In 1969 the School merged with Farnham College of Art to become the West Surrey College of Art and Design. The Epsom School of Art & Design and West Surrey College of Art & Design merged to form Surrey Institute of Art & Design in 1995. The Kent Institute of Art & Design and Surrey Institute of Art & Design and University College merged to form University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone & Rochester in 2005. The University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone & Rochester received its University Title from the Privy Council and was renamed the University for the Creative Arts in 2008.