Manchester School of Art

Manchester School of Art is the art and design school of Manchester Metropolitan University, based on the All Saints campus on Oxford Road in Manchester. Its lineage begins in 1838, when the Manchester School of Design opened, and it is today the second-oldest art school in the United Kingdom, having passed through the Manchester College of Art and Design and Manchester Polytechnic before reaching university status in 1992.

Teaching spans art, design, fashion, architecture, graphic design, illustration, animation, textiles, ceramics, glass, jewellery and product and furniture design, supported by studios, workshops and specialist technical facilities on the All Saints campus. In 2026 the school brought seven of its courses to New Designers, the UK graduate showcase that moved to a single week at London’s Business Design Centre from 1 to 4 July, presenting student work directly to the designers, brands and institutions that hire from it. The school’s courses and research sit within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.