Executive Education

Past courses

Unleashing Innovation

Co-Designing Innovation

Human-Centred Design for Intelligent Mobility

Download the RCA Executive Education Brochure 2021-22.

Our Executive Education Masterclasses can be tailored and adapted for business, government, the public sector and universities globally. Learn more about Custom Executive Education with the RCA.

• World-class professional and personal development
• Advanced level lectures and seminars by RCA academic faculty who teach on the postgraduate degree programmes
• Notable guest speakers and professional practitioners connected to industry
• Real time interaction with the course leaders to exchange ideas and receive feedback
• Learn about the RCA's most recent case studies and practices
• Opportunity to collaborate and connect with an international network of peers
• Business critical skills essential for the twenty-first century
• Certificate of achievement on completion.

The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs 2023 report finds analytical thinking, creative thinking and AI and big data will be top in-demand skills by 2027.

"There's more of a focus and an interest in having people with analytical thinking, people with creativity. But it's also become very important to have leadership skills and to have social influence, and the ability to work with other people. The traits that make us human, make us able to relate with each other and to get innovative, creative things done in the workplace." Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum.

• “Learning by doing” drawing upon the ethos of the RCA studio context, an immersive space where interdisciplinary and creativity push the boundaries of innovation
• Teaching via a mixture of case studies, lectures, and small group exercises, you’ll gain the strategies, tools, and insights to solve your most challenging problems
• Clear, simple digital technologies and flexible learning models to enable our participants to navigate e-learning with the guidance and support of our expert faculty.

The RCA’s new state-of-the-art research and innovation Battersea campus was designed by Herzog & de Meuron and opened in 2022, marking the most significant campus development in the College’s history.

We run the majority of our in-person short courses from the top floor of the Rausing Research & Innovation Building – which boasts eight floors of dedicated independent and confidential research space for areas such as materials science, soft robotics, advanced manufacturing, intelligent mobility and AR/VR visualisation.

'The top floor spaces have been specifically designed for the delivery of Executive Education. It's an incredible space with windows all around and 360 degree views across London - simply put, it's a really lovely, immersive, inspiring place to learn.' Hattie Allen, Executive Education Manager

Covid-19

RCA Short Courses will continue to monitor the Covid-19 situation in the period up to the course dates. Our planning incorporates the latest UK Government guidance as well as consideration of how best to ensure a safe and inclusive learning space for participants and staff team. Our participants health, wellbeing and quality of experience while attending our on-campus courses is paramount to us.

Terms & conditions apply.

7th Floor Executive Education event spaces in Battersea, London:

Our Executive Education courses can be delivered via live online sessions in a virtual learning environment.

Participants:

• Engage with the RCA’s esteemed academics and facilitators via an audio & video conferencing service with simultaneous translation and captioning (where applicable)
• Access resources on the College's virtual learning platform
• Work with peers in breakout rooms using visual collaboration tools in real time

Our courses are an opportunity to collaborate with a global network of peers.

We have been running these courses for more than 7 years and have attracted a high calibre individuals and organisations from over 60 countries.

Past participant industries include:

• Financial services, technology, manufacturing, healthcare, education, consulting, pharmaceuticals, advertising/marketing, museums, education, artists and designers.

Past companies include:

• Adidas, AstraZeneca, BAA plc, BBC, Bertelsmann, Deloitte, Dentsu, European Broadcasting Union, Facebook, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, GlaxoSmithKline, Google, HSBC, Hong Kong Civil Service Bureau, IBM, ITOCHU, J.P. Morgan, McKinsey & Company, Medronic, Panasonic, PwC, Samsung, Sharjah Art Foundation, Singapore Airlines, Sony, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, and more.

Our experts can develop custom executive education programmes for business, government, the public sector and universities globally.

Many of our existing open executive education and short courses can be adapted, combined or customised for the particular needs of an organisation. The courses are ideally suited for groups of 15 to 30 or more participants.

Find out more about Custom Executive Education and Short Courses here.

Contact us to discuss developing a custom programme:

• Peter Christian, Head of Executive Education
• Hattie Allen, Executive Education Manager