Founded in 1837, the Royal College of Art is the world’s largest community of postgraduate art and design students and has been ranked number one in the world for 10 consecutive years (QS World Subject Rankings 2015-2024). Studying at the RCA is the starting point for the world’s creative leaders. With more than 25,000 RCA alumni across the globe, the RCA’s graduates form a unique international network of artists, designers, creators and innovators. Its start-up incubator, InnovationRCA, is one of the most successful in the UK, and has a global reach, with consulting and training having been delivered across the world, including South Korea, the Middle East and Japan. The RCA’s short courses reflect the College’s unique learning philosophy with small class sizes, rich interaction between students and academics and enhanced peer-to-peer networking, covering a multidisciplinary range of topics from the schools across the College.