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D-Schools: The Global List
The top design programs according to BusinessWeek's expert panel
http://interactive.usc.edu/members/ako/2006/10/top_design_schools.html

Name	City	State/ Province	Country	Field	Undergrad. Degree	Grad. Degree	Design-Related Academic Partnerships	Notable Alumni	Number of Students	Frequent Employers	F-T Fac.	P-T Fac.

Arizona State University, College of Design	Tempe	Ariz.	USA	Design	Y	Y	Business school and engineering school within Arizona State	Hagy Belzberg, architect/designer of restaurant Patina; Rebecca Finnell, founder of juvenile products firm Boon Inc.; Keith Kaseman, Pentagon Memorial designer	2,268	IDEO, eBay, The Exhibit Group	48	61
At InnovationSpace, a transdisciplinary studio, undergrads create new business ventures for companies like Intel and Herman Miller; aiming for 2008 launch of graduate version.
Art Center College of Design	Pasadena	Calif.	USA	Arts and Design	Y	Y	INSEAD; Tama Art University	Yves Behar, founder of fuseproject design and branding firm; Chris Bangle, Director of Design, BMW Group	1,628	Nokia, Nike, Ford, BMW Designworks, Honda, Design Continuum,Disney	87	400
Students work in transdisciplinary studios on products, business ideas and strategies for companies like DaimlerChrysler, Hewlett-Packard, Honda and Disney.
Bocconi University	Milan	NA	Italy	Fashion and Design	N	Y	Essec Business School; Isem Fashion Business School; and Fudan Univ.	Lars Forell, Product Manager of the L’Oreal Luxury Brand Division	40	Gucci, Bottega Venetta, Zegna, L’Oreal, Puma	1	4
Offers a master's in experience and design management.
California College of the Arts	Oakland	Calif.	USA	Arts and Design	Y	Y	U.C. Berkeley's Haas School of Business	Todd Hido, photographer; Lucille Tenazas, designer; Wayne Thiebaud, painter; Wayne Wang, filmmaker	1,600	MTV; Chronicle Books; IDEO; NIKE; Pixar; Old Navy; NorthFace; frogdesign; lunar; MAC; fuseproject; Converse	113	287
Recently partnered with Korean cell-phone manufacturer Pantech to build prototypes with CCA students and 20 Korean students.
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Design	Pittsburgh	Penn.	USA	Design	Y	Y	English Dept, Mechanical Engineering Dept, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, B-school	Elaine Ann, Kaisor Innovation, Hong Kong;Arnold Wasserman, Idea Factory, Singapore and San Francisco	230	Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Samsung, Cooper, Motorola, Addison, SiegelGale, Maya Viz, ThoughtForm.	20	12
Hosted Emergence, a service design conference, in Sept. 2006. Course sponsors include Intel, New Balance and Ford. Award-winning Integrated Product Development course.
Case Western's Weatherhead School of Management	Cleveland	Ohio	USA	Business	Y	Y	The Cleveland Institute of Art; Technical University of Eindhoven	John C. Dannemiller, CEO and President, Applied Industrial Technologies; John P. Campi, VP of Global Sourcing, The Home Depot; Steven S. Simmons, Engagement Director, Siemens	1,200	National City, Deloitte & Touche, Johnson & Johnson	73	2
Held 2002 "Managing as Designing" workshop applying Frank Gehry's design approach to management decisions. Turned workshop into DVD and book. Information Design and Management course mandatory for all students.
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design	London	NA	England	Art and Design	Y	Y	HKU Utrecht School of the Arts; University of the Arts Helsinki	John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, and Stella McCartney	4,132	Vogue, Chloe, Alexander McQueen, SPACE Studios, Saatchi & Saatchi, Panasonic	71	91
Corporate clients sponsor projects in the Design Laboratory. Business consultancy service helps companies and individuals with design skills, contacts, and branding.
Cleveland Institute of Art	Cleveland	Ohio	USA	Arts	Y	Y	Case Western's Weatherhead School of Management	Bruce Claxton of Motorola, Phil Zak of GM, Giuseppe Delena of Ford	500	GM, DaimlerChrysler, Design Continuum, and Altitude	47	60
Industrial Design chair Daniel Cuffaro has revamped curriculum to include business and plans to bring design to Cleveland city planning.
College of Creative Studies	Detroit	Mich.	USA	Design	Y	N	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Dearborn and Walsh College	Pat Schiavone, design director, Ford Trucks; Joel Piasakowski, Design Director , Hyundai; Kevin Hunter, Design Director, Toyota/Calty	1,310	GM, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota, Pixar, Sony.	44	162
Feeder for major auto companies like GM, Ford, Daimler Chrysler and Toyota. Plans to open a graduate school in 2008, and has reccently added more business to undergrad curriculum.
Cooper Union	New York	N.Y.	USA	Engineering	Y	N	Architecture classes open to engineers	Thomas Edison	1,005	CON ED, Bloomberg, Credit Suisse;	53	204
Employs a fine-arts faculty, in addition to architecture and engineering.
