Custom Executive Education

In consultation with organisations, we can develop a tailored curriculum for a day, a week, or several weeks over the course of a year with interrelated projects.

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.

During the enquiry stage, we will ask a series of questions to determine the ideal format. We would like to better understand:

• your programme goals and objectives
• specific topics or subjects to cover
• target audience (size of cohort, executive level)
• timing and duration (potential dates and frequency of delivery)
• how it fits with broader development and strategic goals
• location
• potential budget for the custom programme (see open Executive Masterclasses for examples).

We will assess your needs, begin conversations with your team and follow with a written proposal.

Once an agreement has been signed, the RCA will assign a member of the RCA faculty team whose expertise align with your goals and objectives to lead the programme.

We will collaborate with you throughout the process to ensure that we design, develop and deliver tailored learning solutions that meet your specific needs. Following each programme, we capture participant feedback, conduct a client debriefing and refine content as needed for future programmes.

Each custom programme is delivered by a leading RCA faculty member whose subject-matter expertise aligns with your specific learning objectives and strategic goals.

Programmes focus on cutting-edge innovations and our key areas of expertise include:

• Design thinking and innovation
• Creative leadership
• Service design and customer experience
• Interior design
• Curating contemporary art and design
• Entrepreneurship education
• Artificial Intelligence
• Open innovation
• Inclusive design
• Intelligent mobility
• Healthcare

We can leverage world-class design research and researchers, unrivalled design expertise and teaching, and the widest range of established disciplines to be found across the design spectrum. These span our Schools of Architecture, Arts & Humanities, Design and Communication.

Our award winning research centres and incubators include the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, the Burberry Material Science Research Centre, the Intelligent Mobility Design Centre and InnovationRCA.

Our graduates lead and influence many of the world’s global businesses, including Burberry, Kia Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, Bentley, Porsche and Samsung and Apple.

Our custom courses are organised in synchronous sessions in a live virtual 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 learning platform
• work with peers in breakout rooms using visual collaboration tools in real time

We have delivered courses worldwide in countries as diverse as Dubai, Finland, Norway, Hong Kong, Netherlands and Mexico.

Explore some our most recent case studies with businesses:

• Bertelsmann
• Fujitsu
• Samsung
• European Broadcasting Union
• Visa

Explore some our most recent case studies with universities and the public sector:

• Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS)
• Qatar Social Innovation
• National University of Singapore
• Korean Institute of Design Promotion
• Downing Street, UK Government Design Summit
• Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts

On-site courses are taught at our central London Kensington campus, while courses can also be delivered at our Battersea and White City sites.

The RCA's historic Kensington campus is located in the 'Albertopolis' district of London, alongside the Victoria and Albert Museum and Imperial College, flanked by Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park – the largest green space in London – and next to the Royal Albert Hall.

Our state-of-the-art facilities and collaborative learning spaces, combined with our central London location, create an exciting environment that supports both personal and professional growth, and maximises learning potential.

We are 40 minutes from Heathrow airport.

Please note that we deliver our courses exclusively online at the moment.

Please get in contact with us if you would like to discuss developing a custom programme:

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

Example two-day course timetable (PDF).