Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche

They are public institutions under the umbrella of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, AFAM (Artistic and Musical Higher Education, Italian: Alta Formazione Artistica e Musicale) division.Rome ISIA is Italy's oldest institution in the field of industrial design.

It follows the European tradition of the Bauhaus and the Hochschule für Gestaltung of Ulm, grafting their methodologies onto Italian creative culture.

Rome ISIA has received many prizes and acknowledgements, and is the only European institution to have won the Compasso d'Oro by Associazione per il Disegno Industriale ADI (Industrial Design Association) twice (1979 and 1987).

[1] Rome ISIA is a member of the Cumulus, the International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Media and Design.

Urbino ISIA was founded in 1974 and trains students in the field of graphic and editorial design.