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For more than 145 years, University of the Arts has been constantly evolving, devoted to the art and science of creativity for a better world.
Advancing Human Creativity
Through a community-led, strategic planning process we have defined our shared priorities and a vision for the future of UArts. Learn more about our core values, mission and strategic plan.

President Kerry Walk, PhD
Following a nationwide search, UArts’ Board of Trustees elected Kerry Walk, PhD, to serve as the institution’s fifth president, and the first woman to do so. Walk, whose presidency began Aug. 1, joined UArts from Marymount Manhattan College, where she was an ardent champion of student learning and success.

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Hamilton Hall, Room 110
320 S. Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-717-6380
president@uarts.edu