The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a key member of the GuildHE Creative network, a UK-wide forum for creative arts specialist providers which drives GuildHE's creative education policy approach.

Founded in 1837, the Royal College of Art provides postgraduate education to over 2,300 students from more than 80 countries in London. The RCA is globally recognised as the world's top university in art and design. The college is dedicated to advancing art and design education, generating new knowledge through research, and fostering innovation through knowledge exchange.

The RCA's Knowledge Exchange (KE) strategy has been commended as an exemplar and has led to high performance in the Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF). The RCA performed within the top 10 percent of higher education institutions (HEIs) in England in both "Public & Community Engagement" and "Skills, Enterprise & Entrepreneurship" categories, also showing strong results in business engagement and intellectual property commercialisation. InnovationRCA, the RCA's award-winning graduate incubator, plays a key role in developing sustainable growth and social prosperity through art, design, creativity, and innovation.