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Student success

The work, the offers, and the road between.

A selection of student projects and the outcomes they led to. Filter by discipline, or read the full stories below.

100%

Target school offer rate

30+

Students mentored

17

Confirmed offers

8

Partner institutions

Portfolio gallery

Selected student work.

Student Sketchbook — Charcoal & Watercolor Sketch

Student Sketchbook

Student: Wu Z. · Charcoal & Watercolor Sketch

Improvisation after Tate Modern — Marker & Fineliner

Improvisation after Tate Modern

Student: Wu Y. · Marker & Fineliner

Group Sketching, Northern Village — Plein Air Watercolour

Group Sketching, Northern Village

Student: Zhao H. · Plein Air Watercolour

Textile Points, Lines, Surfaces — Material Research Board

Textile Points, Lines, Surfaces

Student: Ma R. · Material Research Board

Rapid Creative Expression — Oil Pastel · In the studio

Rapid Creative Expression

Student: Wu Z. · Oil Pastel · In the studio

Student Work — Monochrome Oil Painting

Student Work

Student: Xu L. · Monochrome Oil Painting

Before & after

Where they started, where they landed.

Chen Y.

Before
No portfolio, strong curiosity.
After
Three UK offers, chose Central Saint Martins.
The first two months were only research. It felt slow, then everything made sense at once.

Wang S.

Before
IELTS 5.5, unsure about fashion.
After
IELTS 7.5 and a place at London College of Fashion.
Language classes and studio classes talked to each other. That was the difference.

Gao J.

Before
Engineering background, no design training.
After
MArch offer from UCL Bartlett.
My mentor never let me hide behind technical drawings. She wanted the argument.

University offers

Institutions our students have joined.

University

Royal College of Art

1offer

University

University of the Arts London

2offers

University

École des Beaux-Arts de Nantes

3offers

University

University of Edinburgh

3offers

University

University of Warwick

2offers

School

Fettes College

3offers

School

Loretto School

2offers

School

Harrow School

1offer

ArtLab — global study planning, tailored to your budget and goalsGermany track · work-study route, public universitiesUK & Commonwealth · academic depth and premium pathwaysFrance track · learn French, higher value for moneyPortfolio · language · applications · one studio
They never told me what to make. They kept asking why — until the work became genuinely mine.
Chen Y.BA Product Design, Central Saint Martins
My daughter arrived shy about speaking English. Nine months later she interviewed in it, alone, and got in.
Ms. HuangParent, Edinburgh
The mentoring was the difference. One person who knew my coursework, my portfolio and my deadlines.
Gao J.MArch, UCL Bartlett

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