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Semester-Long Study Abroad Opportunities

MIAD maintains academic affiliations and/or exchange opportunities for students to study with other notable art and design colleges throughout the world or for their students to study at MIAD. Among these are:

  • The Warsaw Academy of Art in Warsaw, Poland
  • The Bauhaus University in Weimar, Germany
  • Institute of European Design in Milan, Rome, Turin, Madrid, Barcelona, and San Paulo, Brazil
  • The Ecole de Design Nantes Atlantique, France

For questions and further information on these semester-long programs, contact MIAD’s Registrar, Jean Weimer – jeanweimer@miad.edu

News

Product Design class uses virtual reality for shoe design

Product Design students at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) are keeping up to date with the emerging technologies that are becoming industry standard. In the junior Advanced Digital Modeling course, instructor Frank Savage has incorporated Gravity Sketch, a virtual reality platform, into a shoe design assignment.

Senior Communication Design project wins national GDUSA award

Cultivata, the 2025 Senior Exhibition project by Frankie Mallerdino ’25 (Communication Design) at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), was named a Gold Foil winner in Graphic Design USA’s 2025 Digital Design Awards. Only 10 percent of the more than 3,000 entries earn this national distinction.

Yale Norfolk Summer Program accepts Fine Art junior

Greta Berens ’26 (Fine Art + New Studio Practice) was accepted to participate in the summer Yale Norfolk program in Norfolk, Connecticut. The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) junior is one of 25 students who will attend the six-week program.

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