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IED Istituto Europeo di Design is a 100% Made in Italy international network of excellence, operating in the fields of training and research, in the disciplines of Design, Fashion, Visual Communication and Management. IED is an evolving educational system with the mission to offer young creatives a thorough training - both theoretical and practical – and hand them the ‘Design Knowledge and Mindset’ that will accompany them throughout their lives.

Istituto Marangoni was founded in 1935 in Milano as ‘Istituto Artistico dell’Abbigliamento Marangoni’ and in 2015 it reached a special milestone, 80 years of history and success in training the top professionals of Fashion and Design. Istituto Marangoni can praise itself for the education of four generations of students from 5 continents and for having launched over 45,000 professionals in fashion and luxury fields, such as Domenico Dolce (Dolce & Gabbana), Franco Moschino, Alessandro Sartori, Rahul Mishra, Andrea Pompilio, Umit Benan, Daizy Shely and Lucio Vanotti. It currently educates 4,000 students per year from 107 countries at its schools, located in Milano (the School of Fashion and the School of Design), Firenze (The School of Fashion & Art), Paris, London, Mumbai, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Miami, the international capitals of fashion, design and luxury.

NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, is the first Italian Fine Arts Academy in the world. In the 2026 edition of the QS World University Rankings® by Subject, the most authoritative international ranking of universities. That result comes from a distinctive teaching method that has been shaping creative professionals since 1980, when NABA was founded in Milan on a bold idea: that art and design education should move beyond academic convention and engage with contemporary culture and professional practice. Legally recognised since 1981 within the AFAM system regulated by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR), NABA is today the largest art and design academy in Italy, with campuses in: Milan, Rome, London.