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Wimbledon College of Arts

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Wimbledon College of Art
Established1890
Location
London
,
United Kingdom
AffiliationsUniversity of the Arts London
Websitewww.wimbledon.arts.ac.uk

Wimbledon College of Art (formerly Wimbledon School of Art) is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London and is one of London's major art institutions. It is located in Wimbledon and Merton Park, South West London. It is divided into three academic schools, School of Foundation Studies, School of Fine Art and School of Theatre. Each school delivers a suite of specialist art and design courses ranging from foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate, as well as providing research supervision for students undertaking a research programme of study.

History

Founded in 1890 as an art class for Rutlish School, it became independent in 1930 as Wimbledon School of Art. On 1 August 2006, the institute was re-named Wimbledon College of Art and became part of the federal collegiate university, University of the Arts London; together with Camberwell College of Arts, Chelsea College of Art & Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London College of Communication and London College of Fashion.

Notable Alumni

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