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TOP-100 Best Universities in Art and Design 2026 Rankings

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TOP-100 Best Universities in Art and Design 2026 Rankings

Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Art & Design

We offer the top 100 best universities in the world with the study of art and design for foreign students. Young people applying to study art and design need to decide which part of the subject they are interested in, and then find a suitable art school or university.

Studio work is central to all art courses, including painting, sculpture, installation, printing, photography, digital media, with all students specialising in their area of interest.

Participants are developing networking in the art and design industry, which is an important advantage in such a rapidly changing environment.

Modules of the ART programs:

Art history
Art, technology and the Internet
Arts & Business
Studio practice
Typographic skills
Professional skills in art and design
Objects and experience.

Wide range of employment opportunities:

3D Designer
Ceramics Designer
Enamel Artist
Stylist
A fine artist
Stylist
Illustrator
Graphic Designer
Textile designer.

Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Art & Design

Rank	University	Overall Score
1	Royal College of Art	98,5
2	University of the Arts London	93,7
3	Parsons School of Design at The New School	92,3
4	Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)	91,7
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	85,3
6	Pratt Institute	85,1
7	Politecnico di Milano	83,8
8	Aalto University	82,9
9	Design Academy Eindhoven	82,2
10	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	81,0
11	Tongji University	79,8
12	Delft University of Technology	78,9
13	Glasgow School of Art (GSA)	78,8
14	Art Center College of Design	78,5
15	Savannah College of Art and Design	76,6
16	Carnegie Mellon University	75,6
17	China Central Academy of Fine Arts	75,3
18	RMIT University	75,1
19	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	73,7
20	School of Visual Arts (SVA)	73,5
21	Goldsmiths, University of London	72,9
22	The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts - The School of Design	72,6
23	California Institute of the Arts	72,4
24	Tsinghua University	71,7
=25	Stanford University	71,4
=25	University of Oxford	71,4
=27	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	70,9
=27	Yale University	70,9
29	Emily Carr University of Art + Design	70,8
30	Konstfack University of Arts , Crafts and Design	69,8
31	Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)	69,4
32	Loughborough University	69,3
=33	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)	69,2
=33	National University of Singapore (NUS)	69,2
35	Universität der Knste Berlin	69,1
36	Maryland Institute College of Art	68,5
37	Seoul National University	68,4
=38	King Abdulaziz University (KAU)	67,6
=38	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)	67,6
40	New York University (NYU)	67,2
41	École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Paris	67,1
42	Eindhoven University of Technology	66,9
43	UCL	66,8
=44	Columbia University	66,7
=44	Universidad de Palermo (UP)	66,7
=46	KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science	66,6
=46	Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)	66,6
=46	University of Technology Sydney	66,6
49	The University of Tokyo	66,5
50	Tecnológico de Monterrey	66,4
51-100	Aarhus University
51-100	Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design Prague
51-100	Altai State University
51-100	California College of the Arts
51-100	Chiba University
51-100	Cornell University
51-100	Cranbrook Academy of Art
51-100	École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle, ENSCI Les Ateliers
51-100	Haute Ecole d'art et de design de Genève
51-100	Hongik University
51-100	Imperial College London
51-100	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
51-100	Istituto Marangoni
51-100	Kolding School of Design
51-100	L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU)
51-100	Lancaster University
51-100	Management and Science University
51-100	Manchester Metropolitan University
51-100	Monash University
51-100	NABA - Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti
51-100	National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)
51-100	National College of Art and Design
51-100	National Institute of Design, India
51-100	Nottingham Trent University
51-100	OCAD University
51-100	Oslo National Academy of the Arts
51-100	Peking University
51-100	Politecnico di Torino
51-100	Princeton University
51-100	Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
51-100	Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK)
51-100	Royal University College of Fine Arts
51-100	Taylor's University
51-100	The University of Edinburgh
51-100	The University of Melbourne
51-100	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
51-100	The University of Sydney
51-100	UCSI University
51-100	Umea University
51-100	Universidad de Los Andes
51-100	Universidad Nacional de Colombia
51-100	Universidade Federal de São Paulo
51-100	Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
51-100	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC)
51-100	Universitat Politècnica de València
51-100	Universiti Malaya (UM)
51-100	University of Applied Arts Vienna
51-100	The University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
51-100	The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
51-100	University of Gothenburg

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