Delft University of Technology Design Institute	Delft	NA	The Netherlands	Engineering	Y	Y	Dutch government	Floor van Wingerden-van Dijk, manager, Nike-Philips Alliance; Tjeerd Hoek, Manager of User Experience, Microsoft Windows.	2,029	Philips, Siemens, Corus, Unilever.	NA	NA
Master's students work on problems submitted by commercial companies; partners with Dutch government for product development.
Design Academy Eindhoven	Eindhoven	NA	The Netherlands	Design	Y	Y	Technical University Eindhoven; University of Art and Design Helsinki; RISD	Cindy van den Bremen, designer of trendy headscarves for Muslim women	680	Giant, IKEA, Volvo, Royal Tichelaar	NA	NA
Only college of higher education in the Netherlands specializing entirely in design. Offers "FunLab", a postgraduate course in experience design.
Domus Academy	Milan	NA	Italy	Design	N	Y	Bocconi University; Central Saint Martins College; Tongji University	Jozeph Forakis, designer of Motorola v70	200 (total)	Driade, Cappellini, De Padova, Artemide	20	50
Offers master of business design with Bocconi University.
FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences	Graz	NA	Austria	Tech	Y	Y	UMEA; Polytechnic University of Milan; HKU Utrecht School of Arts	Julian Hoenig, designer of the Audi RSQ for movie I, Robot	16	Adidas, Audi, BMW Designworks USA, Kiska Design, Native Design London, Philips, Porsche Design, Volkswagen	5	28
Feeder for BMW, Philips, Porsche, and Volkswagen.
Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business	Washington	D.C.	USA	Business	Y	Y	None	Doreen Amorosa, Director of Talent Acquisition, Avaya Inc.; Michael A. Todman,Executive Vice President, Whirlpool Corporation; Suzanne Grimes, Vice President, Conde Nast Media Group	1,800	3M, Microsoft, Intel, Citigroup, Delta Airlines	81	77
Developing New Products and Services has been taught for 5 years by Jeneanne Rae, president of Peer Insight, a service innovation consultancy; brings together business, engineering and liberal arts students.
Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Architecture, Dept. of Industrial Design	Atlanta	Georgia	USA	Design	Y	Y	Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Institute at Georgia Tech; Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Design; National Insitute of Design	Bruce Claxton, Head of Design Innovation, Motorola; Carrie Davis Design Manager Coca-Cola; David Bingham, Design Manager, GE	180	IBM, Texas Instruments, GE, Caterpillar	8	8
Industrial students work with management, computing, engineering, manufacturing and marketing students on projects for Coca-Cola, Kodak, Dell and Xerox.
Harvard Business School	Cambridge	Mass.	USA	Business	N	Y	None	Meg Whitman, eBay; Lou Gerstner, IBM	1,819	NA	236	0
Prof. Stefan Thomke leads courses on innovation, operations management that fold in experience design.
Harvey Mudd College	Claremont	Calif.	USA	Engineering	Y	N	Claremont Colleges consortium	NASA astronaut George "Pinky" Nelson, Jonathan Gay, creator of Flash software	720	Google Inc, Raytheon Company, Northrop Grumman Corporation, the Aerospace Corporation	77	15
The Harvey Mudd College Clinic pairs students with companies from Boeing to Google for projects. Interdisciplinary "Center for Design Education" for engineering design teachers, researchers and practitioners.
HKU Utrecht School of the Arts	Utrecht	NA	The Netherlands	Arts	N	Y	Utrecht Univ.	Vivianne Sassen, Graphic Designer at De Designpolitie	3,200	Elle, Girl, Glamour, IKEA, HEMA, Prada	570 (combined)	NA
Faculty works with professional bodies and with companies to develop and modify courses.
Hong Kong Polytechnic	Hong Kong	NA	China	Design	Y	Y	Georgia Tech	Vivienne Tam, Fashion Designer; Freeman Lau, Product Designer	1,300	TCL Corp., Philips	80	80
Hosts an Asian lifestyle lab where global companies can design products and experiences specific to Asian cultures; helping Tsingua adopt similar curriculum.
Hongik University School of Design	Seoul	NA	South Korea	Design	Y	Y	Royal College of Art; RISD; Domus Academy; Swinburne University of Technology	Sung-gul Whang, design manager, Motorola (Asia); Sun-ho Yun, design director, Hyundai Motors (Korea)	1,136	Samsung, Hyundai, GM , Tangerine, Renault, Honda, Citroen, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Nissan, Motorola, Yahoo	26	72
Corporate projects sponsored by Nissan, Mattel, Renault, and GM.
Hunan University School of Design	Changsha	Hunan Province	China	Design	Y	Y	Polytechnic University of Milan Design School; Univ. of Cincinnati	Yan Qi Feng, user experience manager at Nokia’s head office in Finland	178	Intel, GE, LG, General Motors	30	5
Founded in 1977, it is China's first school of industrial design.
IIT's Institute of Design	Chicago	Ill.	USA	Design	N	Y	IIT's Stuart Graduate School of Business	Roger Sweet, creator of He Man for Mattel; Grace Colby, co founder of ATG software; Guo, Yu, Head of User Experience, Baidu, China's largest search engine	114	Adaptive Path, Cheskin, Doblin, Gravity Tank, IDEO, Jump Associates, Microsoft, Motorola, Steelcase	10	25
