EASD Valencia

The Escola d’Art i Superior de Disseny de València is a public institution dependent on the Generalitat Valenciana with more than 175 years of design teaching behind it. Its programmes belong to the area of plastic arts and design studies and cover three levels: training cycles, design degrees and postgraduate courses.

Four degrees — graphic, fashion, interior and product design — are extended by three itineraries: jewellery and object, photography and audiovisual creation, and illustration. Six master’s degrees follow, from co-design of fashion and sustainability to creativity and product development, sustainable interior design, interactive design, and crafts and sustainable ceramic production.

Teaching is split between two city sites. Centre Velluters stands in the historic centre near the Torres de Quart, a district that housed silk and velvet workshops until the nineteenth century; Centre Vivers, the school’s main seat in the late twentieth century, faces the Jardines del Real. Its libraries hold more than 10,000 volumes on design and art, and the school hosts the Centro de Documentación de Diseño.

Research runs through a dedicated unit and the Càtedra Diseño para Nuevos Escenarios, which uses design to anticipate responses to climate, social and technological challenges. Mobility is organised through Erasmus study, placement and staff exchanges.