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Nottingham School of Art & Design

We Are Innovators. We Are Thinkers. We Are Creatives.

We are one of the world’s leading art and design schools and we have been influencing, inspiring and innovating for over 175 years. We are guided by our past, focused on our future, and proud to be shaping what comes next.

Located right in the heart of one of the UK’s most exciting cities, we are surrounded by – and contribute to – an originality, energy and imagination that makes Nottingham a very special place to live, work and create.

From nurturing talent to daring research and collaborations that are shaking up the industry, we are breaking convention, and challenging the very ideas of what is possible for an art and design school.

Open days

Visiting us at an open day is the perfect way to see what makes life and learning at NTU so special.

Book your place at an undergraduate open day on:

  • Saturday 18 January 2025
  • Saturday 8 March 2025

Book your place at a postgraduate open event on:

  • Wednesday 5 March 2025
  • Wednesday 4 June 2025

Find your course

Follow us and connect with our creative community

Student Showcase

Introducing the designers, makers, influencers and disruptors who represent the future of the creative industries.

The Design & Digital Arts building

Our new Design & Digital Arts building will place Nottingham as a UK hub for film, television, animation, UX design, games design, graphic design and more.

Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021

In the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, 86% of NTU's research impact was assessed to be either world-leading or internationally excellent. The overall quality of each Unit of Assessment NTU submitted to REF in 2021 also saw an improvement from the previous REF in 2014.