Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is one of the most successful independent art colleges in Europe, offering a range of programmes across art, design, architecture and landscape architecture.

In 1821, it became the Edinburgh School of Arts, changing its name 30 years later to the Watt Institution and School of Arts. Edinburgh College of Art was founded in 1907.

Edinburgh University is to merge with Edinburgh College of Art in August following final approval from the Scottish Parliament. BBC Homepage. Skip to content; ...

Edinburgh University, founded in 1583, is regularly ranked among the leading 50 universities in the world. The city's College of Art was founded in 1907 and has about 1,700 full-time students ...