Started offering dual MDes/MBA degrees in 2006; Hosts workshops for managers and executives to examine how businesses can use design to solve complex problems and analyse emerging opportunities and markets; Patrick Whitney is director.
Indian Institute of Technology Industrial Design Center	Bombay	NA	India	Design	N	Y	None	Hari Nair, design head, Whirlpool	62	Microsoft, Motorola	14	40
Feeder for Motorola and Microsoft; conducts seminars, conferences, exhibitions, workshops, and specialized programs on design for the industry and other institutions.
International Design Business Mgmt. Program (IDBM)	Helsinki	NA	Finland	Design, Business, and Tech	N	Y	None	Joakim Uimonen, R&D Manager, the Tunturi bicycle; Marjukka Mäkelä, director for new concepts of user interfaces, KONE Corporation	42	Nokia, Honka, Metso Corp., KONE Corp.	NA	NA
Collaboration between the Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki Univ. of Tech., and the Univ. of Art and Design Helsinki.
Koln International School of Design	Cologne	NA	Germany	Design	Y	Y	University of Art and Design Helsinki; Parsons; Hong Kong Polytechnic	Dr. Gesche Jost, design-scientist at Deutsche Telecom; Stefan Moritz, Service Design Director, Isobar	50	Lego, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Nokia	NA	3
Professor Birgit Mager has been teaching service design since 1994.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Tech. (KAIST)	Daejon	NA	South Korea	Design	Y	Y	Carnegie Mellon; TU Delft Design; UIAH; Hong Kong Polytechnic; Tsinghua; Chiba	S.Y. Kim, Executive Director U.S., Samsung Design; Y.H. Jung, Director, Design Center Asia, Nokia	124	Samsung, LG, SK	8	39
Emphasizes interdisciplinary design, strategy and planning, user-centered, and interaction design. Focuses on global context.
Kyoto Institute of Technology	Kyoto	NA	Japan	Tech	Y	Y	42 foreign universities	Sato Sanpei, manga cartoonist; Seichi Shirai, architect, Shoto Museum in Tokyo; Akira Kurosaki, woodblock artist	4,324	Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi	295	162
Feeder for Toyota, Honda, Mazda, and Mitsubishi. Partners with North Carolina State Univ. and Washington Univ.
Massachusetts College of Art	Boston	Mass.	USA	Art and design	Y	Y	Northeastern's entrepreneurial program; Bentley College (both in 2007)	Pamela Parisi, Director of Global Design Resources, Gillette Company; Jim Warner, President, One80 Design, NYC	2,300	Ogilvy and Mather, New Balance, Houghton Mifflin, Digitas, Reebok	82	127
Companies such as Bose, Reebok and Dunkin' Donuts have sponsored projects in the industrial design development lab.
MIT Media Lab	Boston	Mass.	USA	Science and arts	N	Y	Other departments within MIT	Rob Silvers, creator Runaway Technology Inc; Saul Griffith, founder of Squib Labs; Maggie Orth, founder International Fabric Machines	160	Motorola, France Telecom, Samsung	30	80
An applied research laboratory where businesses sponsor student research in arts, science and technology.
MIT Sloan School of Management	Cambridge	MA	USA	Business	N	Y	Rhode Island School of Design	Alan Mulally, Ford Motor CEO; John Reed, former Chairman of Ciitcorp; Carly Fiorina, former CEO of HP	756	Booz Allen, Boston Consulting Group, Microsoft, Genzyme	96	25
Unlike many other b-school programs, students have the freedom to branch out into other MIT depts. like MIT Media Lab.
N.C.State College of Management	Raleigh	N.C.	USA	Business	N	Y	College of Design and engineering departments at NC State University.	Not applicable (new).	2,653	GlaxoSmithKline, Chevron, Credit Suisse, IBM	89	22
Business students, industrial designers and engineers tackle product and service design for IBM and others in the integrated new product development lab
National Institute of Design	Ahmedabad	NA	India	Design	Y	Y	Royal College of Art; Sheridan College	Umesh Shukla, animation producer for the film Titanic	235	Honda, Maruti, Infosys, General Motors	58	50
Hosts creativity and innovation workshops and seminars for the industry.
Northumbria University Design School	Newcastle	NA	England	Design	Y	Y	Philips, IDEO, Pentland, Habitat, Heals, Nokia	Jonathan Ive, Vice-President of Industrial Design, Apple Computer; Stephen Kyffin, Director of Global Research, Philips; Tim Brown, CEO, DEO	1,000	Philips, IDEO, Habitat, Heals, Nokia	NA	45
Corporate projects sponsored by Unilever, Adidas, Kenwood, IDEO, and Lego.
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Managament	Evanston	Ill	USA	Business	N	Y	McCormick School of Engineering; discussing partnership with The Art Insitute of Chicago	Matt Levatich, Vice President, Harley Davidson; Craig Witsoe, a general manager of GE Advanced Materials	660	Boston Scientific, Nestle Purina, Harley Davidson, Campbell Soup, United Airlines	176	101
Offers dual MBA and Masters of Engineering Management degrees
NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program	New York	N.Y.	USA	Arts	N	Y	Various	Dennis Crowley, founder of Dodgeball.com	240	NA	7	Numerous faculty from several departments
Pairs dancers with computer scientists with financiers to push the frontiers of interactive media under direction of Red Burns.

