Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: University
- Description: postgraduate art and design university in London, England
- Also known as: “Government School of Design”, “Government School of Design of Metropolitan School of Design”, “Metropolitan School of Design”, “National Art Training School”, “Normal Training School of Art”, “RCA”, “Royal College of Art, Kensington”, and “Royal College of Art, RCA”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal Albert Hall and Albert Memorial.
Royal Albert Hall
Theater building
Photo: Sandpiper, Public domain.
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. Royal Albert Hall is situated 400 feet east of Royal College of Art.
Albert Memorial
Photo: Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Albert Memorial is a Gothic Revival ciborium in Kensington Gardens, London, designed and dedicated to the memory of Prince Albert of Great Britain. Albert Memorial is situated 660 feet northeast of Royal College of Art.
Natural History Museum
Museum
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The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Natural History Museum is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Royal College of Art.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Kensington and Knightsbridge.
South Kensington
Suburb
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South Kensington is a district at the West End of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton.
Knightsbridge
Suburb
Photo: David.Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End.
South Kensington-Chelsea
Photo: Peter Suranyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Kensington-Chelsea is a district of central London. It is one of the most densely populated places in London and most affluent areas in the world.
Royal College of Art
Latitude
51.50084° or 51° 30′ 3″ northLongitude
-0.17917° or 0° 10′ 45″ westElevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
9C3XGR2C+88OpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Royal College of Art” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الكلية الملكية للفنون”
- Armenian: “Արվեստի արքայական քոլեջ”
- Belarusian: “Каралеўскі каледж мастацтваў”
- Belarusian: “Каралеўскі коледж мастацтваў”
- Bulgarian: “Кралски колеж по изкуства”
- Catalan: “Royal College of Art”
- Cebuano: “Royal College of Art”
- Chinese: “皇家艺术学院”
- Chinese: “皇家藝術學院（Royal College of Art）”
- Chinese: “皇家藝術學院”
- Czech: “Královská umělecká kolej”
- Czech: “Královská vysoká škola umění”
- Czech: “RCA”
- Czech: “Royal College of Art”
- Danish: “RCA”
- Danish: “Royal College of Art, London”
- Danish: “Royal College of Art”
- Danish: “South Kensington School”
- Dutch: “Government School of Design of Metropolitan School of Design”
- Dutch: “Government School of Design”
- Dutch: “National Art Training School”
- Dutch: “Normal Training School of Art”
- Dutch: “RCA”
- Dutch: “Royal College of Art”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الكليه الملكيه للفنون”
- Esperanto: “Reĝa Kolegio de Arto”
- Faroese: “Royal College of Art”
- Finnish: “Royal College of Art”
- French: “Government School of Design of Metropolitan School of Design”
- French: “National Art Training School”
- French: “Normal Training School of Art”
- French: “RCA”
- French: “Royal College of Art”
- Georgian: “ხელოვნების სამეფო კოლეჯი”
- German: “Government School of Design of Metropolitan School of Design”
- German: “National Art Training School”
- German: “Normal Training School of Art”
- German: “RCA”
- German: “Royal College of Art”
- German: “South Kensington School”
- Greek: “Βασιλικό Κολέγιο Καλών Τεχνών”
- Hebrew: “הקולג‘ המלכותי לאמנות, לונדון”
- Hebrew: “הקולג’ המלכותי לאמנות”
- Hungarian: “Royal College of Art”
- Icelandic: “Royal College of Art”
- Irish: “Coláiste Ríoga na nEalaíon, Londain”
- Irish: “Coláiste Ríoga na nEalaíon”
- Irish: “Royal College of Art”
- Italian: “Government School of Design of Metropolitan School of Design”
- Italian: “National Art Training School”
- Italian: “Normal Training School of Art”
- Italian: “RCA”
- Italian: “Royal College of Art”
- Japanese: “ロイヤル・カレッジ・オブ・アート”
- Japanese: “ロイヤルカレッジ・オブ・アート”
- Japanese: “ロイヤルカレッジオブアート”
- Japanese: “ロンドン王立美術大学”
- Japanese: “ロンドン王立芸術学院”
- Japanese: “英国王立美術大学”
- Japanese: “英国王立芸術大学”
- Kalaallisut: “Royal College of Art”
- Korean: “로열 칼리지 오브 아트”
- Korean: “영국 왕립미술대”
- Korean: “영국 왕립미술대학”
- Korean: “영국 왕립미술학교”
- Korean: “영국 왕립예술대”
- Korean: “영국 왕립예술대학”
- Korean: “영국 왕립예술학교”
- Korean: “영국왕립미술대”
- Korean: “영국왕립미술대학”
- Korean: “영국왕립미술학교”
- Korean: “영국왕립예술대”
- Korean: “영국왕립예술대학”
- Korean: “영국왕립예술학교”
- Korean: “왕립미술대”
- Korean: “왕립미술대학”
- Korean: “왕립미술학교”
- Korean: “왕립예술대”
- Korean: “왕립예술대학”
- Korean: “왕립예술학교”
- Luxembourgish: “Royal College of Art”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal College of Art”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Royal College of Art”
- Norwegian: “Royal College of Art”
- Persian: “کالج سلطنتی هنر”
- Polish: “Royal College of Art”
- Portuguese: “Government School of Design of Metropolitan School of Design”
- Portuguese: “National Art Training School”
- Portuguese: “Normal Training School of Art”
- Portuguese: “RCA”
- Portuguese: “Royal College of Art”
- Russian: “Королевский колледж искусств”
- Russian: “Королевский колледж художеств”
- Slovenian: “Government School of Design of Metropolitan School of Design”
- Slovenian: “Kraljevi umetniški kolidž”
- Slovenian: “National Art Training School”
- Slovenian: “Normal Training School of Art”
- Slovenian: “RCA”
- Slovenian: “Royal College of Art”
- Slovenian: “South Kensington School”
- Spanish: “Government School of Design of Metropolitan School of Design”
- Spanish: “National Art Training School”
- Spanish: “Normal Training School of Art”
- Spanish: “RCA”
- Spanish: “Royal College of Art”
- Spanish: “Universidad Real de Arte”
- Swedish: “Royal College of Art”
- Swedish: “South Kensington School of Art”
- Tatar: “Кыйрал сынлы сәнгать мәктәбе”
- Turkish: “Kraliyet Sanat Koleji”
- Turkish: “Royal College of Art”
- Ukrainian: “Королівський коледж мистецтв”
- Urdu: “شاہی کالج آف آرٹ”
- Vietnamese: “Đại học Nghệ thuật Hoàng gia”
- Welsh: “y Coleg Celf Brenhinol”
- Wu Chinese: “皇家艺术学院”
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