Central Saint Martins

Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design (often abbreviated as Central Saint Martins or CSM) is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London.It offers courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design was formed in 1989 from the merger of Central School of Art and Design, founded in 1896, and Saint Martins School of Art, founded in 1854. Central Saint Martins became a constituent College of the London Institute in 1986, a federal body formed by the Inner London Education Authority to bring together London's art, design, fashion and media schools into a collegiate structure for administrative purposes. The London Institute was granted University status and was renamed University of the Arts London in 2004. The Drama Centre London, founded in 1963, and the Byam Shaw School of Art, founded in 1910, joined Central Saint Martins in 1999 and 2003 as integral schools, maintaining their individual titles and teaching approaches. Central Saint Martins has produced some of the most important artists, designers and performers over the last 150 years and has developed an internationally recognised research profile as rated in the Research Assessment Exercise in 2001.The Queen's Anniversary Prize was awarded to Central Saint Martins for its significant contributions to the UK fashion industry and for nurturing the creativity of students in 1998.Central Saint Martins also attained Skillset Media Academy status in 2007, recognising the achievements in the area of media and interactive design.Central Saint Martins has a large short course programme with over 1,200 evening, daytime, weekend, Christmas, Easter and Summer School courses attracting some 13,000 short course students from all over the globe. These short courses can act as 'taster' and portfolio building courses to help in a prospective student's application to art college or for creative professionals to 'upskill' and continue with their creative and professional development. For 2012, Central Saint Martins has extended its integrated Study Abroad programme to include a new free electives study abroad programme for overseas students. Central Saint Martins was the first college to launch Dual City Summer Session courses in 2008 which start in London and then continue on to either Milan, Barcelona or Paris with other reputable art and design colleges.

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