Parsons, The New School	New York	N.Y.	USA	Design	Y	Y	Columbia Business School	Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs, Norman Rockwell	2,812	Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Martha Steward Living, The Gap and Banana Republic	86	952
Companies like Samsung, Siemens and Target provide design challenges for new product lines and processes. Leader in fashion design.
Polytechnic University of Milan Design School	Milan	NA	Italy	Design	Y	Y	Bocconi Univ.; Catholic Univ. of Milan	N/A (School opened six years ago)	4,200	3M, Whirlpool, Etro, Decathlon	15	700
Continuing education school offers short courses on topics such as entertainment design and stage tech.
Pratt Institute	Brooklyn	N.Y.	USA	Art and design	Y	Y	Delaware College of Art and Design	David Sarnoff, CEO and president of RCA Corporation; Tucker Viemeister, industrial designer; Myron Waldman, illustrator and animator	4,585	Fossil, New Balance, Unilever, Samsung, Mitsubishi	121	775
Offers Master of Professional Studies in Design Management for executives.
Rhode Island School of Design	Providence	R.I.	USA	Design	Y	Y	MIT Sloan School of Business; Brown University School of Engineering	Eric Anderson, started snow-bard binding company Switch Manufacturing; David Macaulay, MacArthur Award 2006-winner, Josiah McElheny , Anna Schuleit	2,294	NA	503 (combined)	503 (combined)
Feeder for Martha Stewart Living; Undergrads travel to Cambridge to work in teams with Sloan students; they also build prototypes with Brown engineering students.
Ringling School of Art and Design	Sarasota	Fla.	USA	Design	Y	N	Various art and design programs	Ray Dillman, Emmy award winning television director	1,089	Apple, Sony, GM, Dreamworks, Electronic Arts	63	63
Hosting international summit in Oct. 2006 on the role of design in the global economy.
Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester	N.Y.	USA	Technology	Y	Y	Program for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE)	Dan Carp, former Chairman and CEO of Eastman Kodak Company; Tom Curly, President and CEO Associated Press; Robert Fabbio, CEO/President of Cesura, Inc.	15,200	Microsoft, Price Water house cooper, Fedex.	907	406
PIE combines buisness, technology, and art and design students.
Royal College of Art	London	NA	England	Art	N	Y	Imperial Col. London; Victoria & Albert Museum	Ian Callum, Head of Design, Jaguar; Jasper Morrison, furniture designer; David Hockney, British painter; James Dyson	928	Dyson, Nissan, Heal's, Philips, Jaguar.	23	8
Industrial design engineering jointly taught with Imperial Col. London; feeder for Nissan, Heal's, Philips, and Jaguar.
Stanford's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design	Palo Alto	Calif.	USA	Design	Y	Y	B-school, Engineering, et al.	Not applicable (new)	From various departments.	Not applicable (new).	0	28
A new design institute of graduate education that offers an interdisciplinary programs that includes one course each semester. Students completing three courses earn a certificate. David Kelley, co-founder.
Syracuse University, School of Art and Design	Syracuse	N.Y.	USA	Design	Y	N	Various programs within Syracuse University	Gianfranco Zaccai, CEO of Design Continuum; Alan Dye, design director, Kate Spade	1,066	Converse, Bose, Eleven, Farm.	52	46
One of the oldest industrial design programs in the US. Changed program name to include "Industrial and Interactive Design" to address service design in addition to product design.
Tama Art University	Tokyo	NA	Japan	Design	Y	Y	Art Center College of Design	Issei Miyake, worldwide fashion designer; Ken Arakawa, Mazda's chief car designer	3,797	Sony, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Hitachi, Toshiba, IBM, Canon, Fujitsu, Toyota Motors, Honda, Mazda, Nissan	141	358
Corporate projects sponsored by Kodak and others.
Tongji University School of Design	Shanghai	NA	China	Art and Design	Y	Y	Polytechnic University of Milan Design School	N/A	470	Daimler Benz, Motorola, ZIBA Design	NA	20
Cooperative agreements with major Japanese automakers including Nissan and Toyota.
Tsinghua University Academy of Arts and Design	Beijing	NA	China	Art and Design	Y	Y	KAIST; Royal College of Art; IIT	Du Baonan (also known as Double Du), senior designer, General Motor's PATAC design center	1,530	Motorola, Nokia, Lenovo, General Motors	180	40
One of the oldest and best-known design academies in China. Has played a key role in the development of contemporary design.
U.C.Berkeley's Haas School of Business	Berkeley	Calif.	USA	Business	N	Y	Berkeley College of Engineering; Berkeley School of Information; Calif. College of the Arts	Scott Hirsch, founder of Management Innovation Group; Manuel Bronstein, helped found the "incubator" for new product/idea generation in Microsoft's Xbox unit	2,248	Fritolay, L'Oreal, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Intel, Google, Gap, Micrsoft, Guidant	72	142
Starting mini 2-day design thinking workshops for business school students in fall 2006. Managing the New Product Development Process course has combined business, engineering and arts students for eight years.
UMEA Institute of Design	Umea	NA	Sweden	Design	Y	Y	200-300 partnerships with other universities	Erik Ahlgren, designer of Ericsson T610	115	Toyota, Daihatsu, Ericsson, Nokia, Microsoft, Volvo	10	50
Expertise in transportation design.
University of Art and Design Lausanne	Lausanne	NA	Switzerland	Design	Y	Y	RISD; Royal College of Art; University of Art & Design Helsinki	Augustin Scott de Martinville, designer of Swarovscki Crystal Scotch Tape	301	B&B Italia, Coca-Cola, Louis Vuitton, Nestlé Nespresso	86	92
Offers an ECAL Summer Academy of Design.
University of Cincinnati, College of D.A.A.P.	Cincinnati	Ohio	USA	Design	Y	Y	Various	LPK CEO Jerry Kathman, architect and designer Michael Graves; Fashion designer Stan Herman	2,377	Target, P&G, Interbrand, Frog Design	98	75
Nationally ranked co-op program in which design students graduate with about 18 months of paid, professional experience.

