Ravensbourne University London

Key Highlights

• Office for Students-regulated higher-education provider with taught-degree awarding powers
• Current official pages show active recruitment for 2026 and 2027–28 entry
• Specialist portfolio spanning creative practice, technology, business, architecture, and media
• Modern institutional history began with an art-school merger in 1962

Student Life & Environment

Student life is centered on a compact, specialist campus where creative and technical disciplines occupy the same institutional setting. The main building contains classrooms, a café, lecture theatres, kit stores, ateliers, studios, and television suites. Subject-focused areas serve fashion, business, computing, architecture, and film, while design teaching also uses the neighboring R3 building. This arrangement may appeal to students who value visible work-in-progress and contact with people studying different but related fields. The students’ union represents students and supports social, cultural, welfare, and sporting activity. Prospective students should consult its current calendar rather than assume the range of societies or events available in a particular year. University support links also cover wellbeing, student services, and academic policies. Housing requires early planning. Ravensbourne has no university-owned halls of residence. Instead, it works with external providers and lists partner residences, homestays, studios, shared flats, and private renting. The nearest listed option, iQ Flinders House, is about a 12-minute walk from campus. Contracts may be held with the accommodation provider rather than the university, so students should verify rent, contract length, deposits, guarantor terms, included utilities, and cancellation rules directly before booking. London housing is costly, and the university advises beginning the search several months before the academic year.

Location & Surroundings

Ravensbourne is located at 6 Penrose Way on Greenwich Peninsula in southeast London, beside the O2 area. North Greenwich Underground station is approximately a two-minute walk from campus and is served by the Jubilee line, providing direct connections toward Canary Wharf, central London, and Stratford. This makes commuting possible from multiple parts of London, although journey time and transport cost should be included when comparing accommodation. The immediate setting is a modern riverside district with restaurants, retail, entertainment, and continuing residential development. Historic Greenwich attractions, including the Royal Observatory and Old Royal Naval College area, are elsewhere within the borough rather than directly beside the campus. Students gain access to London’s creative, cultural, commercial, and technology sectors, but they also face the city’s high housing and everyday living costs. The campus is strongly urban rather than residential. Applicants seeking a self-contained university estate should understand that teaching, housing, recreation, and city life are distributed across separate locations. Visiting the campus and testing the likely commute from prospective housing would be useful before accepting a contract.

Costs & Career Outcomes

For the 2026/27 academic year, the published annual fee for standard home BA and BSc honours degrees is £9,790. Integrated-foundation fees vary: the university lists £9,790 for non-classroom-based courses and £5,760 for specified classroom-based business and computing routes. Published home postgraduate fees are £9,750 for MA or MSc study, £12,400 for the MBA, and £13,000 for the MFA, which includes an additional semester. The standard international undergraduate fee for 2026/27 is £17,500. Published international postgraduate fees are £18,500 for an MA or MSc, £19,950 for the MBA, and £24,670 for the MFA including its additional semester. Some named routes, scholarships, or later years may use different figures, so students should confirm the amount in their offer and course page. Tuition does not include accommodation, transport, food, equipment, or other living expenses. Eligible home undergraduates may use a tuition-fee loan; payment-plan availability and conditions depend on fee status. Ravensbourne’s Careers Lab provides appointments covering CVs, cover letters, job searching, and networking. Employers advertise industry opportunities through the service’s channels, and students and graduates can use CareerSet for feedback on CVs, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles. Graduates may retain access to careers resources and networking through the alumni network. These services are useful, but the reviewed sources do not supply verified salary outcomes, placement rates, or guarantees of employment, so applicants should assess course-level graduate data separately.