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Our achievements

We take pride in offering an experience and creating a community that you can be proud to be a part of.Our outstanding performance for excellent teaching, as part of a genuinely global community, is consistently confirmed by independent awards and assessments. We are proud to be the first Arts University of the Year for 2025.

Arts University of the Year 2025

Awarded by the Daily Mail for the University’s significant contributions to the cultural and educational landscape.

TEF Triple gold

Awarded gold for student experience, gold for student outcomes and gold overall.

 

A frame animation of the world 'gold', typed out in different patterned font, and coloured gold.

UK University Rankings

  • 81 in the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025
  • 82 in the Complete University Guide 2025
  • 106 in the Daily Mail University Guide 2025
  • Top 30 Best Art Schools in the World by The Rookies 2023

Awards and achievements

  • Winner, Innovative Teaching by TIGA UK Games Education Award 2023
  • Top 10 for Teaching Quality by the Times and Sunday Times 2022
  • Duke Street Riverside, RIBA East Award 2023
  • Duke Street Riverside, Best Higher Education Building, Architects’ Journal Awards.
  • Winner, Employability and Entrepreneurship category, Guardian University Awards.

Living Wage Accreditation

Norwich University of the Arts is proud to be a Living Wage employer

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