IED Barcelona Istituto Europeo di Design

Spain

Address: Carrer de Biada, 11, 08012 Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Product Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design

IED Barcelona is part of the international IED network of design schools. It offers undergraduate and master programs in Design (Product, Interior, Graphic, Fashion), Visual Communication, and Management for Creative Industries, with a strong emphasis on Italian design tradition and international trends.

Domains taught:

Engineering, Ergonomics, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Materials

Diplomas*:

Bachelor, Diploma, Master

Status:

Private

Partnerships:

Part of a large international network of design schools, facilitating exchanges and global perspectives. Collaborations with companies and institutions for projects and workshops.

Research:

Focus on design innovation, creative methodologies, trend research, and sustainable design practices.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

200

Current students***:

2000

Foreign students***:

50%

Cumulative former students***:

8000

Pros

International reputation in design education, strong links to Italian design culture, vibrant creative environment in Barcelona.

Cons

Private institution.

Best For

Students seeking an international design education with Italian roots, across various creative disciplines, in Barcelona.

Most Similar Schools Locally

Also strong in ergonomics, industrial design and manufacturing, Elisava Facultad de Diseño e Ingeniería de Barcelona makes a sensible second look at home; it covers software engineering as well, and has almost the same size, at about 2,200 students.
Also strong in ergonomics, industrial design and materials, Escuela Universitaria de Diseño e Innovación makes a sensible second look at home; it also offers doctoral programmes and covers software engineering as well.
Both schools build their programmes around ergonomics and industrial design, and LCI Barcelona is the one to compare first within the country, since it covers computer vision and AI and machine learning as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 1,500 students against roughly 2,000 here.
Where this institution leans on ergonomics, industrial design and manufacturing, Escola Universitaria de Deseño Industrial does the same, and it does not run the diploma programmes found here, and is far smaller, with about 400 students against roughly 2,000 here.
Where this institution leans on ergonomics and industrial design, ESNE Escuela Universitaria de Diseño, Innovación y Tecnología does the same, and it covers computer vision and AI and machine learning as well, and has almost the same size, at about 1,800 students.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands shares the ergonomics, industrial design and manufacturing orientation of this school, and it is smaller, enrolling about 700 students against roughly 2,000 here, and does not run the diploma programmes found here.
For materials and engineering outside the home country, California Institute of Technology in the United States is a natural reference; it also offers doctoral programmes and covers astroscience and aerospace as well.
Pohang University of Science and Technology, based in South Korea, is built around materials and engineering much like this institution, and it is larger, enrolling about 3,500 students against roughly 2,000 here, and is also a private institution.
For industrial design and engineering outside the home country, Sangmyung University in South Korea is a natural reference; it is far larger, with about 7,000 students against roughly 2,000 here, and is also a private institution.
Beyond national borders, Austral University stands out as a comparable school for industrial design and engineering; it covers bioengineering and project management as well, and is larger, enrolling about 5,000 students against roughly 2,000 here.

*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.

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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.

**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:

known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications

***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.

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