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Former names | Leeds School of Art Jacob Kramer College Leeds College of Art and Design Leeds College of Art |
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Type | Arts university (HE and FE) |
Established | 1846 University status - 2017 |
Chancellor | Skin [1] |
Vice-Chancellor | Professor Simone Wonnacott [2] [3] |
Students | 2,250 (2022/23) [4] |
Undergraduates | 2,115 (2022/23) [4] |
Postgraduates | 135 (2022/23) [4] |
Location | Leeds , West Yorkshire , United Kingdom 53°48′30″N1°33′06″W / 53.8084°N 1.5517°W |
Website | www |
National rankings | |
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Complete (2025) [5] | 111= |
Times / Sunday Times (2025) [6] | 92 |
Leeds Arts University 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, after Jacob Kramer, having lost part of its provision to Leeds Polytechnic (the future Leeds Beckett University). It was known as Leeds College of Art and Design until 2009, and then as Leeds College of Art. [7] In August 2017, the school was granted university status and the name was changed to Leeds Arts University. [8]
Skin, DJ, fashion icon, actress, activist and lead singer of Skunk Anansie, was appointed as the university's chancellor in 2021. [9]
The University today has city centre sites at Blenheim Walk and at Vernon Street.
Like many of the 'traditional' British art schools, it has a modest annual intake, at 2,145 higher education students in 2022/23. Out of 169 UK higher education institutions, it is the 146th largest.[ clarification needed ]
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