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Welcome to the Database of University Courses in Creative Disciplines.

Since 2013, BE OPEN has been conducting an extensive region-by-region research of university courses in design and architecture, creating lists of top courses according to a number of bespoke criteria. BE OPEN Academy’s Database of University Courses in Creative Disciplines is a further evolution of that research.

You get access to a database containing profiles of thousands of university courses in arts, architecture and design all over the world. By setting the filters relevant for your search, you can get a selection of university courses that will best fit your needs and preferences. Each course profile contains detailed information, most useful for a future student.

School Name All A. Schnittke of the Russian State Social University Aalto University Aarhus School of Architecture Academie Minerva, Netherlands Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague Academy of Fashion and Design Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw Academy of Marketing and Social Information Technologies Design Adyghe State University AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy AKTO Art and Design Alberta College of Art & Design Almaty Technological University Altai State Humanitarian and Pedagogical University named after V.M. Shukshina Altai State Institute of Culture Altai State Technical University named after I.I. Polzunova Altai State University Amity University, Noida Amur State University Amur State University named after Sholem Aleichem Ansal University Arctic State Agrotechnological University Arctic State Institute of Arts and Culture Arizona State University Armavir State Pedagogical University Art Academy of Cincinnati Art and Industry named after A. L. Stieglitz Art and Technology Institute ArtCenter College of Design Asian Institute of Fashion Design (Iqra University) Astrakhan State Technical University Astrakhan State University Astrakhan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering Australian National University Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction Baltic Institute of Foreign Languages ​​and Intercultural Cooperation Bashkir State Pedagogical University. M. Akmulla Bauman Moscow State Technical University Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology Belarusian National Technical University Belarusian State Academy of Arts Belarusian State University Belgorod State Agrarian University named after V.Ya. Gorina Belgorod State Institute of Arts and Culture Belgorod State National Research University Belgorod State Technological University named after V.G. Shukhova Belgorod State Technological University V.G. Shukhova Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Birmingham City University Bratsk State University Brest State Technical University Bryansk State Engineering and Technological University California Institute of the Arts California State University, Long Beach Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cardiff University Chalmers University of Technology Chelyabinsk Branch of the Baltic Institute of Ecology Cherepovets State University Chuvash State Pedagogical University named after AND I. Yakovleva Chuvash State University named after I.N. Ulyanov Cleveland Institute of Art Coburg University of Applied Sciences College For Creative Studies Columbus College of Art & Design Corcoran School of the Arts and Design Crimean Federal University named after V.I. Vernadsky Curtin University Dagestan State Agrarian University named after M.M. Dzhambulatova Dagestan State Pedagogical University Dasein Academy of Art Deakin University Delaware college of Art and Design Delft University of Technology Design Academy Eindhoven Diego Portales University DJ Academy of Design Don State Agrarian University Don State Technical University Don State Technical University in Shakhty, Rostov Region Donghua University Drexel University Dublin Institute of Design Durban University of Technology East Siberian State Institute of Culture East Siberian State University of Technology and Management Eastern Economic and Legal Academy of Humanities Eastern Federal University Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) Estonian Academy of Arts ETH Zurich Faculty of Architecture of the Ural State Academy of Architecture and Art Faculty of arts and crafts of the Chelyabinsk State Institute of Culture Faculty of Sochi State University Falmouth University Far Eastern Federal University Fashion and Design of Kazan National Research Technological University Fashion Institute of Technology Federal University of Minas Gerais Federal University of Santa Catarina Flinders University Florence Academy of Art Georgia Institute of Technology Glasgow School of Art Gorsky State Agrarian University Griffith University Grozny State Oil Technical University named after academician M.D. Millionshchikova Gzhel State University HafenCity University Hamburg Heriot-Watt University