Looking to Take Your Creative Education Further?
The Institute of Creative Design (ICD) is our U.S.-based sister school, offering fully online, Associate Degrees in Graphic Design, Interior Design, Fashion Design, and Photography.
As part of the Further Learning Group family, ICD shares our mission to make creative education accessible and professionally focused, now available to learners across the U.S.
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Explore Creative Degrees at ICD
The American Academy of Garden Design has earned recognition from the International Approval and Registration Centre (IARC).
The IARC plays a role in ensuring our quality standards relating to course content, delivery, assessment and administration are maintained. IARC's role as an independent recognition association gives reassurance the Academy has undergone checks relevant to the post-secondary education industry in general terms.
The American Academy of Garden Design, as part of the Further Learning Group, is a BTEC approved learning centre.
BTEC has been the most successful applied learning brand for over twenty-five years. BTEC is administered by Edexcel and owned by Pearson Education, the world's largest education company. BTEC courses are offered exclusively by approved learning centres which have been thoroughly vetted.
