The Glasgow School of Art’s position as an international leader in Art and Design education has been underlined following the publication of the QS 2024 World University Subject Rankings for Art and Design. The GSA has been in the top 20 institutions for the last decade and consistently in the UK top three after the Royal College of Art and University of the Arts London.
As one of only three UK institutions to have made the top 20 and the only Scottish one in the top 50, the GSA is ranked as one of the world’s leading creative institutions alongside The New School, Rhode Island School of Design, MIT, the Pratt Institute and the School of Art Institute, Chicago in the US; European universities and art schools including Politecnico Di Milano, Aalto University and Delft University of Technology; and leading Chinese institutions, including the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing and Tongji University in Shanghai.
“That the GSA ranks alongside many of our international partners in the world top 20 reflects not only our global significance and reach but also the calibre of our students, graduates and staff, and the quality and impact of our education and research” says Professor Penny Macbeth, Director of The Glasgow School of Art.
“These rankings, while important for the GSA, are also incredibly important to Glasgow. They reinforce the contribution that the GSA makes to Glasgow’s creative industries and the city’s position as a leading European and UK capital of culture.”
The influential QS World University Rankings is an annual publication giving the global subject rankings across the world’s top universities. They are published by Quacquarelli Symonds.
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About The Glasgow School of Art (GSA)
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is internationally recognised as one of the world’s leading independent university-level institutions for education and research in the visual creative disciplines. Our studio-based, specialist, practice-led teaching, learning and research draw talented individuals with a shared passion for visual culture and creative production from all over the world.
Originally founded in 1845 as one of the first Government Schools of Design, the School’s history can be traced back to 1753 and the establishment of the Foulis Academy delivering a European-style art education. Today, the GSA is an international community of over 3200 students and staff across architecture, design, digital, fine art and innovation in our campuses in Glasgow and Altyre (in the Scottish Highlands) and a thriving Open Studio programme delivering non-degree provision to over 1500 students annually.