The Foundation Diploma in Art and Design at Central Saint Martins is an intensive one-year pre-degree course designed to prepare students for specialist undergraduate degrees in art and design. For many students it offers the ideal bridge from a school education to the demands of specialist undergraduate study in the creative arts.
Foundation is often students’ first experience of an art school environment. It is a year of exciting projects, new peers and experiences that will inform your future study, career and creative life. Foundation is widely considered the best preparation for progression to higher education in the creative arts in the UK and we take pride in our dynamic course that supports you to fulfil your creative potential and ambitions. Many of UAL and Central Saint Martins' most celebrated alumni of the last few years have progressed from this course.
The Foundation course at Central saint Martins is based at the Archway campus in north London. This is where all studio teaching sessions, technical workshop access and additional study support sessions are delivered. Students work in 12 specialist studios to develop their ideas, work collaboratively and take part in lively group teaching sessions. The Archway campus includes a dedicated digital suite as well as wood, metal, plastic, plaster, stitch and printmaking workshops, each supported by specialist technicians. Twenty-five minutes away, at the King's Cross campus, Foundation students access the library, learning zones, loan store, Student Centre , lecture theatres, digital print facilities and Lethaby Gallery.
