritage. Next Trend Forecasting. The rail is judged in public.
University of Cambridge, beside it
Not a college of the University. Collaborations with it: Cambridge Festival, St Catharine’s, Jesus College’s 48-hour film, PIPgen at Magdalene.
Fifteen years a UAL centre
The diploma is University of the Arts London’s. Falmouth validates the degrees. The centre has held that status for fifteen years.
Cambridge, one hour to London
Three campuses in the city centre. The Fitzwilliam Museum Late. National Theatre Connections. London is a train, not a relocation.
Outstanding student success
The numbers a family actually asks for.
- University offers
- 462
- UAL
- 135
- Central Saint Martins
- 25
- Fashion, globally
- 19th
Four hundred and sixty-two offers from one graduating year. One hundred and thirty-five of them from University of the Arts London — including twenty-five from Central Saint Martins. Thirty-one from Glasgow School of Art. Twelve conservatoire places. Ninety-five percent of students say they developed the skills they will need.
Student successCambridge, not the University
Three campuses. The city in the middle.
Bridge House opposite the Round Church. Sturton Street for performing arts. A graduate centre at Friar House. London in under an hour.
A considered next step
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