Royal College of Art Unveils New Postgraduate Programmes in AI, Animation, Architecture and Sound

Key facts

• The Royal College of Art announced new postgraduate programmes spanning artificial intelligence, animation, architecture, urban design and sound
• The Artificial Intelligence & Digital Art (AiDA) MA/MFA is designed for artists working with computational and AI systems
• The Aardman/RCA Animation (Professional Residency) MFA is a 20-month, five-term degree developed with Aardman Animation and the Aardman Academy
• Students on the Aardman/RCA MFA spend their first year at the RCA in London and then move to Aardman's Bristol studios
• The Environmental Architecture and Urban Design MA combines design-led research, studio practice, fieldwork and 'design-action'
• The Graduate Diploma Architecture & Spatial Practice is an intensive one-year conversion route for students from non-architectural disciplines
• The Sound Practice MA is a one-year programme open to applicants from non-traditional sonic backgrounds
• Applications for the upcoming academic year open on 12 October
• The RCA created a new School of Communication & Design alongside its Schools of Architecture and Arts & Humanities
• The RCA announced a partnership with Norwich University of the Arts to launch jointly awarded undergraduate degrees