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Arizon a State Univer
sity, Colleg e of Desig n Tempe Ariz.
U.
S.
Design
,
Engine
ering,
and
Busine
ss
B
2
,
4
8
Arizona State’s
Colleges of
Engineering and
Business
Intel and
Herman Miller
sponsor class
projects.
Art Center
Colleg e of Desig n Pasaden
a
Calif.
U.
S.
Design B
1
,
4
INSEAD
(France), ESADE
(Spain)
GE, Nike,
Honda, and
Whirlpool
sponsor class
projects.
Babso
n Colleg e Babson
Park
Mass.
U.
S.
Busine
ss
B
3
,
3
Olin College of
Engineering,
RISD (new this
year)
OXO—Babson
students
designed its
salad spinner.
Bainbr idge Gradu ate Bainbrid
ge
Island
Wash.
U.
S.
Busine
ss
G
1
4
NONE
Institu te
Califor
nia Colleg e of the Arts San
Francisc
o
Calif.
U.
S.
Art
and
Design
B
1
,
6
6
UC-Berkeley
Haas School of
Business,
Köln
International
School of Design
(Germany)
Project sponsors
include Gaia &
Gino, Pantech,
Tupperware,
Simpson
Strong-Tie,
Samsung, IDEO,
Skidmore,
Owings & Merrill,
Timbuk2.
Carne
gie Mellon Univer sity Pittsbur
gh
Pa.
U.
S.
Art
and
Design
B
2
NONE
Course sponsors
include Heinz,
Alcoa, Microsoft,
Motorola, and
GM. Carnegie
Mellon is also a
recurrent
partner in
Microsoft’s
annual design
challenge.
Centra l Saint Martin s
Colleg e of Art & Desig n London
En
gla
nd
Art
and
Design
B
3
,
7
8
9
Member of
University of the
Arts, London.
Cross-registratio
n opportunities
with five other
art schools in the
university
Course project
sponsors have
included
GlaxoSmithKline
, Unilever, and
Tetley.
Clevel
and Institu te of Art Clevela
nd
Ohio
U.
S.
Art
and
Design
B
5
Case Western
Weatherhead
School of
Management
Fisher-Price is a
course sponsor.
Rubbermaid
contracts
consulting work
to CIA.
Colleg Detroit Mich. U.Art U 1University of Students have
e for Creati ve Studie s S. and
Design
,
3
Michigan, Strate
Collège (France),
Monash
University
(Australia. CCS
is also part of
GM’s
international
consortium
done sponsored
work for
Michelin, Nissan,
Honda, Hyundai,
Fiat, Ferrari, Leo
Burnett, and
Bayer.
Dartm outh Colleg e,
Thaye r School of Engine ering Hanove
r
N.H.
U.
S.
Engine
ering
B
3
5
Dartmouth
College, Tuck
School of
Business,
Dartmouth
Medical School
Course sponsors
include
Mascoma.
Delft Univer
sity of Techn ology Delft
Th
e
Ne
th
erl
an
ds
Design B
1
,
8
Hong Kong
Polytechnic
University
(China), Korea
Advanced
Institute of
Science and
Technology
(South Korea),
Illinois Institute
of Technology,
Middle East
Technical
University
(Turkey)
Does client work
for Philips and
P&G.
Desig
n Acade my Eindho Eindhov
en
Th
e
Ne
th
erl
Design B
7
RCA, (United
Kingdom), UIAH
(Finland), ECAL
(Switzerland),
ENSCI (France)
Professors and
students have
done project
work for
Unilever, Sara
ven an
ds RISD, Technical
University of
Eindhoven
(Netherlands)
Lee, and Heinz.
Domu
s Acade my Milan
Ita
ly
Design G
2
Bocconi School
of Management
(Italy)
The academy
does consulting
work for Nike,
Samsung, and
Hyundai.
ENSCI
Les Atelier s Paris
Fr
an
ce
Design B
2
1
5
EMUDE, Masters
of European
Design
Project sponsors
include
Electrolux,
Legrand, and
Kenwood.
ESDI Brasil Rio de
Janeiro
Br
azi
l
Design B
2
2
University of Art
& Design
Helsinki
(Finland), ENSCI
Les Ateliers
(France), Delft
University of
Technology
(Netherlands),
and Köln
International
School of Design
(Germany)
Course project
sponsors include
Microsoft,
Electrolux, and
Motorola, which
runs a lab on
campus.
