Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design

Kia Ora and welcome to Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design. Congratulations on considering the Arts as a career choice. At Whitecliffe we recognise the central role of creative arts in today's world and pride ourselves on offering a vibrant range of arts and design oriented career opportunities.

At undergraduate level we educate students in traditional and contemporary aspects of arts and design. Skills of analysis, creative thinking, visualisation and critique are all nurtured, as are entrepreneurial skills.

At postgraduate level we provide higher learning and research opportunities in the fine arts as well as within our three unique master's degrees; arts administration; arts therapy and arts therapy (clinical). All our programmes are research-led so students continually have access to people with the latest knowledge in their fields.

The environment has always been a very important aspect of Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design and we're delighted with our new Balfour Road campus in Parnell, the area where we originally set up 26 years ago. Our main campus is now located at Brooke House on Balfour Road, near the Rose Gardens and overlooking Auckland Harbour.

This move means that Foundation and first year BFA students enjoy modern facilities, easy access to the city and public transport and the chance to mingle with Fashion Design, Graphic Design, and Photography, Film/Video students at all levels. The main Brooke House campus is the centre for contextual studies lectures, electives, seminars and technical support, as well as the library. This is also where students from our four Postgraduate Masters programmes gather when attending our low residency campus classes. Our Fine Art students continue to enjoy the use of wonderful studio spaces at Randolph Street.

We believe we offer you a unique opportunity at Whitecliffe to study in an environment that will develop your creative ability to its fullest potential. We are ready to support you in reaching your educational goals and encourage and challenge you to take the opportunities offered at Whitecliffe.

Michele Whitecliffe (President)