Higher School "Learning Environment" Higher School of Art and Design in Łódź Higher School of Technology and Energy SPbGUPTD Hochschule Wismar Hong Kong Polytechnic University Iceland Academy of the Arts Institute "Polar Academy" of the Russian State Hydrometeorological University Institute of Biology, Ecology, Soil Science, Agriculture and Forestry, TSU Institute of Business and Design Institute of Cherepovets State University Institute of Economics and Culture Institute of Forestry and Environmental Management of the Volga State Technological University Institute of Humanities Education and Information Technologies Institute of Philology and Intercultural Communication named after L. Tolstoy Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University Institute of Project Management and Engineering Business A.A. Leonova Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation International Innovation University Iowa State University Irkutsk National Research Technical University Irkutsk State Agrarian University A.A. Ezhevsky Istituto Europeo di Design Istituto Marangoni Fashion and Design School Ivanovo State Polytechnic University Izhevsk State Technical University named after M.T. Kalashnikov Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H. M. Berbekova Kaluga State University K.E. Tsiolkovsky Kama Institute of Arts and Design Kama Institute of Humanitarian and Engineering Technologies Kansas City Art Institute Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering Kazan Innovative University named after V.G. Timiryasova Kazan State Agrarian University Kazan State Institute of Culture Kazan State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering Kemerovo State Institute of Culture Kemerovo State University Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts (KSADA) King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi Kobe Design University Komsomolsk-on-Amur State Technical University Konstfack University of Art Crafts and Design Korea National University of Arts Kostroma State Agricultural Academy Kostroma State University Krasnodar State Institute of Culture Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University Krasnoyarsk State Institute of Arts KTH Royal Institute of Technology Kuban State University Kurgan State University Kursk State University Kuzbass State Agricultural Academy Kyiv International University Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture Kyoto University of the Arts Kyushu University Laguna College of Art & Design LASALLE College of the Arts Leningrad State University named after A.S. Pushkin Lesley University Limerick Institute of Technology Lincoln University (New Zealand) Lipetsk State Pedagogical University Lipetsk State Technical University LISOF Fashion Design School London College for Design and Fashion London Metropolitan University Loughborough University Lund University Lviv Polytechnic National University Machester Metropolitan University Macquarie University Magnitogorsk State Technical University G.I. Nosova Maikop State Technological University Maine College of Art Maryland Institute College of Art Massachusetts College of Art and Design Media Design School Mediadesign University of Design and Computer Science Michurin State Agrarian University Ming Chuan University Minneapolis College of Art & Design Modern Technical University Monash University Montserrat College of Art Moore College of Art & Design Moscow Architectural Institute Moscow Architectural Institute (State Academy) Moscow City Pedagogical University Moscow Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering Moscow Institute of Art and Industry Moscow Polytechnic University Moscow State Academic Art Institute. IN AND. Surikova Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry S. G. Stroganova Moscow State Pedagogical University Moscow State Regional University Moscow State Technical University. N.E. Bauman Moscow State University of Civil Engineering Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography Murmansk Arctic State University Murmansk Branch of the Baltic Institute of Ecology Naberezhnye Chelny State Pedagogical University Nagaoka Institute of Design Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts National College of Art and Design National Institute of Design National Research Mordovian State University named after N.P. Ogareva National Research Mordovian State University. N.P. Ogareva National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University National Research Tomsk State University National Research University National Research University "MIET" National Research University "MPEI" National Research University Higher School of Economics National university of architecture and construction of Armenia National University of Colombia National University of Cuyo National University of Ireland Galway National University of Singapore Nelson Mandela University New Hampshire Institute of Art New School of Architecture and Design Nizhnevartovsk State University Nizhny