QS World University Rankings® by Subject Art & Design: NABA is the Best Italian Academy of Fine Arts, in the Top 100 worldwide

Do you have creative talent? Turn it into your profession!

Application are now open for the 2025/26 Academic Year

NABA offers you a comprehensive study program in the field of creative arts, providing the theoretical and practical skills and tools necessary for building your professional identity and individual expression.

Campus: Milan, Rome
Course Start: October 2025, with a degree recognized by the Ministry of Universities and Research (MUR) and internationally.

Enrol in February without losing the Academic Year 2024/25

 

Missed the October enrolment? No problem! At NABA, we believe there’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to education. That’s why we offer a flexible February start, allowing you to dive into your studies without losing the academic year. You’ll experience the same innovative curriculum, expert faculty, and creative opportunities—just on a timeline that works for you. Whether you’re finalizing plans or seeking a fresh beginning, February is the perfect moment to join our vibrant community and stay on track for your degree.

Explore our Areas

Set Design
Set Design
<p>Present at NABA since its founding, the Set Design Area serves as a meeting point between students and industry professionals, fostering a constant exchange of ideas.</p> <p>In the two specializations offered by the Bachelor's Degree in Set Design&mdash;Theatre and Opera, and Media and Events&mdash;you will delve into the disciplines of set and costume design for live performances, from opera to spoken theatre, from dance to musicals and concerts. You will also engage with new forms of staging for artistic performances, exhibitions, events, music videos, fashion shows, window displays, and advertising, photography, and television sets.</p> <p>In collaboration with international professionals from major theatres, museums, companies, and workshops, you will acquire the theoretical, technical, and design tools needed to analyze the most significant aspects of contemporary cultural production and to shape your creative projects, ensuring they are equipped to engage with the contemporary landscape.</p>
The Set Design Area introduces students to the diverse world of set and costume design for performances and live events.
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Visual Arts
Visual Arts
<p>With the proliferation of biennials, museums, and artistic institutions, the Area responds by developing new professional roles designed to engage with a wide range of experimental practices and new media.</p> <p>Through the Bachelor's Degree, the Master&rsquo;s programs, and the Specialist Degree, the Area adds to the historical figure of the artist the roles of exhibition curator, art critic, editorial director, museum installer, film festival curator, commercial gallery director, private collection director, and art consultant.</p> <p>Contemporary art is no longer a single discipline but an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural methodology that emerges from an in-depth exploration of the aesthetic, social, and economic contexts in which the new artistic subject operates, embracing the challenges of the future.</p>
How do we respond to the challenges of contemporary art? Why choose to produce and curate art today?
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Media Design and New Technologies
Media Design and New Technologies
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Department of Design and Applied Arts
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Communication and Graphic Design
Communication and Graphic Design
<p>Orientata all'innovazione e alle evoluzioni della tecnologia e delle tecniche espressive, l'Area integra l'approccio accademico con la sperimentazione di tecnologie e linguaggi visivi, offrendo una formazione interdisciplinare attraverso i Trienni, i Bienni specialistici e i Master Accademici proposti.</p> <p>Avrai l'opportunit&agrave; di acquisire una solida formazione, basata sulla conoscenza degli elementi cruciali della progettazione grafica e lo sviluppo di competenze tecniche, creative e analitiche proprie della comunicazione e del marketing.</p> <p>La nostra metodologia didattica, infatti, sintetizza l'approccio marketing e quello artistico-espressivo, le attivit&agrave; teoriche e i laboratori creativi, per generare skill concrete e al passo coi tempi.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Tutti i corsi dell&rsquo;Area Communication and Graphic Design hanno il patrocinio dell&rsquo;Art Directors Club Italiano.</em></p>
The Communication and Graphic Design Area responds concretely to the ever-changing needs of the communication industry.
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Fashion Design
Fashion Design
<p>By tackling theory and practical projects, you will acquire the cultural and methodological tools to nurture your talent and recognize fashion as a contemporary expressive language. You will master knowledge and techniques in visual representation, post-humanistic culture, music, visual arts, technical-scientific culture, craftsmanship and industrial technologies, experimentation and tradition, transforming them into effective statements of style and thought.</p> <p>Expert professionals and prominent figures in fashion and creativity will guide you in defining your personal and professional identity, realizing your projects, and experimenting with new techniques.</p> <p>A training path whose success is driven by passion, curiosity, and dedication.</p>
The Fashion Design Area offers future designers training closely connected to the Italian Fashion System, with a contemporary and innovative educational approach.
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Design
<p>The ultimate goal of studying design is to acquire a method, the ability to face the complexity of the world and to imagine and design the future&mdash;a better future.</p> <p>Through project-based study, the Design Area, across its Bachelor&rsquo;s, Specialized Master&rsquo;s, and Academic Master&rsquo;s programs, provides students with the theoretical and practical skills to think multidisciplinarily about complex concepts, adapt to change, and envision future scenarios. Today, it is fitting to talk about &ldquo;social design&rdquo;: a humanistic design that places humans back at the center of everything, in a reciprocal relationship with society.</p> <p>In constant dialogue with faculty and industry professionals, students have the opportunity to build their own path, to follow their personal inclinations, and to learn to manage the complexity of a process, which is as important as the results achieved.</p> <p>&ldquo;If I had to teach, I would tell my students how moving the things of the Acropolis of Athens are, whose superior greatness they will only understand later&rdquo; (Le Corbusier).</p>
What does it mean to study design today? And how can we explain design education without falling into the clichés of "designing things or spaces"?
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  • Over 5000 students
  • 90 countries represented
  • International exchanges with over 70 universities and institutions
  • Collaboration with over 900 Companies

What NABA Alumni Say

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT - MATTEO GARRONE - ARCHIMEDE SRL
Chiara Leonardi
Media Design and New Technologies

«NABA has represented a path of professional growth but above all a path to become more aware of my abilities. Thanks to its interdisciplinary approach, it has allowed me to get out of my comfort zone, obliging me to experiment, to look past the ordinary and to face today working reality, which is evolving continuously».

CONTENT CREATOR - ETRO
Fabrizio Costanzo
Design

«One of the most important things I have learned at NABA is teamwork, which is one of the most useful skills you can have today: the capacity to work together with people. NABA was an experience aimed at creating connections and trying to learn from each other as much as possible».

FASHION DESIGNER
Lorenzo Seghezzi
Fashion Design

"The BA at NABA marked the beginning of a journey that I am custom-creating: I could never have had a better experience. First of all, it taught me to have a 360-degree vision on the world of art and fashion, offering me the right momentum to create a conscious business starting from scratch".

Why choose NABA?
The largest academy in Italy for art and design education
  • To study in Milan and Rome, international capitals of Culture, Art, Design, and Fashion.
  • To collaborate with leading companies and institutions.
  • To gain a multidisciplinary and global perspective focused on innovation and experimentation.
  • To learn from world-renowned faculty and professionals.
  • To attend courses in both Italian and English and earn a degree recognized by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR) and internationally.
  • To train at an award-winning Academy, selected by QS World University Rankings® by Subject as the best Academy of Fine Arts in Italy and among the top 100 universities worldwide in Art & Design, and featured among the best schools by prestigious publications such as DOMUS Magazine and FRAME Publishers.