Name

Arizona State University, College of Design

Tempe

Ariz.

USA

Design

Business school and engineering school within Arizona State

Hagy Belzberg, architect/designer of restaurant Patina; Rebecca Finnell, founder of juvenile products firm Boon Inc.; Keith Kaseman, Pentagon Memorial designer

2,268

IDEO, eBay, The Exhibit Group

At InnovationSpace, a transdisciplinary studio, undergrads create new business ventures for companies like Intel and Herman Miller; aiming for 2008 launch of graduate version.

Art Center College of Design

Pasadena

Calif.

USA

Arts and Design

INSEAD; Tama Art University

Yves Behar, founder of fuseproject design and branding firm; Chris Bangle, Director of Design, BMW Group

1,628

Nokia, Nike, Ford, BMW Designworks, Honda, Design Continuum,Disney

400

Students work in transdisciplinary studios on products, business ideas and strategies for companies like DaimlerChrysler, Hewlett-Packard, Honda and Disney.

Bocconi University

Milan

Italy

Fashion and Design

Essec Business School; Isem Fashion Business School; and Fudan Univ.

Lars Forell, Product Manager of the L’Oreal Luxury Brand Division

Gucci, Bottega Venetta, Zegna, L’Oreal, Puma

Offers a master's in experience and design management.

California College of the Arts

Oakland

Calif.

USA

Arts and Design

U.C. Berkeley's Haas School of Business

Todd Hido, photographer; Lucille Tenazas, designer; Wayne Thiebaud, painter; Wayne Wang, filmmaker

1,600

MTV; Chronicle Books; IDEO; NIKE; Pixar; Old Navy; NorthFace; frogdesign; lunar; MAC; fuseproject; Converse

113

287

Recently partnered with Korean cell-phone manufacturer Pantech to build prototypes with CCA students and 20 Korean students.

Carnegie Mellon University, School of Design

Pittsburgh

Penn.

USA

Design

English Dept, Mechanical Engineering Dept, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, B-school

Elaine Ann, Kaisor Innovation, Hong Kong;Arnold Wasserman, Idea Factory, Singapore and San Francisco

230

Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Samsung, Cooper, Motorola, Addison, SiegelGale, Maya Viz, ThoughtForm.

Hosted Emergence, a service design conference, in Sept. 2006. Course sponsors include Intel, New Balance and Ford. Award-winning Integrated Product Development course.

Case Western's Weatherhead School of Management

Cleveland

Ohio

USA

Business

The Cleveland Institute of Art; Technical University of Eindhoven

John C. Dannemiller, CEO and President, Applied Industrial Technologies; John P. Campi, VP of Global Sourcing, The Home Depot; Steven S. Simmons, Engagement Director, Siemens

1,200

National City, Deloitte & Touche, Johnson & Johnson

Held 2002 "Managing as Designing" workshop applying Frank Gehry's design approach to management decisions. Turned workshop into DVD and book. Information Design and Management course mandatory for all students.

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

London

England

Art and Design

HKU Utrecht School of the Arts; University of the Arts Helsinki

John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, and Stella McCartney

4,132

Vogue, Chloe, Alexander McQueen, SPACE Studios, Saatchi & Saatchi, Panasonic

Corporate clients sponsor projects in the Design Laboratory. Business consultancy service helps companies and individuals with design skills, contacts, and branding.

Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland

Ohio

USA

Arts

Case Western's Weatherhead School of Management

Bruce Claxton of Motorola, Phil Zak of GM, Giuseppe Delena of Ford

500

GM, DaimlerChrysler, Design Continuum, and Altitude

Industrial Design chair Daniel Cuffaro has revamped curriculum to include business and plans to bring design to Cleveland city planning.

College of Creative Studies

Detroit

Mich.

USA

Design

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Dearborn and Walsh College

Pat Schiavone, design director, Ford Trucks; Joel Piasakowski, Design Director , Hyundai; Kevin Hunter, Design Director, Toyota/Calty

1,310

GM, Ford, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota, Pixar, Sony.

162

Feeder for major auto companies like GM, Ford, Daimler Chrysler and Toyota. Plans to open a graduate school in 2008, and has reccently added more business to undergrad curriculum.

Cooper Union

New York

N.Y.

USA

Engineering

Architecture classes open to engineers

Thomas Edison

1,005

CON ED, Bloomberg, Credit Suisse;

204

Employs a fine-arts faculty, in addition to architecture and engineering.

