Ravensbourne University London an innovative, industry-focused university located at the heart of London’s newest creative community on the Greenwich Peninsula. They’re champions of creativity and collaboration, dedicated to giving their learners the specialist skills and opportunities they need for outstanding careers in digital media and design. With a community of approximately 2,800 students and offering practice-based digital media and design courses from foundation to undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Ravensbourne’s suite of postgraduate courses has been designed with industry, for industry. their students love them, giving them a 93% satisfaction rate overall and a 91% satisfaction rate in design and creativity, ranking 2nd place for overall postgraduate satisfaction. (Source: Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey, 2020).
Driven by industry standards and supported by the latest high-performance technology, they produce highly employable and enterprising graduates. They are the top-ranked specialist university for graduate salaries in creative art and design, and have a strong track record when it comes to business creation. Alongside their student community, they host more than 100 creative technology businesses through the Incubation unit, from award-winning production companies and digital agencies to internationally recognised fashion labels.
Formerly known as Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, the institution was awarded university title by the Privy Council in May 2018. Alumni include music legend David Bowie, fashion designer Claire Waight-Keller, 2012 Olympic torch designer Jay Osgerby and Oscar-winning producers Simon Egan and Gareth Ellis-Unwin.
Ravensbourne was established in 1959, following the amalgamation of Bromley School of Art and the Department of Furniture Design at Beckenham School of Art. It was originally located at Bromley Common and Chislehurst in outer-London, moving to a purpose-built location on the Greenwich Peninsula in September 2010. The building, designed by Foreign Office Architects, won a British Construction Industry Award in 2011.
Collaboration with the creative industries is crucial to Ravensbourne’s commitment to giving students the specialist skills and opportunities they need to begin their careers. Over the years, Ravensbourne have built relationships and forged partnerships with a range of companies, from local enterprises to well-known organisations such as Amazon, the BBC, Ogilvy and Vivienne Westwood. Further to this, its staff aren’t just highly regarded academics, they also bring years of industry experience from major players such as Vogue and Walt Disney Studios.
The results of the university’s collaborative efforts are reflected in its strong track record in graduate employment. The university has a graduate employability rate of over 90%, seeing most students go into work or further study within six months of graduating (Source: Graduate Outcome Survey, 2020). As well as equipping its students with the practical skills they need in the workplace, Ravensbourne instil the resilience and confidence needed to thrive in the creative industries.
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We are proud to announce that Ravensbourne has been awarded a silver rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) 2023, in recognition of our ‘very high’ to ‘outstanding’ student outcomes and ‘high quality’ student experience. Read more here