For 60 years we have been committed to an open, flexible and multidisciplinary line of training and research, oriented towards the professional world. We have trained more than 20,000 students from over 90 countries who are prepared to face and overcome great professional challenges, taking into account social, environmental and gender aspects.
Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
At Elisava we understand design and industrial design engineering as instruments to transform the world through innovation and critical reflection. Elisava is a university where you can question pre-established ideas, where you can experiment with new ways, where you can connect with the professional world and where you can find alternatives.
Located on an urban campus in the centre of Barcelona, we have a direct impact on the city and are closely involved in its cultural life.
In short, we are a plural space that is nourished by a multicultural society in constant change, where we question the world around us, where innovation is urgent and absolutely necessary.
Our principles
At Elisava we do not have a manifesto or obey any commandments. We understand design as an instrument to transform the world through creativity, innovation and critical reflection. However, we do have some principles. They are the following:
- We teach to think and create in freedom.
- We provide a highly demanding academic training that responds to current social and labour needs.
- We promote research, development and innovation.
- New technologies are fully integrated into our daily life: we not only apply them constantly, but we also create them.
- We bring progress to society.
- We promote intergenerational and multicultural understanding.
- We connect students with an international network of companies and institutions throughout the academic period to contribute to their subsequent access to the world of work.
- We open our doors to all individuals and groups whose participation enriches us.
- We are part of an international network of excellence in design.
- We contribute to the personal development of our students through diversity, equality and sustainability.
What we are and what we do
Elisava, Barcelona School of Design and Engineering of the Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), fourth best Catalan university and sixth in Spain, promotes education, knowledge and research in the fields of design, industrial design engineering and communication.
All our regulated studies are valid in Europe, articulated through ECTS credits and with competences governed by the New European Higher Education Area (Bologna Plan).
This training is complemented by specialisation courses for students and professionals: Summer School, Study Abroad, Visiting University.
You will find all the information in the related sections of this website (Educational studies, and Research, for the PhD Programme).
