The Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow, United Kingdom
- 1845
- Founded
- Not listed
- Global Rank
- 2,400+
- Total Students
- 35%
- International Students
- 24
- Programs
About The Glasgow School of Art
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is internationally recognized as one of Europe's foremost independent university-level institutions for education and research in architecture, fine art, design, and digital innovation. Founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design, GSA has fostered generations of groundbreaking artists, designers, and architects—most famously Charles Rennie Mackintosh, whose celebrated Masterpiece building defined modern Scottish Art Nouveau and European modernism. All degrees at GSA are validated and conferred by the prestigious Russell Group University of Glasgow, uniting intimate studio-based creative pedagogy with world-class degree recognition. Consistently ranked in the Global Top 15 for Art & Design in the QS World University Rankings, GSA operates a compact urban studio campus in the historic Garnethill district of Glasgow and an advanced postgraduate research campus on the rural Altyre Estate in the Scottish Highlands.
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£21,000 – £23,500 / yr (Undergraduate BArch, BA, BDes); £23,500 – £26,000 / yr (Postgraduate MArch, MDes, MLitt, MSc)Fees vary by course and degree level.
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- Application fee: £28.50 (Standard UCAS application fee for undergraduate programs; GSA UCAS institution code: G43. Direct postgraduate applications via the GSA online portal are free of charge)
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Glasgow, United Kingdom
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