It was originally at Bromley Common and later at Chislehurst and on the Greenwich Peninsula in Inner London, where it opened a new campus in autumn 2010.

In 1975 the college moved most of its operations to a purpose-built building designed after lengthy consultation on 18 acres (7.3 ha) of private parkland on Walden Road, Chislehurst (51°25′14″N 0°03′13″E / 51.4205°N 0.0537°E / 51.4205; 0.0537).

[1] In 1991 the communications and television broadcasting course department was moved to the main Chislehurst campus from its Wharton Road, Bromley site, now occupied by St Timothy's Mews housing development.

It was amongst the earliest of institutions to be approved by the then CNAA to convert the traditional Diploma programmes in Art and Design into honours degrees during the 1970s.

[4] Following the demise of the CNAA in 1992, Ravensbourne entered into a validating partnership with the Royal College of Art, which agreed exceptionally to take this responsibility.

[15][16] The university moved its entire operations to its current campus on the Greenwich Peninsula, which opened in autumn 2010.

The available postgraduate provision consists of Master's level courses, each of which can be studied to MA, MDes or MSc (dependent on subject).