Monday, January 19, 2009

The Best Design Schools In The World

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Top design schools have an expertise in a particular area of design and offer business programs to complement the design curricula. They also have academic and other related partnerships that give students the opportunity to participate in design research and development projects. The top design schools in the world include Parsons The New School for Design in New York, the National Institute of Design in India, and Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.


Parsons The New School for Design


Parsons The New School for Design is located in the fashion capital of New York City. It offers an array of art and design programs leading to both bachelor's and graduate degrees. Undergraduate design programs include fashion design, design and management, design and technology, architectural design, communication design, interior design, product design, and urban design. Graduate programs bestow master's degrees in architecture, design and technology, fashion studies, and lighting design. They integrate business in their curricula by offering a business strategy degree in design and management. Parsons has academic partnerships with Columbia Business School in the United States and the Kanazawa International Design Institute in Japan.








Parsons The New School for Design


66 Fifth Avenue


New York, NY 10011


212-229-8900


newschool.edu/parsons/


National Institute of Design


The National Institute of Design is located in India and is listed as one of the top sixty design schools in the world, according to "Businessweek." The school has academic partnerships with Royal College of Art (RCA) in London; ENSCI (Ecole Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle), a French design institution otherwise known as the National School of Superior Industrial Creation; and the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Israel. The institution focuses on product, graphic, fashion, and textile design, offering undergraduate degrees in product design, furniture design, interior design, and glass design. Students can obtain postgraduate degrees in graphic design, animation, film design, and spatial design. Students participate in projects that give them hands-on experience in their respective field of study.


National Institute of Design


Paldi, Ahmedabad 380 007


91-79-2662-3692


nid.edu


Delft University of Technology


Delft University of Technology is located in the Netherlands and specializes in design programs that focus on engineering and technology. It is considered to be one of the fifteen best universities in the world, according to the "Time Higher Education Supplement." Delft is a pioneer in innovative technological research and its students have participated in major projects like the design of the solar car Nuna.








Delft University offers both bachelor's and master's degree programs. The undergraduate design programs include courses in engineering, civil engineering, industrial design, computer science, life science and technology, and aerospace engineering. The graduate degree programs include biomechanical design, strategic product design, electrical engineering, geomantics, and integrated product design. Delft partners with Philips Electronics and Procter & Gamble. Business courses are compulsory for graduate and undergraduate students in industrial design. Graduate students have the opportunity to do client work for companies.


Delft University of Technology


Stevinweg 1


2628 CN Delft, Netherlands


015-279-111


tudelft.nl

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