Georg e
Brown Colleg e Toronto Ont.
Ca
na
da
Design G
7
Polytechnic
University of
Milan (Italy),
DUOC (Chile),
Veritas
University
(Costa Rica)
Course sponsors
include Canada
Mortgage Assn.,
government
agencies,
Magna.
Georgi a
Institu te of Techn Atlanta Ga.
U.
S.
Engine
ering
B
2
National
Institute of
Design, (India);
Hong Kong
Polytechnic
IBM
co-sponsored a
design
conference.
Media students
ology University(China
) do projects with Sony, Turner Broadcasting, and Disney.
Harvar d
Busine ss School Boston Mass.
U.
S.
Busine
ss
G
1
,
8
2
1
NONE AIGA.
Hochs
chule Pforzh eim Pforzhei
m
Ge
rm
an
y
Design B
7
5
RISD, UIAH
(Finland), ENSCI
Les Ateliers
(France), NID
(India), Hongik
University
(South Korea)
Course clients
have included
the former
DaimlerChrysler.
Hong Kong
Polyte chnic Univer sity Hong
Kong
Ch
ina
Design B
1
,
3
Köln
Institute
(Germany),
Delft University
of Technology
(Netherlands),
UIAH (Finland)
Has done
projects with
Benetton and
Bang & Olufsen.
Hongi k Univer
sity Colleg e of Desig n Seoul
So
ut
h
Ko
re
a
Design B
1
,
1
4
RCA (United
Kingdom), RISD
Course sponsors
include Nissan
and GM.
Illinois Institu te of
Techn ology Institu te of Desig Chicago Ill.
U.
S.
Design
and
Busine
ss
G
1
5
IIT’s Stuart
School of
Business.
IIT has done
consulting work
for Kraft,
Innovo, and
P&G.
n
Indian Institu te of Techn
ology, Indust rial Desig n Centre Mumbai
In
dia
Design G
6
2
NONE
Member,
International
Council of
Societies of
Industrial
Design.
K&ou ml;ln Intern
ational School of Desig n Cologne
Ge
rm
an
y
Design B
4
6
Master of
European
Design, Shih
Chien (Taiwan),
Parsons,
Musashino
(Japan), CCA,
Arizona State
Does projects
for Nokia,
Siemens,
German
Telecom,
Motorola, and
Coca-Cola.
KaosPi
lot Intern ational Aarhus
De
n
m
ar
k
Design
and
Busine
ss
B
1
3
5
Runs its own
affiliate schools
in Norway,
Sweden, and the
Netherlands
Course clients
have included
Google, Apple,
and Carlsberg.
Keio
Univer sity Tokyo
Ja
pa
n
Busine
ss and
Engine
ering
B
4
,
8
7
6
Imperial
College, London;
University of
Technology,
(Germany), Xian
Jiaotong,
(China); Ecole
Centrale de
Nantes (France)
Nissan Motor
and
Yosuhara-cho
Kouchi
prefecture are
course sponsors.
Korea Advan
ced Institu te of Scienc Daejeon
So
ut
h
Ko
re
a
Busine
ss and
Engine
ering
B
5
2
6
Cumulus
member. Also
has its own
partnerships
with UIAH
(Finland),
Work with
science park
research
institutes like
ETRI
(Electronics &
e and Techn ology Tshingua
(China), Cheng
Kung (Taiwan),
CMU, Delft
University of
Technology
(Netherlands),
and IIT
Industrial
Design Centre
(India)
Telecommunicati
ons Research
Institute),
Bluecean, and
Woongjin.
Londo n Colleg
e o
f Comm unicati on London
En
gla
nd
Art
and
Design
B
1
,
ECCA Enterprise
Centre for the
Creative Arts is
open to students
from all other
London U. of the
Arts colleges
Has done
projects for
Jordan Oil and
EPR Architects.
Massa chuset
ts Institu te of Techn ology Cambri
dge
Mass.
U.
S.
Busine
ss and
Engine
ering
G
1
,
9
3
7
RISD, Tsinghua
(China)
MIT has
sponsored
internships with
Dell, Intel, and
Alcoa and
sponsored
course work with
Nokia.
