Leeds College of Art
Leeds College of Art, showing its previous name
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Former names
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Leeds School of Art Jacob Kramer College Leeds School of Art and Design |
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| Type | Art college (HE and FE) |
| Established | 1846 |
| Principal | Simone Wonnacott |
| Students | 1,170 (2014/15) |
| Undergraduates | 1,145 (2014/15) |
| Postgraduates | 25 (2014/15) |
| Location |
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 53°48′30″N 1°33′06″W / 53.8084°N 1.5517°WCoordinates: 53°48′30″N 1°33′06″W / 53.8084°N 1.5517°W |
| Website | http://www.leeds-art.ac.uk/ |
Leeds College of Art is a specialist arts further and higher education institution, based in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with a main campus opposite the University of Leeds.
It was founded in 1846 as the Leeds School of Art. From 1968 to 1993 it was known as Jacob Kramer College - having lost part of its provision to Leeds Polytechnic (the future Leeds Metropolitan University). It was known as Leeds College of Art and Design until 2009.
The college today has sites both at Blenheim Walk (53°48′32″N 1°33′05″W / 53.80882°N 1.55148°W) and at Vernon Street in the City Centre (53°48′07″N 1°32′48″W / 53.801822°N 1.546684°W), and offers B.A. (Hons) degrees. These degrees are currently validated by the Open University. Like many of the 'traditional' British art schools, it has a modest annual intake, at 1,170 higher education students in 2014/15. Out of 165 UK higher education institutions, it is the 147th largest.
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