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Output Design Award Ranking: 20 Years of Creative Education

The Output Design Award Ranking reflects a 20-year longitudinal review of global design education, from the origins of the :output International Student Award to its new identity as the Output Design Award.

This ongoing ranking tracks the accumulated performance of institutions based on the number and level of awards received—OUTPUT GRAND PRIX, DISTINCTION, and WINNER—across all editions since the award’s inception. It highlights universities and design schools that have consistently demonstrated excellence in nurturing emerging creative talent.Compiled from official yearbook records, this ranking offers insight into sustained educational impact and celebrates institutions leading the way in shaping the future of design.

Top 50 Universities

  1. Royal College of Art, UNITED KINGDOM
  2. designschool munich, GERMANY
  3. Design Academy Eindhoven, NETHERLANDS
  4. Hochschule für Künste Bremen, GERMANY
  5. Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main, GERMANY
  6. University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, GERMANY
  7. University of Talca, CHILE
  8. HTWG Konstanz, GERMANY
  9. Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Nürnberg, GERMANY
  10. Fachhochschule Hannover, GERMANY
  11. Shih Chien University, TAIWAN
  12. Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, GERMANY
  13. University of Arts Berlin, GERMANY
  14. FH Würzburg-Schweinfurt, GERMANY
  15. Harvard University, UNITED STATES
  16. Fachhochschule Mainz, GERMANY
  17. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, TAIWAN
  18. National Taichung University of Science and Technology, TAIWAN
  19. Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, GERMANY
  20. Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design, GERMANY
  21. Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), UNITED STATES
  22. Pratt Institute, UNITED STATES
  23. Burg Giebichenstein HS für Kunst und Design, GERMANY
  24. Yale University, UNITED STATES
  25. Kookmin University, KOREA
  26. Hochschule Darmstadt / Fachbereich Gestaltung, GERMANY
  27. National Kaohsiung Normal University, TAIWAN
  28. Fachhochschule Augsburg, GERMANY
  29. University of Pennsylvania School of Design, UNITED STATES
  30. Designschool Munich, GERMANY
  31. Ming Chuan University, TAIWAN
  32. Wuhan University of Technology, CHINA
  33. Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, SWITZERLAND
  34. HAWK Hildesheim, GERMANY
  35. FH AACHEN, GERMANY
  36. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
  37. Politecnico di Milano, Facoltà di Architettura e Società, ITALY
  38. SADI (Samsung Art & Design Institute), KOREA
  39. FH Potsdam, GERMANY
  40. FH Nürnberg, GERMANY
  41. National Taiwan Normal University, TAIWAN
  42. Tekstilno-tehnološki fakultet, CROATIA
  43. Bauhaus University Weimar, GERMANY
  44. HTW Berlin, GERMANY
  45. Konstfack, SWEDEN
  46. FH-Bielefeld, GERMANY
  47. EWHA Womans University, KOREA
  48. Otis College of Art and Design, UNITED STATES
  49. Hogeschool voor Wetenschap en Kunst Sint-Lucas, BELGIUM
  50. Gerrit Rietveld Acadmie, NETHERLANDS
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