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We offer the top 100 best universities in the world with the study of art and design for foreign students. Young people applying to study art and design need to decide which part of the subject they are interested in, and then find a suitable art school or university.
Studio work is central to all art courses, including painting, sculpture, installation, printing, photography, digital media, with all students specialising in their area of interest.
Participants are developing networking in the art and design industry, which is an important advantage in such a rapidly changing environment.
Modules of the ART programs:
- Art history
- Art, technology and the Internet
- Arts & Business
- Studio practice
- Typographic skills
- Professional skills in art and design
- Objects and experience.
Wide range of employment opportunities:
- 3D Designer
- Ceramics Designer
- Enamel Artist
- Stylist
- A fine artist
- Stylist
- Illustrator
- Graphic Designer
- Textile designer.
Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Art & Design
| Rank | University | Overall Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal College of Art | 98,5 |
| 2 | University of the Arts London | 93,7 |
| 3 | Parsons School of Design at The New School | 92,3 |
| 4 | Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) | 91,7 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 85,3 |
| 6 | Pratt Institute | 85,1 |
| 7 | Politecnico di Milano | 83,8 |
| 8 | Aalto University | 82,9 |
| 9 | Design Academy Eindhoven | 82,2 |
| 10 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 81,0 |
| 11 | Tongji University | 79,8 |
| 12 | Delft University of Technology | 78,9 |
| 13 | Glasgow School of Art (GSA) | 78,8 |
| 14 | Art Center College of Design | 78,5 |
| 15 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 76,6 |
| 16 | Carnegie Mellon University | 75,6 |
| 17 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | 75,3 |
| 18 | RMIT University | 75,1 |
| 19 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 73,7 |
| 20 | School of Visual Arts (SVA) | 73,5 |
| 21 | Goldsmiths, University of London | 72,9 |
| 22 | The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts - The School of Design | 72,6 |
| 23 | California Institute of the Arts | 72,4 |
| 24 | Tsinghua University | 71,7 |
| =25 | Stanford University | 71,4 |
| =25 | University of Oxford | 71,4 |
| =27 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | 70,9 |
| =27 | Yale University | 70,9 |
| 29 | Emily Carr University of Art + Design | 70,8 |
| 30 | Konstfack University of Arts , Crafts and Design | 69,8 |
| 31 | Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) | 69,4 |
| 32 | Loughborough University | 69,3 |
| =33 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) | 69,2 |
| =33 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | 69,2 |
| 35 | Universität der Knste Berlin | 69,1 |
| 36 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 68,5 |
| 37 | Seoul National University | 68,4 |
| =38 | King Abdulaziz University (KAU) | 67,6 |
| =38 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) | 67,6 |
| 40 | New York University (NYU) | 67,2 |
| 41 | École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Paris | 67,1 |
| 42 | Eindhoven University of Technology | 66,9 |
| 43 | UCL | 66,8 |
| =44 | Columbia University | 66,7 |
| =44 | Universidad de Palermo (UP) | 66,7 |
| =46 | KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science | 66,6 |
| =46 | Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) | 66,6 |
| =46 | University of Technology Sydney | 66,6 |
| 49 | The University of Tokyo | 66,5 |
| 50 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | 66,4 |
| 51-100 | Aarhus University | |
| 51-100 | Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design Prague | |
| 51-100 | Altai State University | |
| 51-100 | California College of the Arts | |
| 51-100 | Chiba University | |
| 51-100 | Cornell University | |
| 51-100 | Cranbrook Academy of Art | |
| 51-100 | École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle, ENSCI Les Ateliers | |
| 51-100 | Haute Ecole d'art et de design de Genève | |
| 51-100 | Hongik University | |
| 51-100 | Imperial College London | |
| 51-100 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) | |
| 51-100 | Istituto Marangoni | |
| 51-100 | Kolding School of Design | |
| 51-100 | L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU) | |
| 51-100 | Lancaster University | |
| 51-100 | Management and Science University | |
| 51-100 | Manchester Metropolitan University | |
| 51-100 | Monash University | |
| 51-100 | NABA - Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti | |
| 51-100 | National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) | |
| 51-100 | National College of Art and Design | |
| 51-100 | National Institute of Design, India | |
| 51-100 | Nottingham Trent University | |
| 51-100 | OCAD University | |
| 51-100 | Oslo National Academy of the Arts | |
| 51-100 | Peking University | |
| 51-100 | Politecnico di Torino | |
| 51-100 | Princeton University | |
| 51-100 | Queensland University of Technology (QUT) | |
| 51-100 | Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK) | |
| 51-100 | Royal University College of Fine Arts | |
| 51-100 | Taylor's University | |
| 51-100 | The University of Edinburgh | |
| 51-100 | The University of Melbourne | |
| 51-100 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | |
| 51-100 | The University of Sydney | |
| 51-100 | UCSI University | |
| 51-100 | Umea University | |
| 51-100 | Universidad de Los Andes | |
| 51-100 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | |
| 51-100 | Universidade Federal de São Paulo | |
| 51-100 | Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien | |
| 51-100 | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) | |
| 51-100 | Universitat Politècnica de València | |
| 51-100 | Universiti Malaya (UM) | |
| 51-100 | University of Applied Arts Vienna | |
| 51-100 | The University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | |
| 51-100 | The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | |
| 51-100 | University of Gothenburg |
