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In short
Arts University Plymouth was founded in 1856 as the Plymouth Drawing School, was later known as Plymouth College of Art and received university title in 2022; its main campus is on Tavistock Place. Its BA (Hons) Craft & Material Practices is taught in a Materials Lab with facilities for ceramics (throwing, slip casting, slab building, coiling, glazing, raku), glass (hot glassmaking, kiln-formed glass, coldworking, lampworking), metal casting and welding, and woodworking, alongside the digital prototyping of Fab Lab South West. Its fashion and textiles courses include BA (Hons) Fashion Design, Textile Design and Costume Production.
- Where
- Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1856
- Crafts
- Ceramics and porcelain · Glass and crystal · Fashion and tailoring
- Website
- aup.ac.uk
- enquiries@aup.ac.uk
- Source
- School website · checked on 25/10/2026
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