Students who choose to take the road of art study abroad usually need to solve the first thing to solve is to choose a school. However, when choosing a school, many parents and classmates will fall into a confused state, not knowing whether to choose a comprehensive college or an art school, and do not know which type is the most suitable for themselves.
Teaching method PK
Comprehensive U colleges and universities have a complete professional setting, focusing on interdisciplinary thinking, and students have more opportunities to contact other disciplines and resources.
Art colleges are more professional, and the division of disciplines is more detailed, with the goal of cultivating talents with various professional knowledge. For example, Lunyi's fashion major includes women's clothing, men's wear, shoes, accessories, fabrics and other professional segments.
Source: London Fashion Institute official website
As one of the top 100 universities, the University of Leeds has only three majors: clothing, fabrics and clothing engineering.
Therefore, for students who already know exactly what they like and want to specialize in a certain type of design, the art school is the first choice, and after graduation, they will have professional qualities in this field and can directly work in related fields. If you are not sure about the future direction of study, you may change majors in the future, and you can choose a comprehensive college.
In terms of teaching, comprehensive U colleges usually focus more on academic graduate competence. Art schools pay more attention to practical ability, and students will have many opportunities for practical activities. If you want to take the academic graduate route in the future, the comprehensive big U college is a good choice, and if you want to take the creative practice route, the art school is more suitable.
Rank PK
A very important reference indicator when choosing a school is the ranking. In terms of rankings, the comprehensive ranking of comprehensive big U colleges will be higher, while the professional rankings of art colleges will be higher.
For example, in the 2022 QS World University Rankings, the top institutions in the rankings are MIT, Cambridge University, Oxford University and other comprehensive universities, and art colleges are not on the list.
QS World University Rankings 2022
In the 2021 QS Art & Design University Rankings, the top rankings are Huangyi, Lunyi, Parsons, Rhode Island and other institutions, which lead the global art and design trend.
QS Art & Design World University Rankings 2021
Therefore, the world popularity and influence of comprehensive large U colleges will be greater, while art colleges will be more influential in the art world. For students who are interested in studying art majors, it is recommended to put professional rankings as the primary consideration. Of course, it would be better if you could balance the professional ranking with the comprehensive ranking.
Application difficulty PK
Comprehensive U colleges and universities assess the comprehensive ability of applicants, language, GPA, portfolio, soft power, etc. are more important, and the requirements will be relatively high, in addition, some comprehensive colleges require students to submit standardized scores, GRE and other scores.
Cornell undergraduate architectural language requirements are higher than those of art colleges
Art schools, on the other hand, look at students' professional abilities, i.e., the quality of their portfolios, and their language and GPA requirements are relatively low. If the quality of the portfolio is excellent, institutions may also reduce the language and GPA requirements for applications.
Source: Lunyi official website
Therefore, if your comprehensive strength in all aspects is very good, you can choose to sprint to a comprehensive U college, if other conditions are relatively weak, and the professional ability is very strong, you will prefer art colleges.
Resource PK
The impact of networking on future careers is also relatively large. At the Comprehensive U College, you will get to know people in different fields, which will help you develop in multiple directions in the future.
Source: University of Leeds official website
In art schools, the basics of meeting students who share their own interests and are interested in developing in the art field will be very helpful for their development in the art field. But if you want to change careers in the future, it will be less helpful.
In terms of art resources, usually art colleges will be more abundant, and because the strength of comprehensive U colleges is not art majors, art resources will be slightly weaker.
brief summary
There is no good or bad between comprehensive colleges and art colleges, the key is that what suits you is the best.
In general, comprehensive colleges and universities are more suitable for students who are highly professional in the future, have excellent conditions in all aspects, and want to become comprehensive talents; art colleges and universities are more suitable for students who want to develop in the field of art in the future, and will have a high competitiveness in the art professional industry after graduating from top art colleges.