Musas hino
Art Univer sity Tokyo
Ja
pa
n
Art
and
Design
B
7
,
5
8
9
University of the
Arts, London;
KISD
(Germany);
Pratt; UIAH
(Finland);
Polytechnic
University of
Milan (Italy)
University
cooperation
projects with
Toshiba, IKEA,
Nissan, and
Casio.
Nation
al Cheng Kung Tainan
Tai
wa
n
Design B
1
,
4
KAIST (Korea),
IIT, CMU, Delft
University of
Technology
Has done
projects with
Johnson.
Univer sity 0 (Netherlands),
CCS, RCA
(London),
Monash
(Australia),
Musashino
(Japan)
Nation al
Institu te of Desig n Ahmeda
bad
In
dia
Design B
6
5
ENSCI (France),
RCA (London),
Shenkar (Israel)
Has worked with
Fiat, Autodesk,
GM, and
Whirlpool.
North Caroli na State
Univer sity Colleg e of Desig n Raleigh N.C.
U.
S.
Design G
7
5
Business School
at North
Carolina State
University; joint
degree with IAE
in France on
Global
Innovation
Management
and an exchange
with the
University of
Prague (Czech
Republic)
Course project
sponsors include
GlaxoSmithKline
, Nortel, John
Deere, IBM.
North wester n Univer
sity’s Kellog g and McCor mick School s Evansto
n
Ill.
U.
S.
Busine
ss and
Engine
ering
G
1
,
8
1
5
NONE
Executives from
companies like
SCJohnson,
Abbott Labs, and
Whirlpool are on
the Kellogg and
McCormick
boards, helping
develop
curricula that
match
professional
practice.
NYU
Intera
ctive
Teleco mmun ication s Progra m New
York
N.Y.
U.
S.
Arts G
2
3
NONE
Oslo Nation al Acade
my of the Arts (KHIO ) Oslo
No
rw
ay
Art
and
Design
B
1
5
Norwegian
School of
Management,
member
Cumulus
network
Project work for
Live Work and
the Norwegian
lottery company,
Gjensidige.
Parson s The
New School for Desig n New
York
N.Y.
U.
S.
Art
and
Design
B
3
,
5
9
8
Columbia
Business School,
La Escuela de
Disenso at Alto
de Chavon (the
Dominican
Republic),
Kanazawa
International
Design Institute
(Japan), Central
Academy of Fine
Arts (China)
Project sponsors
include Target,
Kiehl’s, and
Samsung.
Polyte chnic
Univer sity of Milan Milan
Ita
ly
Design B
3
8
,
Design
Management
Week is a
conference open
to MBAs from
global schools to
discuss design;
Educational
partnership with
Ferrari.
also has partnerships with Harvard Business School, MIT, and Tongji University in China
Pratt Institu te Brookly
n
N.Y.
U.
S.
Art
and
Design
B
4
,
7
6
2
Columbia
medical school
Smart Design
Renss elaer
Polyte chnic Institu te Troy N.Y.
U.
S.
Engine
ering
and
Design
B
7
,
4
3
3
Technical
University
(Denmark)
RPI co-hosted a
conference on
design with IBM.
Rhode Island School
of Desig n (RISD ) Provide
nce
R.I.
U.
S.
Art
and
Design
B
2
,
2
5
8
MIT Sloan,
Brown
University
Engineering,
and, as of this
year, Babson
College
Nokia is a
perennial
project sponsor.
Roche ster
Institu te of Techn ology Rochest
er
N.Y.
U.
S.
Design B
7
Engineering and
Computer
Science Colleges
at RIT, U. of
Copenhagen
(Denmark),
Dessau Dept. of
Design,
Hochschule
Anhalt
(Germany)
Has done client
projects for
Xerox, IBM,
Kodak.
Royal Colleg London
En
gla
Art
and
G
8
6
Tsinghua
University
Project work for
Unilever, P&G,
e o
f Art nd Design 1 (China),
launching a new
joint program
with Imperial
College
London’s
Engineering
Faculty and
Tanaka Business
School
and Sony.
San JoséState Univer
sity, School of Art & Desig n San
José
Calif.
U.
S.