Novgorod State Engineering and Economic University Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering NKF MGEI North Caucasus Federal University North Caucasus State Humanitarian and Technological Academy North-Eastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosova Northumbria University Nottingham University Novgorod State University named after Yaroslav the Wise Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University Novosibirsk State University of Architecture Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering October University for Modern Sciences and Arts Omsk State Technical University Ontario College of Art and Design Openwindow School Orenburg State University Oryol State Agrarian University Oryol State University named after I.S. Turgenev Oslo School of Architecture and Design OSU named after I.S. Turgenev Otis College of Art & Design Pacific Northwest College of Art Pacific State University Paris College of Art, France Parsons School of Design Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Penza State University of Architecture and Construction Peoples' Friendship University of Russia Perm State National Research University Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Petrozavodsk State University Plumouth College of Art Plymouth College of Art Politecnico di Milano Polytechnic Institute NovSU im. Yaroslav the Wise Polytechnic Institute of Vyatka State University Polytechnic University of Turin Pontifical Bolivarian University Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Pontifical Xavierian University Pratt Institute Pskov State University Pyatigorsk State University Queens College, City University of New York Queensborough Community College Queensland University of Technology Ravensbourn University Regent's University Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Rhodes University Ringling College of Art & Design RMIT University Rochester Institute of Technology College of Imaging Arts and Sciences Rocky Mountain College of Design Rose Bruford College Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Ilya Glazunov Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture of Ilya Glazunov Russian Economic University named after G.V. Plekhanov Russian International Academy of Tourism Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Agricultural Academy K.A. Timiryazeva Russian State University for the Humanities Russian State University named after A.N. Kosygin Russian State University of Tourism and Service Russian State University. A.N. Kosygina Ryerson University S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University (PSU) S.M. Kirov St. Petersburg State Forestry University Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPSUACE) Samara State Technical University San Francisco Art Institute Saratov State Agrarian University named after N.I. Vavilova Saratov State Technical University Gagarina Yu.A. Saratov State Technical University named after Gagarin Yu.A. Savannah College of Art and Design School of Arts and Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts School of Visual Arts Seian University of Art and Design Seoul National University of Science and Technology Sevastopol State University Shadrinsk State Pedagogical Institute Shanghai Art & Design Academy Shibaura Institute of Technology Siberian Federal University Siberian State Automobile and Highway University Siberian State Industrial University Siberian State University of Science and Technology named after academician M.F. Reshetneva Singapore Institute of Technology Singapore Polytechnic SKGMI (STU) Smolensk State University Sochi State University Social Work and Tourism of the State Institute of Economics South China University of Technology South Federal University South Russian Humanitarian Institute South Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI) named after M.I. Platova South Ural Institute of Management and Economics South Ural State Humanitarian Pedagogical University South Ural State University (National Research University) Southwest University of Art Southwestern State University Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology St. John's University (New York City) St. Petersburg Institute of Arts and Restoration St. Petersburg Mining University St. Petersburg School of Humanities and Arts St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I.E. Repin at the Russian Academy of Arts St. Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television St. Petersburg State University St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering State Specialized Institute of Arts State University of Land Management Stavropol State Agrarian University Stellenbosch University Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry Stuttgart Technology University of Applied Sciences Swinburne University of Technology Sydney College of the Arts Syktyvkar State University named after Pitirim Sorokin Tambov State Technical University Tambov State University G.R. Derzhavin Tbilisi State Academy of Arts Technical University of Valencia Teesside University Territorial Development and Urban Planning of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Thammasat University The American University in Cairo The College of Fashion and Design The Royal College of Art The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK) The University of Edinburgh The University of Queensland Togliatti Academy of Management Togliatti State University Tomsk Institute of Business Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering Tomsk State University of Architecture and Construction Tourism and Design (branch) of the North Caucasus Federal University Tourism and Social Technologies of the Volga State University of Service Transbaikal State University Tshwane University of Technology Tsinghua University TU Wien Tula State University Tyumen Industrial University Tyumen State Institute of Culture Tyumen State University Udmurt State University Ufa State Academy of Arts named after Zagir Ismagilov Ufa State Petroleum Technical University Ukhta State Technical University Ulyanovsk State Technical University Ulyanovsk State University UNIK Institute Unitec Institute of Technology Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya University "Synergy", St. Petersburg University College London University for Creative Arts University of Alberta University of Amsterdam (UvA) University of Applied Arts Vienna University of Auckland University of Belgrano University of Brighton University of Buenos Aires University of Cambridge University of Canberra University of Canterbury University of Chile University of Cincinnati (College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning) University of Colorado Boulder University of Gloucestershire University of Gothenburg University of Johannesburg University of Lapland University of Lisbon University of Los Andes University of Melbourne University of New South Wales University of São Paulo University of Sheffield University of South Australia University of Sydney University of Tasmania University of Technology Sydney University of the Arts University of the Arts London University of the IPA EurAsEC University of the Sunshine Coast University of the West of England, Bristol University of the Witwatersrand University of Waikato University of Wisconsin–Stout University of Wollongong Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin Ural State Academy of Architecture and Art Ural State Agrarian University Ural State Forestry University Utrecht School of the Arts Victorian College of the Arts Vilnius Academy of Arts Vilnius College of Technologies and Design Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Vladimir State University named after Alexander Grigorievich and Nikolai Grigorievich Stoletovs Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service Volga State Technological University Volgograd Branch of the Moscow Humanitarian and Economic Institute Volgograd Humanitarian Institute Volgograd State Agrarian University Volgograd State Social Pedagogical University Volgograd State Technical University Vologda State University Voronezh State Forestry University named after G.F. Morozova Voronezh State Pedagogical University Voronezh State Technical University Vyatka State University Wageningen University & Research Watkins College of Art Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushinsky Yaroslavl State Technical University York St John University YURGI Course Subject All Advertising Architectural Environment Design Architecture Architecture and Construction Architecture and Culture Architecture and Design Architecture and Engineering Architecture and Urban Planning Architecture and Urbanism and Landscape Art Art and Culture Art and Design Art and Photography Art Conservation Business Cinematography Communication Construction and Architecture Contemporary Art Curating and Culture Design Design and Advertising Design and Engineering Design and Media Design of Urban Environment and Interior Building Design Digital Media Digital Technology and Design Fashion Fashion and Design Film and Television Film television and Scenography Fine Art Game Development Grafic Design Illustration Management Media Media and Art Media Design Modern Technologies of Design and Construction of Buildings and Structures Organisation of Architectural and Urban Development Photographic and Imaging Arts Photography Reconstruction and Restoration of Architectural Heritage Research Science Social and Behavioural Sciences Spatial Design Sustainable Design and Construction Textile Theatre Visual Culture and Design Country All Africa Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Botswana Brazil Canada Chile China Colombia Czech Republic Denmark Eastern Cape Egypt England Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Iceland India Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Lithuania Malaysia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Pakistan Peru Poland Portugal Republic of South Africa Russia