Delft University of Technology Design Institute

Delft

The Netherlands

Engineering

Dutch government

Floor van Wingerden-van Dijk, manager, Nike-Philips Alliance; Tjeerd Hoek, Manager of User Experience, Microsoft Windows.

2,029

Philips, Siemens, Corus, Unilever.

Master's students work on problems submitted by commercial companies; partners with Dutch government for product development.

Design Academy Eindhoven

Eindhoven

The Netherlands

Design

Technical University Eindhoven; University of Art and Design Helsinki; RISD

Cindy van den Bremen, designer of trendy headscarves for Muslim women

680

Giant, IKEA, Volvo, Royal Tichelaar

Only college of higher education in the Netherlands specializing entirely in design. Offers "FunLab", a postgraduate course in experience design.

Domus Academy

Milan

Italy

Design

Bocconi University; Central Saint Martins College; Tongji University

Jozeph Forakis, designer of Motorola v70

200 (total)

Driade, Cappellini, De Padova, Artemide

Offers master of business design with Bocconi University.

FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

Graz

Austria

Tech

UMEA; Polytechnic University of Milan; HKU Utrecht School of Arts

Julian Hoenig, designer of the Audi RSQ for movie I, Robot

Adidas, Audi, BMW Designworks USA, Kiska Design, Native Design London, Philips, Porsche Design, Volkswagen

Feeder for BMW, Philips, Porsche, and Volkswagen.

Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business

Washington

D.C.

USA

Business

None

Doreen Amorosa, Director of Talent Acquisition, Avaya Inc.; Michael A. Todman,Executive Vice President, Whirlpool Corporation; Suzanne Grimes, Vice President, Conde Nast Media Group

1,800

3M, Microsoft, Intel, Citigroup, Delta Airlines

Developing New Products and Services has been taught for 5 years by Jeneanne Rae, president of Peer Insight, a service innovation consultancy; brings together business, engineering and liberal arts students.

Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Architecture, Dept. of Industrial Design

Atlanta

Georgia

USA

Design

Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing Institute at Georgia Tech; Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Design; National Insitute of Design

Bruce Claxton, Head of Design Innovation, Motorola; Carrie Davis Design Manager Coca-Cola; David Bingham, Design Manager, GE

180

IBM, Texas Instruments, GE, Caterpillar

Industrial students work with management, computing, engineering, manufacturing and marketing students on projects for Coca-Cola, Kodak, Dell and Xerox.

Harvard Business School

Cambridge

Mass.

USA

Business

None

Meg Whitman, eBay; Lou Gerstner, IBM

1,819

236

Prof. Stefan Thomke leads courses on innovation, operations management that fold in experience design.

Harvey Mudd College

Claremont

Calif.

USA

Engineering

Claremont Colleges consortium

NASA astronaut George "Pinky" Nelson, Jonathan Gay, creator of Flash software

720

Google Inc, Raytheon Company, Northrop Grumman Corporation, the Aerospace Corporation

The Harvey Mudd College Clinic pairs students with companies from Boeing to Google for projects. Interdisciplinary "Center for Design Education" for engineering design teachers, researchers and practitioners.

HKU Utrecht School of the Arts

Utrecht

The Netherlands

Arts

Utrecht Univ.

Vivianne Sassen, Graphic Designer at De Designpolitie

3,200

Elle, Girl, Glamour, IKEA, HEMA, Prada

570 (combined)

Faculty works with professional bodies and with companies to develop and modify courses.

Hong Kong Polytechnic

Hong Kong

China

Design

Georgia Tech

Vivienne Tam, Fashion Designer; Freeman Lau, Product Designer

1,300

TCL Corp., Philips

Hosts an Asian lifestyle lab where global companies can design products and experiences specific to Asian cultures; helping Tsingua adopt similar curriculum.

Hongik University School of Design

Seoul

South Korea

Design

Royal College of Art; RISD; Domus Academy; Swinburne University of Technology

Sung-gul Whang, design manager, Motorola (Asia); Sun-ho Yun, design director, Hyundai Motors (Korea)

1,136

Samsung, Hyundai, GM , Tangerine, Renault, Honda, Citroen, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Nissan, Motorola, Yahoo

Corporate projects sponsored by Nissan, Mattel, Renault, and GM.

Hunan University School of Design

Changsha

Hunan Province

China

Design

Polytechnic University of Milan Design School; Univ. of Cincinnati

Yan Qi Feng, user experience manager at Nokia’s head office in Finland

178

Intel, GE, LG, General Motors

Founded in 1977, it is China's first school of industrial design.

IIT's Institute of Design

Chicago

Ill.

USA

Design

IIT's Stuart Graduate School of Business

Roger Sweet, creator of He Man for Mattel; Grace Colby, co founder of ATG software; Guo, Yu, Head of User Experience, Baidu, China's largest search engine

114

Adaptive Path, Cheskin, Doblin, Gravity Tank, IDEO, Jump Associates, Microsoft, Motorola, Steelcase

Started offering dual MDes/MBA degrees in 2006; Hosts workshops for managers and executives to examine how businesses can use design to solve complex problems and analyse emerging opportunities and markets; Patrick Whitney is director.

