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World Brand Design Society
Global Design Education Ranking

The World’s Best Design Education Institutions

World Brand Design Society Global Design Education Ranking represents the world’s most awarded design student from the best design education institutions worldwide. The awards and ranking are in reference to the quality of work entered into the WBDS Student Design Awards for consumer and corporate brand design. More information about the awards can be found here: Student Design Awards

To all students who want to get their work published and help their design institution get listed on the Best Design Education of 2023/24 and WBDS Global Design Education Ranking, register and enter the WBDS Awards here.

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RANK ORGANISATION POINTS AWARDS LOCATION
1 HSE Art & Design School 81 34 Russia
2 San Diego City College 44 23 United States
3 British Higher School of Art & Design 39 13 Russia
4 ArtCenter College of Design 29 14 United States
5 University of Hertfordshire 16 7 United Kingdom
6 Art Academy of Latvia 14 4 Latvia
7 Norwich University of the Arts 13 5 United Kingdom
8 ELISAVA 12 3 Spain
9 Swinburne University of Technology 9 3 Australia
10 Shillington Education UK 7 4 United Kingdom
11 Shillington Education AUS 7 3 Australia
12 Temasek Polytechnic 6 3 Singapore
13 University of Central Lancashire 6 2 United Kingdom
14 Barcelona School of Arts & Design 5 2 Spain
15 Loughborough University 5 2 United Kingdom
16 School of Visual Arts 4 2 United States
17 Kyonggi University 3 2 South Korea
18 University of Kansas 3 2 United States
19 Institut Teknologi Batam 3 1 Indonesia
20 Kingston University 3 1 United Kingdom
21 Miami AD School Europe Georgia 3 1 Georgia
22 Orita Sinclair School of Design and Music 3 1 Singapore
23 Savannah College of Art and Design 2 2 United States
24 Bilkent University 2 1 Turkey
25 ESDi Escola Superior de Disseny 2 1 Spain
26 Estonian Academy of Arts 2 1 Estonia
27 Jinwen University of Science & Technology 2 1 Taiwan
28 Melbourne Polytechnic 2 1 Australia
29 Nottingham Trent University 2 1 United Kingdom
30 NYU Tisch School of the Arts 2 1 United States
31 Politecnico di Milano 2 1 Italy
32 Syracuse University – School of Design 2 1 United States
33 Universidad Iberoamericana 2 1 Mexico
34 University of Wisconsin Stout 2 1 United States
35 Bang Bang Education 1 1 Russia
36 Istanbul Technical University 1 1 Turkey
37 method.education 1 1 Lithuania
38 Northumbria University 1 1 United Kingdom
39 The Higher Institute of Applied Arts 1 1 Egypt
Rank Organisation Points Awards Location
1 HSE Art & Design School 81 34 Russia
2 San Diego City College 44 23 United States
3 British Higher School of Art & Design 39 13 Russia
4 ArtCenter College of Design 29 14 United States
5 University of Hertfordshire 16 7 United Kingdom
6 Art Academy of Latvia 14 4 Latvia
7 Norwich University of the Arts 13 5 United Kingdom
8 ELISAVA 12 3 Spain
9 Swinburne University of Technology 9 3 Australia
10 Shillington Education UK 7 4 United Kingdom
11 Shillington Education AUS 7 3 Australia
12 Temasek Polytechnic 6 3 Singapore
13 University of Central Lancashire 6 2 United Kingdom
14 Barcelona School of Arts & Design 5 2 Spain
15 Loughborough University 5 2 United Kingdom
16 School of Visual Arts 4 2 United States
17 Kyonggi University 3 2 South Korea
18 University of Kansas 3 2 United States
19 Institut Teknologi Batam 3 1 Indonesia
20 Kingston University 3 1 United Kingdom
21 Miami AD School Europe Georgia 3 1 Georgia
22 Orita Sinclair School of Design and Music 3 1 Singapore
23 Savannah College of Art and Design 2 2 United States
24 Bilkent University 2 1 Turkey
25 ESDi Escola Superior de Disseny 2 1 Spain
26 Estonian Academy of Arts 2 1 Estonia
27 Jinwen University of Science & Technology 2 1 Taiwan
28 Melbourne Polytechnic 2 1 Australia
29 Nottingham Trent University 2 1 United Kingdom
30 NYU Tisch School of the Arts 2 1 United States
31 Politecnico di Milano 2 1 Italy
32 Syracuse University – School of Design 2 1 United States
33 Universidad Iberoamericana 2 1 Mexico
34 University of Wisconsin Stout 2 1 United States
35 Bang Bang Education 1 1 Russia
36 Istanbul Technical University 1 1 Turkey
37 method.education 1 1 Lithuania
38 Northumbria University 1 1 United Kingdom
39 The Higher Institute of Applied Arts 1 1 Egypt