Studying at the RA Schools
Find out more about the structure of the programme and the facilities at the Julia and Hans Rausing Campus in the heart of London.
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the RA Schools
Applications for 2025 are open from
9 September – 6 December 2024.
Find out more about the application process.
Open day
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RA Schools open day
30 October 2024
About the programme
We do not charge tuition fees. Our students are never customers. The RA Schools supports artists of promise from all backgrounds.
Each cohort consists of 10 – 17 students. Every student has studio space to work and there is a high staff-to-student ratio.
Our three-year programme allows students to explore their practice in depth. It allows time to fail, to think through ideas, to try new approaches. This enables extraordinary creative breakthroughs to happen.
The transmission of art from generation to generation happens in our studios, workshops, lectures, tutorials, crits, library, bar and canteen. Students have access to a broad visiting faculty from across the country and around the world.
The RA Schools has been at the heart of the Royal Academy since its foundation. Students can move between the studio, the RA Archive, the RA Collection, the RA Library and our exhibitions.
The RA Schools is equipped with specialist workshop facilities staffed by expert tutors. We have recently completed a major renovation of our workshops and studio spaces.
Facilities
Parts of the programme
The structure of the programme
Exhibitions
Our Senior Lecturers and Workshop Tutors are all practising artists. Our visiting faculty include leading contemporary artists, and academics.
Our graduates go on to make significant cultural contributions, in the UK and around the world.
About the RA Schools
The RA Schools has been a key part of the Royal Academy since its foundation in 1769. We offer a full-time, three-year programme to 10–17 postgraduate students each year. We charge no fees.
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