About

The Dual City Summer Sessions began in 2006 as a range of practical art and design courses that commenced at Central Saint Martins or Chelsea College of Art  in London and end in Milan, Barcelona, Paris, Istanbul or New York. The partner schools in these programs are all colleges with outstanding reputations based in cities famous for their culture and creativity.

These unique courses are the perfect opportunity for students to develop skills, sample the environment of these prestigious institutions and make new friends while learning the latest industry thinking from an impressive roll call of tutors, many of whom have their own external art or design practices.

Central Saint Martins
From the iconic design of London's red Routemaster buses and the chopper bike to exquisite fashion at Dior and Chloé, Central Saint Martins' alumni have made a profound impact on our lives. Our staff and students continue to build on the success of our past by pushing the boundaries of the practice of art and design and art and design education.  In 2008 Central Saint Martins welcomed over 4,500 students on to more than 300 art, design and performance summer courses, in addition to 6,000 term time short course students and 4,500 undergraduates and postgraduates.

Chelsea College of Art and Design (CCW)
Chelsea’s name is synonymous with some of the most creative periods in London’s recent history.  Indeed, many famous artists and designers started their careers at Chelsea, including writer and illustrator Quentin Blake, Turner prize winner Chris Offili and Anish Kapoor. Located in a spectacular campus next to Tate Britain and right by the river Thames, you will also be studying at the centre of one of the world's great cultural capitals, in a historic college dating back to 1895. Our emphasis on internationalism is reflected in a student community that is a richly diverse multicultural mix of students from all around the world. Chelsea’s world famous programmes of graphic design, interior design, textiles and fine art are always evolving and changing to meet the needs of fast moving creative industries.  

NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti)
The Milan section of the beginner courses are run by NABA, a renowned academy of fine arts and design, formed in 1980 by a group of local artists, with the intention of challenging the rigid academic traditions of the time by introducing new visions and languages closer to contemporary artistic practice and the creative professions. NABA training programmes are based on a cross-disciplinary method aimed at developing artistic and professional skills and profiles in the fields of art, design, fashion, media and graphic design.

ELISAVA is a School affiliated with the University of Pompeu Fabra, which offers official Bachelor’s Degrees in Design, Building Engineering, and Industrial Design Engineering, established by the new European Higher Education Area. It also teaches professionalising Master’s and Postgraduate programmes, and the Master’s Degree in Design and Communication, the first official Master’s Degree in Design in Spain. Its offering is further supplemented with a wide range of specialised design courses for professional and companies. All these learning routes are the result of new emerging careers, and benefit from the quality and creative personality that have given the School such prestige over the years.

The school’s new headquarters are located in La Rambla in Barcelona, one of the most emblematic areas in the city, recognised internationally for its historic and cultural value and for its vitality. At the School there are over 2,200 students and 870 lecturers and collaborators with extensive teaching experience and a solid professional background.

MIMAR SINAN FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY (MSGSU)
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, (Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi in Turkish) is a prestigious state art school founded in 1882 under the name of "Fine Art School" by the Art Historian, Archaeologist, Museum Curator and Painter Osman Hamdi. MSGSU University started education in March 1883 and was the first institution for art and architecture in Turkey. MSGSU university boasting 124 years of heritage, continues to offer the highest standards of education, respecting contemporary Turkish culture, art and design fields and according to the mission of Atatürk‘s contemporary civilization, focusing on the education of skilled young professionals. Through the active use of EU educational programs and several different international collaborations, MSGSU enjoys an increasingly international profile at a time of intense global interest in the culture and heritage of Turkey.