Open Day Programme: Knights Park campus, Saturday 3 October 2026

Explore the studios where the next generation of architects learn through drawing, making, modelling and building at different scales. 

Discover Kingston School of Art’s new four-year integrated Master of Architecture, bringing design, technology and professional practice together in one continuous architectural education.

• 10am-11am or 12 noon-1pm: Architecture MArch (Integrated Architecture BA)

See how creative ideas become campaigns, identities, experiences, exhibitions and events.

Explore a course spanning visual communication, storytelling, strategy, UX and experiential design, with access to Kingston School of Art’s immersive technology, film, photography, printmaking and 3D workshops and opportunities to work on live briefs with real clients.

• 11.15am-12.15pm or 1.15pm-2.15pm: Creative Industries BA (Hons)

Fashion

Step inside one of the UK’s leading fashion courses – Top 4 in the UK for Fashion and Textiles – and see where students cut, construct, drape, knit, print and develop their own design language.

Explore the studios and discover the Benenden Fashion Archive, with garments and objects dating from 1750 to the present day.

• 11am-12 noon or 1pm-2pm: Fashion BA (Hons)

Fashion Promotion and Communication

Discover how fashion is communicated through photography, typography, moving image, print, digital media and creative campaigns. 

Explore Kingston School of Art’s studios and workshops and see how students combine creative direction and visual storytelling with the commercial understanding needed to communicate fashion to real audiences.

• 10.45am-11.45am or 12.45pm-1.45pm:  Fashion Promotion and Communication BA (Hons)

Filmmaking

Get hands-on with the tools of filmmaking, from high-end and high-speed digital cameras to Super 8 and 16mm film. 

Explore professional studios, edit suites and the moving-image workshop, and discover how students develop their own voice through directing, cinematography, sound, editing and production.

• 11.15am-12.15pm or 1.15pm-2.15pm: Filmmaking BA (Hons)

Photography

Get inside Kingston School of Art’s professional photography facilities, from high-end digital capture and dedicated studios to analogue and digital darkrooms. 

Discover historic processes including cyanotypes and salt prints, make one-off photobooks and see how contemporary photographic practice can move between art, fashion, editorial and documentary.

• 10.15am-11.15am or 12.15pm-1.15pm: Photography BA (Hons)

Fine Art 

Explore the studios and technical workshops where Fine Art students work across painting, sculpture, printmaking, installation, film, photography, performance and sound. 

See how traditional processes sit alongside new technologies in a course whose graduates include artists such as Fiona Banner, Kaye Donachie and Sarah Maple.

• 10.45am-11.45 or 12.30pm-1.30pm:  Fine Art BA (Hons)

Illustration Animation

See what happens when drawing, image-making, storytelling and movement come together.

Explore the studios, printmaking and moving-image facilities where students can move freely between illustration and animation, experimenting with everything from physical processes to digital production. 

• 10.30am-11.30am or 12.45pm-1.45pm:  Illustration Animation BA (Hons)

 Interaction Design

Discover how designers create the interactions, experiences and environments that connect people with the world around them. 

Explore physical and digital prototyping across Kingston School of Art’s workshops and labs, and see how interaction can move from an object in your hand to a space, system or connected experience. 

• 11am-12 noon: Interaction Design BA (Hons)  

Game Creation

Come and see games being imagined, built, played and tested. 

Explore industry-standard game engines, real-time 3D tools, immersive spaces and digital media labs, and discover a course bringing together game design, visual storytelling, world-building, narrative, systems thinking and creative technology. 

• 10am-11am: Game Creation BA (Hons)

3D Design Innovation BA

Discover where digital design, physical making and emerging technology meet. 

Explore how students use digital tools and rapid prototyping to test ideas at different scales, drawing on Kingston School of Art’s 3D workshops, immersive technologies and shared making facilities to design responses to social and environmental challenges.

• 10.30am-11.30am: 3D Design Innovation BA (Hons) 

Graphic Design

Discover where students work across typography, photography, moving image, printmaking, interaction, editorial and experiential design.

Explore the studios and workshops behind work that has won 52 international competitions in five years, including D&AD, RSA and ISTD awards. 