Scotland Singapore South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand UK Ukraine United Arab Emirates USA Vietnam Region All Asia Central Asia Eastern Europe Europe North Africa North America Not America Oceania South Africa South America South East Asia Western Asia City All Aarhus Acton (Australian Capital Territory) Adelaide (South Australia) Ahmedabad (Gujarat) Almaty Ames (Iowa) Amsterdam Armavir Astrakhan Athens Atlanta Auckland Baku Baltimore (Maryland) Bangalore (Karnataka) Bangkok Barnaul Bedford Park (South Australia) Beijing Belgorod Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais) Bentley (Western Australia) Berlin Beverly (Massachusetts) Birmingham Birobidzhan Biysk Blacksburg (Virginia) Blagoveshchensk Bogotá Boston (Massachusetts) Boulder (Colorado) Bratsk Brest Brighton|Eastbourne|Hastings Brisbane (Queensland) Brisbane|Queensland Bristol Brooklyn (New York) Bruce (Australian Capital Territory) Bryansk Buenos Aires Cairo Calgary (Alberta) Cambridge Cambridge (Massachusetts) Canterbury Cape Town Cardiff Catalonia Centurion Cheboksary Cheltenham (Gloucester) Chelyabinsk Cherepovets Cherkessk Chicago (Illinois) Chita Christchurch (Canterbury) Cincinnati (Ohio) Cincinnati|OH Cleveland Coburg (Bayern) Columbus Copenhagen Delaware Delft Detroit (Michigan) Devon Dubai Dublin Durban|Pietermaritzburg Edinburgh Edmonton Eindhoven Espoo|Helsinki Florence Florianópolis (Santa Catarina) Fukuoka (Fukuoka Prefecture) Galway Gatchina Giza Glasgow Gothenburg Groningen (Leeuwarden) Grozny Guangzhou (Guangdong) Gurgaon Hamburg Hamilton (Waikato) Hanoi Hilversum Hobart (Tasmania)|Launceston (Tasmania)|Burnie (Tasmania)|Sydney Hong Kong Irkutsk Ivanovo Izevsk Izhevsk Jerusalem Johannesburg Johannesburg|Cape Town|Durban|Port Elizabeth Kaliningrad Kaluga Kansas City Karachi Kazan Kemerovo Khabarovsk Kharkiv Kiev Kirov Kobe Komsomolsk-on-Amur Korolev Kostroma Koto (Tokyo)|Minato (Saitama) Krasnodar Krasnoyarsk Kuala Lumpur Kuban Kurgan Kursk Kyoto Laguna Beach (California) Lakewood Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Lima Limerick Lincoln Lipetsk Lisbon London Long Beach (California) Loughborough Lund Lviv Magnitogorsk Makhachkala Makhanda Manchester Manchester (NH) Matosinhos Maykop Medellín|Bucaramanga|Montería|Palmira|Bogotá Melbourne Melbourne (Victoria) Mendoza Menomonie (Wisconsin) Michurinsk Middlesbrough (Darlington) Milan Milan|Paris|London|Miami Mines Minneapolis (Minnesota) Minsk Moscow Murmansk Mytischi Naberezhnye Chelny Nagaoka Nalchik Nashville (Tennessee) New York City (New York) Newcastle Nizhnekamsk Nizhnevartovsk Nizhny Novgorod Noida (Uttar Pradesh) Nottingham Novgorod Novocherkassk Novokuznetsk Novosibirsk Omsk Orel Orenburg Oryol Oslo Otsu (Shiga) Paris Parkville (Victoria) Parnell Pasadena (California) Pavlodar Penryn Penza Perm Petrozavodsk Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Portland (ME) Portland (Oregon) Prague Pretoria|Mbombela|Polokwane|Ga-Rankuwa|Soshanguve|Witbank Providence Pskov Pushkino Pyatigorsk Queensland Ramenskoye Reykjavík Rio de Janeiro Rostov-ob-Don Rostov-on-Don Rovaniemi Ryazan Saint Petersburg Samara San Diego San Francisco (California) Santa Clarita Santiago São Paulo Saransk Sarasota (Florida) Saratov Savannah (Georgia)|Atlanta (Georgia) Seoul Sevastopol Shadrinsk Shakhty Shanghai Sheffield Simferopol Singapore Smolensk Sochi St. Petersburg Stavropol Stellenbosch Stickholm Stockholm Stuttgart (Baden-Württemberg) Summerstrand (Port Elizabeth)|Saasveld (George) Sunshine Coast (Queensland) Sydney Syktyvkar Taipei (Taoyuan) Tallinn Tambov Targowa Tbilisi Tempe (Arizona) Togliatti Tomsk Toronto (Ontario) Tucson Tula Turin Turin|Milan|Rome|Venice|Cagliari|Florence|Barcelona|Madrid|São Paulo|Rio de Janeiro|Beijing|Shanghai Tyumen Ufa Ukhta Ulan-Ude Ulyanovsk Valencia Veliky Novgorod Victoria Vienna Vilnius Vladimir Vladivostok Volgograd Vologda Volograd Voronezh Wageningen Warsaw Washington (D.C.) Westchester (LA) Wismar Wollongong (New South Wales) Yakutsk Yaroslavl Yekaterenburg Yekaterinburg Yerevan York (North Yorkshire) Yoshkar-Ola Zelenograd Zurich Duration All 1 to 2 years 2 to 3 years 3 to 4 years 4 to 5 years Over 5 years Under 1 year Varies Degrees All Associate Bachelor Certificate Degree Programme Diploma Double Bachelor Double degree Programme Graduate Honour Master Minor Non degree Part of Bachelor PDEng Phd Postgraduate Predegree Research degree programme Specialty Summer School Undergraduate course Grants and Scholarships All No Yes Language All Armenian Azerbaijani Chinese Danish Dutch English Georgian German Icelandic Italian Japanese Korean Latvian Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Swedish Ukranian BEOPEN D&A Course Ranking All No Yes QS Rank All 001–100 101–200 201–300 301–400 401–500 501–600 601–700 751–800 801–1000 NA THE Rank All 001–100 101–200 201–250 251–300 301–350 351–400 401–500 501–600 601–800 801–1000 NA Over 1000 Webometrics Rank All 0001–1000 10001–13000 1001–2000 2001–3000 3001–4000 4001–5000 5001–7000 7001–10000 NA Over 13000