Open Day: Graduate Diploma

The Graduate Diploma Art & Design prepares you for Master’s study at the RCA. We focus on developing proficiency in the independent learning methods and practices of art and design, and on introducing you to the role and influence of art and design in the world today.

Join us for this in-person event on Wednesday 26 June from 15:30-18:00 at our White City campus to see the Graduate Diploma spaces for yourself, meet our friendly team and get your questions answered.

Please note: this Open Day event is only for our (pre-masters). If you are interested in any of our MA, MFA, MDes, MArch, MRes, or MPhil/PhD programmes, please visit our to find alternative events.

• 15:30 Doors open, refreshments, meet the team and current students
• 16:00 Welcome talk and Q&A
• 17:00 Tours around the Graduate Diploma spaces
• 18:00 End

Please arrive on time for a full Open Day experience. Arriving after 17:00 might mean you won't you will only get a partial tour of the facilities.

• Anyone interested in studying the Graduate Diploma programme
• Those currently applying to the Graduate Diploma

Gary Clough, Head of Programme - Gary has over 25 years’ experience in the higher education sector, with a specialist focus in international and transnational education. He trained initially as a stone carver at Hereford Cathedral. A graduate of Fine Art Sculpture from the University for the Creative Arts (1989) and the Royal College of Art (MA Sculpture, 1993; MPhil Sculpture and Animation, 2003). He has and continues to exhibit across the UK, Europe, US and China, from Tate St Ives to The Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing. He was Henry Moore Foundation Sculpture Fellow at Falmouth College of Arts (1994–96) and awarded a bursary from the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1996. His recent solo exhibition, Trace Engines, presented new drawings and prints at AIP Gallery Redtory Art Zone, Guangzhou (2015–16), Rochester Art Gallery, Kent (2016–17) and The Brewery Tap, Folkestone Triennial (2017).

We are continually adding to our diverse programme of events: conversations on key topics such as funding advice and portfolio development, symposia, exhibitions, open days and more. Many are free and open to the public.

The RCA is postgraduate art, design and architecture university in London, England offering a Graduate Diploma conversion programme and Master’s, MPhil, MRes and PhD degrees. The four Schools of Architecture, Communication, Design and Arts & Humanities offer a broad range of disciplines, built on a strong foundation of practice-based research and integrates STEAM subjects - Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics - providing a unique and transformative experience.

In March 2023, the Royal College of Art was announced as the World's number one ranked art & design university for the ninth consecutive year in the QS World University Subject Rankings.

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