About us

What’s special about the Arts at Surrey?

• We provide specialist study and expertise within a vibrant interdisciplinary environment.
• We promote the critical understanding of histories, theories and contexts specific to our diverse subject areas.
• We develop the individual talents of the creative practitioner and scholar, along with the ability to work effectively in the collaborative situations that characterize the Arts today.
• We enable staff and students to pursue opportunities for creativity, innovation and leadership within our areas.
• We provide direct routes to employment in the wide range of today’s creative and cultural industries.
• Our staff are expert and internationally respected in their fields of scholarship and professional practice.
• We have high-specification facilities and technical resources that support leading-edge study and practice.

The Arts figure the concerns, values, pains and pleasures of a society. They are fundamental to human experience. At Surrey we aim to understand contexts of the Arts, explain processes and develop practices. We work with the best staff, students and partners, who continue to shape the future of our disciplines.