Bezalel Academy of Art & Design

Jerusalem, Israel 2008

Global Exchange + AICAD

RISD partners with over 40 leading art and design colleges and universities around the world to offer the semester-long Global Exchange Program. Through this exchange, you have the opportunity to study with our partners, and students from partner universities can study at RISD.

In addition to our global partners, RISD also participates in the Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) Exchange network, extending the Global Exchange experience for RISD students throughout North America.
Due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, RISD Global Exchange remains suspended for academic year 2021-22.

Global Exchange + AICAD

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Events and Announcements

Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE)

Eindhoven, Netherlands 2008

Kyoto Seika University

Kyoto, Japan

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Global Exchange + AICAD for RISD Students

Global Exchange is for RISD students who wish to study for one semester at a partner school around the world.

Exchange at RISD for Visiting Students

Exchange at RISD is for students from our partnered institutions around the world, who wish to study for one semester at RISD in Providence, Rhode Island.

National Institute of Design (NID), India

Kyoto Seika University, Japan

Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Israel

Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE), Netherlands

Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), China

Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Israel

Exchange Partners by Location

Exchange agreements are determined for each college/university by department, to best suit the shared academic requirements and curriculum objectives of both RISD and the host institution. RISD Students, click through to partner pages to determine if your chosen school has an agreement with your department. Incoming exchange students may apply to any RISD department.

Americas

Universidad Torcuato di Tella (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Universidad de Artes, Ciencias y Comunicación (Santiago, Chile)
La Universidad de Monterrey (Monterrey, Mexico)

In addition to our global partners, RISD also participates in the Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD) Exchange network, extending the Global Exchange experience for RISD students throughout North America

Asia

Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing, China)
Kyoto Seika University (Kyoto, Japan)
Tama Art University (Tokyo, Japan)
National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad, India)
Ewha Womans University (Seoul, South Korea)

Australia and Oceania

Australian National University (Canberra, Australia)
University of Sydney (Sydney, Australia)
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Melbourne, Australia)
Victoria University of Wellington (Wellington, New Zealand)

Europe

The Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design (Prague, Czech Republic)
Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design and Conservation (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Estonian Academy of Arts (Tallinn, Estonia)
Aalto ARTS (Helsinki, Finland)
Beaux-Arts Paris (Paris, France)
French National School for Advanced Studies in Design (Paris, France)
Strate School of Design (Sèvres, France)
Fachhochschule Erfurt (Erfurt, Germany)
Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)
Köln International School of Design (Cologne, Germany)
Universität der Künste Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
Technical University of Munich (Munich, Germany)
National College of Art and Design (Dublin, Ireland)
Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy)
Design Academy Eindhoven (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Royal Academy of Art the Hague (The Hauge, Netherlands)
Utrecht School of the Arts (Utrecht, Netherlands)
ELISAVA (Barcelona, Spain)
Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design (Stockholm, Sweden)
School of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg University (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Geneva School of Art and Design (Geneva, Switzerland)
Academy of Art and Design – HGK (Basel, Switzerland)
Universite d'art et Design de Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Zürich, Switzerland)
Chelsea College of Arts (London, England, UK)
University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
Glasgow School of Art (Glasgow, Scotland, UK)

Middle East

Bezalel Academy of Art & Design (Jerusalem, Israel)

Events

No upcoming events for this program at this time.

All Events and Announcements

Announcements

RISD COVID-19 Updates

Posted: 3/4/2020

RISD Global is Open! (Remotely)

Posted: 3/20/2020

Global Summer Studios 2020: RISD COVID-19 Update

Posted: 4/1/2020

RISD Global and Return to Campus

Posted: 6/15/2020

COVID Update: RISD Global Off-campus Semester Programs Spring 2021

Posted: 11/19/2020

Exchange at RISD

Providence, RI, USA 2015

National Institute of Design (NID)

Ahmedabad, India 2017