Indian Institute of Technology Industrial Design Center

Bombay

India

Design

None

Hari Nair, design head, Whirlpool

Microsoft, Motorola

Feeder for Motorola and Microsoft; conducts seminars, conferences, exhibitions, workshops, and specialized programs on design for the industry and other institutions.

International Design Business Mgmt. Program (IDBM)

Helsinki

Finland

Design, Business, and Tech

None

Joakim Uimonen, R&D Manager, the Tunturi bicycle; Marjukka Mäkelä, director for new concepts of user interfaces, KONE Corporation

Nokia, Honka, Metso Corp., KONE Corp.

Collaboration between the Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki Univ. of Tech., and the Univ. of Art and Design Helsinki.

Koln International School of Design

Cologne

Germany

Design

University of Art and Design Helsinki; Parsons; Hong Kong Polytechnic

Dr. Gesche Jost, design-scientist at Deutsche Telecom; Stefan Moritz, Service Design Director, Isobar

Lego, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Nokia

Professor Birgit Mager has been teaching service design since 1994.

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Tech. (KAIST)

Daejon

South Korea

Design

Carnegie Mellon; TU Delft Design; UIAH; Hong Kong Polytechnic; Tsinghua; Chiba

S.Y. Kim, Executive Director U.S., Samsung Design; Y.H. Jung, Director, Design Center Asia, Nokia

124

Samsung, LG, SK

Emphasizes interdisciplinary design, strategy and planning, user-centered, and interaction design. Focuses on global context.

Kyoto Institute of Technology

Kyoto

Japan

Tech

42 foreign universities

Sato Sanpei, manga cartoonist; Seichi Shirai, architect, Shoto Museum in Tokyo; Akira Kurosaki, woodblock artist

4,324

Toyota, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi

295

162

Feeder for Toyota, Honda, Mazda, and Mitsubishi. Partners with North Carolina State Univ. and Washington Univ.

Massachusetts College of Art

Boston

Mass.

USA

Art and design

Northeastern's entrepreneurial program; Bentley College (both in 2007)

Pamela Parisi, Director of Global Design Resources, Gillette Company; Jim Warner, President, One80 Design, NYC

2,300

Ogilvy and Mather, New Balance, Houghton Mifflin, Digitas, Reebok

127

Companies such as Bose, Reebok and Dunkin' Donuts have sponsored projects in the industrial design development lab.

MIT Media Lab

Boston

Mass.

USA

Science and arts

Other departments within MIT

Rob Silvers, creator Runaway Technology Inc; Saul Griffith, founder of Squib Labs; Maggie Orth, founder International Fabric Machines

160

Motorola, France Telecom, Samsung

An applied research laboratory where businesses sponsor student research in arts, science and technology.

MIT Sloan School of Management

Cambridge

USA

Business

Rhode Island School of Design

Alan Mulally, Ford Motor CEO; John Reed, former Chairman of Ciitcorp; Carly Fiorina, former CEO of HP

756

Booz Allen, Boston Consulting Group, Microsoft, Genzyme

Unlike many other b-school programs, students have the freedom to branch out into other MIT depts. like MIT Media Lab.

N.C.State College of Management

Raleigh

N.C.

USA

Business

College of Design and engineering departments at NC State University.

Not applicable (new).

2,653

GlaxoSmithKline, Chevron, Credit Suisse, IBM

Business students, industrial designers and engineers tackle product and service design for IBM and others in the integrated new product development lab

National Institute of Design

Ahmedabad

India

Design

Royal College of Art; Sheridan College

Umesh Shukla, animation producer for the film Titanic

235

Honda, Maruti, Infosys, General Motors

Hosts creativity and innovation workshops and seminars for the industry.

Northumbria University Design School

Newcastle

England

Design

Philips, IDEO, Pentland, Habitat, Heals, Nokia

Jonathan Ive, Vice-President of Industrial Design, Apple Computer; Stephen Kyffin, Director of Global Research, Philips; Tim Brown, CEO, DEO

1,000

Philips, IDEO, Habitat, Heals, Nokia

Corporate projects sponsored by Unilever, Adidas, Kenwood, IDEO, and Lego.

Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Managament

Evanston

Ill

USA

Business

McCormick School of Engineering; discussing partnership with The Art Insitute of Chicago

Matt Levatich, Vice President, Harley Davidson; Craig Witsoe, a general manager of GE Advanced Materials

660

Boston Scientific, Nestle Purina, Harley Davidson, Campbell Soup, United Airlines

176

101

Offers dual MBA and Masters of Engineering Management degrees

NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program

New York

N.Y.

USA

Arts

Various

Dennis Crowley, founder of Dodgeball.com

240

Numerous faculty from several departments

Pairs dancers with computer scientists with financiers to push the frontiers of interactive media under direction of Red Burns.

Parsons, The New School

New York

N.Y.

USA

Design

Columbia Business School

Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs, Norman Rockwell

2,812

Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Martha Steward Living, The Gap and Banana Republic

952

Companies like Samsung, Siemens and Target provide design challenges for new product lines and processes. Leader in fashion design.

Polytechnic University of Milan Design School

Milan

Italy

Design

Bocconi Univ.; Catholic Univ. of Milan

N/A (School opened six years ago)

4,200

3M, Whirlpool, Etro, Decathlon

700

Continuing education school offers short courses on topics such as entertainment design and stage tech.

