ESAD – College of Art and Design

ESAD – College of Art and Design is located in Porto, north of Portugal. The school offers degrees in design and arts, master’s in design, several postgraduate courses, an open training programme, workshops and summer labs. It annually grants scholarships to candidates for undergraduate and master’s degrees. The ESAD project is based on three vectors: education, improvement, and innovation. We want to train students to develop their capacity to participate and compete nationally and internationally, following the growing demands of the role of design and the arts, and to promote the expansion of skills at the creative, critical and technological level. There are many prizes and distinctions achieved by the school over the years, through its students and teachers, at a national and international level. Hundreds of seminars, conferences, workshops, exhibitions and meetings provide additional training in the fields of design, in an active and critical environment. ESAD’s lecturers are highly specialised, being annually expanded by a group of prestigious national and international guests. Classrooms, workshops and studios are open to cross-sectional or specific activities and to interdisciplinary or specialised tasks. It is intended that students, assisted by teachers and technicians, can experiment, test and produce. The school also provides student support and career integration services. Since its foundation, ESAD has adopted internationalization as a strategy for scientific and pedagogical affirmation. This concerns mainly the ERASMUS+ exchange and the mobilization of students, teachers and collaborators. ESAD has bilateral partnerships and contracts with several higher education institutions from the five continents. Created in 2014, esad—idea, ESAD ‘s research centre, takes on the mission of contributing not only to the development of teaching, but also to the advancement of research, culture and science, in the fields of design and the arts. Among the recent activity of esad—idea, Research in Design and Art, we can highlight the organisation of the 1st edition of Porto Design Biennale (with the Municipalities of Porto and Matosinhos). The organisation of the Portuguese representation at the 21st Milan Triennial (2016) and the participation in the Portuguese Design Year (2014–15) must also be mentioned.

Website：www.esad.pt

Email：international@esad.pt