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If you’ve set your sights on a career in advertising, taking this course is the ideal way to launch your career.

SCA gave me a different (better) kind of education which genuinely changed my life. Since school I've worked both in the USA and UK, continued to mentor, and built some amazing relationships with some of the industry's most talented creative people.

Tom Houser - ECD, ITV Creative

What does this course teach you?

By combining great ideas with the power of persuasion, advertising has the ability to change the world. The School of Communication Arts exists to nurture a diverse pool of emerging talent, and teach them to do just that - turning them into creative superstars, each with their own unique perspective.

Our success at training award-winning and highly sought-after creatives over the past decade, has led to us being hailed as ‘the best ad school in the world’, with more than 80% of our students employed at leading agencies within 6 months of completing their studies. Your apprentices are going to get the full SCA experience that over the last 13 years has consistently delivered the best new talent into the industry.

Being very dyslexic, traditional education never worked for me. Being at SCA opened my eyes to what education could and should be. I went from a guy with 2 A-levels to a student pencil winner who worked at Google in just one year.

Tom Fenwick-Smith, Freelance Creative Director

Enrolment & Schedule

The next enrolment date is September 2025 intake. We expect students to be present full-time in the studio from 9-5, Monday to Friday for studying and collaborating with their peers.

Application process

It’s important to us that we make sure it’s the right course for those who apply, we also need to be confident that our candidates are a right fit for us as the industry knows SCA graduates are the best new talent entering the industry.

School fees

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SCA offers a one-year, intensive course with six months of paid placement following completion. This means it's delivered over 18 months. 18 months of hard work. And we make no apologies for that.

Because if hard work isn’t your thing, then you’re probably not passionate enough to make a name for yourself in the business. And passion is what we’re all about. As challenging as the course is though, it certainly isn’t all work and no play.

We do our level best to make sure our students have fun and get as much enjoyment as possible from the time they spend with us and the rest of their intake.

Application & fees

We take selection very seriously. It’s important to us that we make sure it’s the right course for those who apply, we also need to be confident that our candidates are a right fit for us as the industry knows SCA graduates are the best new talent entering the industry.

If it is a good fit you will be invited to attend one of our Selection Days so we can find out more about how you think, and work with others. You’ll join us for a whole day to immerse yourself in our world, working with other candidates on fun tasks and briefs. It’s also a great opportunity to meet our faculty and current students for an absolutely honest view of what the course is like, and have any questions you have honestly answered.

Enrol for Sep 25

£6,050 per semester (x3)

Or £1,815 per month over 10 months.

This is right for you if:

You want to push yourself to be the best creative possible

You want to break into the industry at a high level

You can commit to 40 hours a week of playful learning

You can join us face-to-face in London

You enjoy bouncing ideas off others, and competing with them

You like making things (words, pictures, music, code, fashion, comedy, etc.)

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