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University for the Creative Arts

Farnham · Higher Education Institution

Action plan

www.uca.ac.uk

The register records this sponsor as Subject To Action Plan. That is a statement of what the register says, not a prediction about the licence.

An action plan is a corrective measure for a breach short of a serious breach. While one is in force UKVI may limit the sponsor’s CAS allocation, including to zero, and a sponsor is expected to tell its students how the plan affects them. What this means in practice →

51.215, -0.805

University in Surrey, UK

Founded:
2005
www.uca.ac.uk

Background from Wikidata and Wikipedia, not part of the register record. Sources and corrections →

The Home Office does not publish this sponsor’s visa refusal rate, enrolment rate or course completion rate. Those go to the sponsor in a letter; only the resulting standing reaches the register, and nothing on this page is derived from them. What a sponsor has to hit →

Published evidence

At a glance

A reading aid, not a ranking. Each measure keeps its own source and population.

Student profile
14.6%
of students are international
2,210 of 15,110 students · HESA 2024/25
Recruitment mix
63%
from the top three countries
56 countries of origin represented
First degree outcomes
88.9%
complete their course
+0.8 points vs benchmark
First degree outcomes
61.7%
progress to professional work or study
UK-domiciled graduates · Office for Students
Student voice
85.6%
Teaching positivity
-2.7 points vs benchmark
TEF 2023
Silver
overall rating
Experience Silver · Outcomes Silver

These figures are not all from the same year, and no source publishes them together. students 2024/25, outcomes 2016–2019, survey 2026, TEF 2023. A card that looks worse than another may simply be older. Detailed cohorts, definitions, benchmarks and caveats appear in the sections below.

Home Office register record

Snapshot 7 Sept 2026
Sponsor name
University for the Creative Arts
Status
Student Sponsor - Track Record
Routes
Student
Immigration compliance
Subject To Action Plan
Town / city
Farnham
Additional locations
Farnham Campus / UCA Canterbury / UCA Epsom / UCA Rochester
Sponsor type
Higher Education Institution (HEI)

Read directly from the Register of Licensed Student Sponsors, snapshot of 7 Sept 2026. The Home Office does not publish per-sponsor visa refusal, enrolment or completion figures.

Office for Students record

UKPRN
10006427
Registration category
Approved (fee cap)
University title
Yes
Degree-awarding powers
ResearchAwarded 1992
Fee limit
Higher
TEF 2023
SilverStudent experience: Silver · Student outcomes: Silver
Specific conditions
None recorded
Monetary penalty
None recorded
Registration suspended
None recorded

Source: OfS Register, retrieved 3 Sept 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Standing over time

34 snapshots
26 Jan 2024 — 7 Sept 2026 · 34 snapshots

This provider’s standing at every register snapshot we hold, oldest to newest. Gaps mean the provider was not listed on that date.

Recorded register changes

3 recorded
4 Jun 2026Flag addedCompliance flag added: Subject To Action Plan(observed between 15 May 2026 and 4 Jun 2026)
17 Mar 2025Flag clearedCompliance flag removed (was: Subject to Action Plan)(observed between 16 Sept 2024 and 17 Mar 2025)
16 Sept 2024Flag addedCompliance flag added: Subject to Action Plan(observed between 17 Jun 2024 and 16 Sept 2024)

Changes are derived by comparing register snapshots. Dates are observation dates — the change occurred at some point in the interval shown, not necessarily on the later date. Check this entry against the live Register of licensed sponsors: students, or against an archived copy in the UK Government Web Archive.