Art
and
Design
B
1
,
1
Founding
partnerships
with NID in India
and ENSCI in
France
Herman Miller,
Legrand, Bell
Sports.
Shih
Chien Univer sity Taipei
Tai
wa
n
Design B
6
Exchange with
Tsinghua
University,
(China),
partnership with
local business
school,
launching
exchange with
MIT in 2008
Has worked for
Motorola.
Stanfo rd Univer
sity: Hasso Plattn er Institu te of Palo
Alto
Calif.
U.
S.
Design B
3
Art, business,
education,
engineering,
medicine, and
social sciences
at Stanford
Private, public,
and NGOs.
Desig n, and the Produ ct Desig n Engine ering Progra m
Strate
Collèg e Paris
Fr
an
ce
Design B
4
Cumulus
member,
exchange
programs with
over 20 schools
worldwide, joint
degree with
engineering
school Ecole des
Mines (France)
Course sponsors
include Hyundai,
Renault, GM.
Tongji Univer sity Shangh
ai
Ch
ina
Art
and
Design
B
5
2
9
Cumulus
member,
partnerships
with Polytechnic
University of
Milan (Italy),
UIAH (Finland)
Does consulting
for Nissan,
Volkswagen, and
Decathlon.
Tsingh
ua Univer sity Beijing
Ch
ina
Art
and
Design
B
1
,
5
3
KAIST (Korea),
RCA (United
Kingdom), IIT
NONE
U. of Cincin
nati, Desig n, Archit Cincinn
ati
Ohio
U.
S.
Design B
2
,
3
Engineering and
business at U. of
Cincinnati
P&G sponsors a
collaborative
program on
eco-design;
sponsored
projects with
ecture , Art & Planni ng Progra m GE, General Mills, and Citigroup.
U. of Illinois
, Chicag o Chicago Ill.
U.
S.
Design B
6
2
NONE
Motorola is
sponsoring a
new research
center; also
does contract
work for
Whirlpool,
Rayco, and P&G.
U. of Michig an, Integr ated
Produ ct Devel opme nt Progra m Ann
Arbor
Mich.
U.
S.
Busine
ss and
Engine
ering
B
4
CCS Detroit Tauber Institute
U. of Toront o, Rotma
n School of Manag ement Toronto Ont.
Ca
na
da
Busine
ss
G
8
Ontario School
of Art & Design
Course sponsors
include
Whirlpool,
Medtronic, and
Design
Continuum.
U.C-B
erkele y, Haas Berkele
y
Calif.
U.
S.
Busine
ss
G
2
,
2
4
California
College of the
Arts; San José
State University
School
of
Busine
ss
8
UCLA
Desig
n Media Arts depart ment Los
Angeles
Calif.
U.
S.
Design B
2
9
NONE
Ogilvy & Mather
sends a brand
expert each year
to co-teach the
program’s Brand
Lab.
UMEA Institu
te of Desig n Umea
Sw
ed
en
Design B
2
2
4
MIT, University
of Southern
Denmark
Course project
sponsors include
Microsoft, Palm,
Nokia, Ericsson,
and Volvo.
Univer sity of Art
and Desig n Helsin ki Helsinki
Fin
lan
d
Art
and
Design
G
1
,
7
Founding an
Innovation
University with
the local
business school
and technology
school;
e-pedagogy
program with
other European
schools,
member
Cumulus and
Erasmus
Does client work
for Finnish
companies like
Kone and
Semamco.
Univer sity of Oxford ,
Sa&iu ml;d Busine ss School Oxford
En
gla
nd
Busine
ss
G
2
2
5
Royal College of
Art London,
Goldsmiths
College (United
Kingdom),
Northumbria
University
(United
Kingdom),
Has done
projects for
Disney and
L’Oréal.
London Business
School
Virgini
a
Comm
onwea lth Univer sity Adcen ter Richmo
nd
Va.
U.
S.
Design G
1
8
2
NONE
Adcenter has
done projects for
Motorola,
Napster, Martha
Stewart Living
Omnimedia, and
Yahoo!
Zollve rein School of
Manag ement and Desig n Essen
Ge
rm
an
y
Design
and
Busine
ss
G
4
6
Liaison
partnership with
six other
schools, soon to
be launching
with University
of Kansas
Has worked with
3M.