Pratt Institute

Brooklyn

N.Y.

USA

Art and design

Delaware College of Art and Design

David Sarnoff, CEO and president of RCA Corporation; Tucker Viemeister, industrial designer; Myron Waldman, illustrator and animator

4,585

Fossil, New Balance, Unilever, Samsung, Mitsubishi

121

775

Offers Master of Professional Studies in Design Management for executives.

Rhode Island School of Design

Providence

R.I.

USA

Design

MIT Sloan School of Business; Brown University School of Engineering

Eric Anderson, started snow-bard binding company Switch Manufacturing; David Macaulay, MacArthur Award 2006-winner, Josiah McElheny , Anna Schuleit

2,294

503 (combined)

Feeder for Martha Stewart Living; Undergrads travel to Cambridge to work in teams with Sloan students; they also build prototypes with Brown engineering students.

Ringling School of Art and Design

Sarasota

Fla.

USA

Design

Various art and design programs

Ray Dillman, Emmy award winning television director

1,089

Apple, Sony, GM, Dreamworks, Electronic Arts

Hosting international summit in Oct. 2006 on the role of design in the global economy.

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester

N.Y.

USA

Technology

Program for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE)

Dan Carp, former Chairman and CEO of Eastman Kodak Company; Tom Curly, President and CEO Associated Press; Robert Fabbio, CEO/President of Cesura, Inc.

15,200

Microsoft, Price Water house cooper, Fedex.

907

406

PIE combines buisness, technology, and art and design students.

Royal College of Art

London

England

Art

Imperial Col. London; Victoria & Albert Museum

Ian Callum, Head of Design, Jaguar; Jasper Morrison, furniture designer; David Hockney, British painter; James Dyson

928

Dyson, Nissan, Heal's, Philips, Jaguar.

Industrial design engineering jointly taught with Imperial Col. London; feeder for Nissan, Heal's, Philips, and Jaguar.

Stanford's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design

Palo Alto

Calif.

USA

Design

B-school, Engineering, et al.

Not applicable (new)

From various departments.

Not applicable (new).

A new design institute of graduate education that offers an interdisciplinary programs that includes one course each semester. Students completing three courses earn a certificate. David Kelley, co-founder.

Syracuse University, School of Art and Design

Syracuse

N.Y.

USA

Design

Various programs within Syracuse University

Gianfranco Zaccai, CEO of Design Continuum; Alan Dye, design director, Kate Spade

1,066

Converse, Bose, Eleven, Farm.

One of the oldest industrial design programs in the US. Changed program name to include "Industrial and Interactive Design" to address service design in addition to product design.

Tama Art University

Tokyo

Japan

Design

Art Center College of Design

Issei Miyake, worldwide fashion designer; Ken Arakawa, Mazda's chief car designer

3,797

Sony, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Hitachi, Toshiba, IBM, Canon, Fujitsu, Toyota Motors, Honda, Mazda, Nissan

141

358

Corporate projects sponsored by Kodak and others.

Tongji University School of Design

Shanghai

China

Art and Design

Polytechnic University of Milan Design School

N/A

470

Daimler Benz, Motorola, ZIBA Design

Cooperative agreements with major Japanese automakers including Nissan and Toyota.

Tsinghua University Academy of Arts and Design

Beijing

China

Art and Design

KAIST; Royal College of Art; IIT

Du Baonan (also known as Double Du), senior designer, General Motor's PATAC design center

1,530

Motorola, Nokia, Lenovo, General Motors

180

One of the oldest and best-known design academies in China. Has played a key role in the development of contemporary design.

U.C.Berkeley's Haas School of Business

Berkeley

Calif.

USA

Business

Berkeley College of Engineering; Berkeley School of Information; Calif. College of the Arts

Scott Hirsch, founder of Management Innovation Group; Manuel Bronstein, helped found the "incubator" for new product/idea generation in Microsoft's Xbox unit

2,248

Fritolay, L'Oreal, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Intel, Google, Gap, Micrsoft, Guidant

142

Starting mini 2-day design thinking workshops for business school students in fall 2006. Managing the New Product Development Process course has combined business, engineering and arts students for eight years.

UMEA Institute of Design

Umea

Sweden

Design

200-300 partnerships with other universities

Erik Ahlgren, designer of Ericsson T610

115

Toyota, Daihatsu, Ericsson, Nokia, Microsoft, Volvo

Expertise in transportation design.

University of Art and Design Lausanne

Lausanne

Switzerland

Design

RISD; Royal College of Art; University of Art & Design Helsinki

Augustin Scott de Martinville, designer of Swarovscki Crystal Scotch Tape

301

B&B Italia, Coca-Cola, Louis Vuitton, Nestlé Nespresso

Offers an ECAL Summer Academy of Design.

University of Cincinnati, College of D.A.A.P.

Cincinnati

Ohio

USA

Design

Various

LPK CEO Jerry Kathman, architect and designer Michael Graves; Fashion designer Stan Herman

2,377

Target, P&G, Interbrand, Frog Design

Nationally ranked co-op program in which design students graduate with about 18 months of paid, professional experience.