Why an accountant, a scientist and a business consultant enrolled at art school

Many postgraduate students at the RCA come from non-arts backgrounds Photograph: PR IMAGE

You might have an image in your head of a typical art student – someone imaginative perhaps, expressive, who has always been drawn to creative activities.

So it might surprise you to discover that many of the students who study at the Royal College of Art in London have backgrounds in non-arts subjects, ranging from science and technology to accounting and law.