• 10.15am-11.15am or 12.15pm-1.15pm: Graphic Design BA (Hons) 

Interior Design

Step inside the studios and workshops where students explore space, materials, light, colour and the inventive reuse of buildings. 

See how ideas move from drawing and model-making into spatial proposals, and discover a course connected to leading practices including Foster + Partners, Gensler, Universal Design Studio and Squire + Partners.

• 10.30am-11.30am or 12.30pm-1.30pm: Interior Design BA (Hons) 

Product and Furniture Design

Step into the workshops where products and furniture move from sketch and model to prototype and finished object. 

Explore Kingston School of Art’s exceptional making facilities and discover how students experiment with materials, processes and manufacturing while developing objects for the way we live now and in the future. 

• 10am-11am or 12 noon-1pm: Product and Furniture Design BA (Hons) 

Trains run regularly from London Waterloo to Surbiton station (midweek 10 trains per hour, journey times 15–32 minutes) and to Kingston station (midweek four trains per hour, journey times 28–33 minutes). Both Surbiton and Kingston are in Travelcard Zone 6. Visit the National Rail Enquiries website for timetables and further information.

From Surbiton station:

• Leave the railway station via the main exit
• Cross the mini-roundabout to Claremont Road
• Take the 71, 281, K2 or K3 bus towards Kingston
• Get off at the 'Kingston Crown Court / Kingston College' stop
• Cross Penrhyn Road on to Denmark Road
• Turn left at the mini-roundabout, over the blue bridge
• Turn right on to Grange Road, and the Kingston School of Art, Knights Park is then on the right

From Kingston station:

• Leave the railway station via the main exit
• Cross the road diagonally on to Clarence Street (with the Rotunda to your left)
• Keep to the left and walk past the fallen telephone boxes sculpture
• Cross straight over the one-way system past Fairfield bus station along Wheatfield Way
• Walk past Kingston Museum and at Kingston Library bear slightly left and walk down Fairfield West
• Cross straight over at the traffic lights on to Knights Park
• Kingston School of Art at Knights Park is on your left at the end of the road

The 71, 281, K2 and K3 buses run along nearby Penrhyn Road, and the Crown Court stop is a five-minute walk away from campus along Denmark Road. Visit the Transport for London (TfL) website for further information.

London buses no longer accept cash, but you can pay using an Oyster travelcard or with a contactless credit card. More information on fares and payments can be found on the TfL buses website.

We also run a free intersite bus service for students, staff and visitors. The KU2 links the campus with Surbiton train station, Penrhyn Road and Clayhill halls of residence (nearest stop to campus is Fairfield South, just a few minutes walk away). The KU1 bus to Kingston Hill and Surbiton stops along Penrhyn Road.

We strongly recommend visitors use the excellent public transport links instead of driving to the Open Day.

The University has no on-site parking facilities during our Open Days. Free car parking is only available on all sites for blue badge holders, on a first-come-first-served basis.

Alternative parking in Kingston Town Centre can be found on the Parkopedia website – which shows current availability and costs.

All car park users agree to the University car parking terms and conditions.

Cycle parking facilities and showers are available at this site.

View information on cycle routes around the University

Heathrow and Gatwick airports are the closest to Kingston, with coaches, buses and trains linking the airports with the town.

A complimentary intersite shuttle bus service will be available on the day every 20 minutes. Look out for our friendly student ambassadors in the brightly-coloured tops who can help direct you.

The shuttle buses call at the following campuses and stops:

• Kingston Hill campus - Bus stop at the top of the steps that lead down to the Business School and Frank Lampl Building.
• Roehampton Vale campus - Bus stop, just outside the campus by the main road (A3). The bus returns to Kingston Hill, before continuing its circuit back into Kingston.
• Penrhyn Road campus - Closest bus stop to Knights Park campus. Bus stop outside the campus.
• Kingston town centre, on route to Penrhyn Road - Fairfield bus station (KT2 2PG). Stop B2 (near Kingston train station)
• Kingston town centre, on route to Kingston Hill - Cromwell Road bus station (KT2 6RD). Stop A2 (around the corner from Kingston train station)

The journey between Kingston Hill and Penrhyn Road takes about 20 minutes (dependent on traffic).