The college offers further and higher education programmes, including postgraduate and PhD awards.

[5] Many well-known artists, including Frank Auerbach,[6] Lawrence Gowing and Edward Ardizzone taught at Camberwell during this period.

In the 1980s, Wendy Smith became the head of Fine Art and employed Noel Forster, John Hilliard, Cornelia Parker, Phyllida Barlow, Gavin Jantjes and Ian McKeever.

Camberwell temporarily lost its Fine Art courses but by 2004 the department had been fully restored to the College.

CCW combined their foundation courses from the academic year starting in September 2011, and bases them at the Wilson Road campus in Camberwell.