Study in Barcelona, live in a Mediterranean, cosmopolitan city actively connected to the world. A hub of creativity with an internationally acclaimed quality of life, it’s a city that embraces culture and where you’ll find innovative design at every turn.

Barcelona, one of the world's leading cities, hosts major international events focused on innovation and the creative industries. In Europe, Barcelona is known as the place where ideas connect, it’s a city driven by design. 

The city’s creative facet is a guarantee of an extensive cultural offer, world famous architecture, mouth-watering cuisine, spaces and services designed for those who inhabit them, evident freedom in the creation of fashion and style, all a clear sign of the will to design a better world.

Barcelona is like a magnet for creative people. A land of traditions, it preserves its cultural customs and authentically combines its identity with the diversity of the people who live there. In time, great artists such as Gaudi have left their mark on the capital of Catalonia, known to locals as the Ciudad Condal, a place where world heritage emerges amongst the contemporary works of artists from all over the world. 

In the streets you breathe an air of sustainability, cocreation, inclusion, tradition, technology, design and entrepreneurship; students can connect the projects they’re working on with real-life challenges and participate in a number of international events: Mobile World Congress, Sónar, OFFF, Barcelona Design Week, Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week, and more.

IED Barcelona is located in the central Gracia district, well known for its young, artistic scene, with easy links to the rest of the city, the sea and airport.   

Barcelona actively connects you with design. Want to know how?
 

A school
made of people

Andrea Marchesi

Director IED Barcelona

Eduard Castañé

Deputy Director IED Barcelona

Manuela Procopio

Academic Manager IED Barcelona

Marina Ojan

Head of Master School IED Barcelona

Pilar Pasamontes

Fashion School Scientific Director IED Barcelona

Julia Weems

Head of Fashion School IED Barcelona

Raffaella Perrone

Head of Design School IED Barcelona

Mery Glez

Head of Visual Arts School IED Barcelona

Carme Pérez

Head of Communication School IED Barcelona

João Alves

Communication School Scientific Director IED Barcelona

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Services, facilities, customised counters and dedicated teams: live well to learn better

Studying at IED means living in a community and connected to Barcelona. Students, teachers, alumni and school staff form part of an ecosystem on and off campus, at the service of students and in connection with the business world.

The centre's 7,000 m2 of services, distributed in classrooms, networking spaces and laboratories, are equipped with the latest technological tools, materials and services for design training; Fashion Labs, Render Lab, Media Lab, XR Lab, Textile Lab, Mobility Lab, etc., make the centre a dynamic creative laboratory at the service of design training. The particular needs of the students are attended to in a personalised way by a team of professionals, oriented towards both curricular competencies and personal growth throughout the training course.

Student Services IED Barcelona

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Where to find us

IED Barcelona Point One

c/Biada 11, 08012 Barcelona

IED Barcelona Point Two

c/de Sant Salvador 70-72, 08024 Barcelona

How to reach us

IED Barcelona can be reached by intercity public transport: metro (Lesseps and Fontana stations, respectively 5 and 10 minutes' walk ), by bus or using the city's extensive electric bicycle, e-moped sharing or e-scooter network.

The Josep Tarradellas El Prat International Airport is just 30 minutes away on public transport. 

The two central bus stations; Estación del Norte and Estación de Sants, are a 20-minute drive by car. 

Stories

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Mobile World Congress - Evento 4yfn Per Le Start-Up

The Mobile World Congress (MWC) is a mobile communication event held every year at the Fira de Barcelona trade fair. It’s considered the biggest event of its kind in the sector, where manufacturers present the latest innovations on global technologies and international connection platforms to experts and entrepreneurs operating in the mobile communications world. Barcelona has played host to the event since 2006. 4YFN is a start-up event at the MWC to help investors and companies start new business projects.

Sónar

Sónar was created in 1994 in Barcelona as a pioneer cultural event offering a unique format and content; it has become an international point of reference thanks to a meticulous offer that combines the playful with the artistic, avant-garde and experimentation with the latest electronic dance music. In each new edition, Sónar expands its creative innovation with technological partners and design schools by offering disruptive scenarios.

OFFF

OFFF the International Festival of Creativity, Art and Digital Design. A virtual community of international creators of visual art, which for a few days every year takes tangible shape in cities around the world such as Tel Aviv, Sao Paulo, New York and Shanghai. Barcelona is the festival’s historic capital, a showcase of the latest works from new digital talent, renowned artists showing their creations, and awards presented to new and professional designers.

ISEA

ISEA Art and Science is one of the most consolidated annual events at an international level exploring the direct intersection between art, design, science, technology and society. It’s celebrated in a central European city, with other editions held in Montreal, Durban, Manizales, Hong Kong and Sydney, by a local and international community, with Barcelona leading the way in terms of scientific research, intellectual character and cultural creativity. 

Barcelona Design Week- Food Design Week

Barcelona Design Week (BDW), first organised in 2006 by the Barcelona Centre de Disseny, is an truly unmissable annual date for anyone interested in design, creativity and innovation in the city. BDW is an event in the global World Design Weeks network, an organisation based in Barcelona, and it’s one of the most important in a calendar of around 40 international events. BDW includes the Food Design Week, focused on food designers and gastronomical experiences.

080 Barcelona Fashion 

080 Barcelona Fashion is an open, plural, multidisciplinary and international fashion platform, organised by the institutional organisations of Barcelona. Its goal is to promote the city as a creative hub. Fashion and art merge to drive innovation and sustainability in the fashion industry. Its on-site programming, virtual shows and films are sure to catch the eye of the fashion industry and fashion designers, both emerging and professional.

Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week

The international bridal fashion event held every year in Barcelona, with top Spanish and international names in the bridal sector. The fashion show merges with the stand area promoting bridal fashion, giving visibility to new creators and design students. The fashion show reaches way beyond the actual event, thanks to its international digital networking platform, unique in the sector.

Map your interests

Discover IED locations and all the places of creativity, fashion and culture in Barcelona

  • Fundació Joan Miró
  • Museo Picasso de Barcelona
  • Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno
  • Museo Nacional de Arte de Catalunya
  • Casa Vicens Gaudí
  • La Pedrera-Casa Milà
  • Casa Batlló
  • Park Güell
  • Museo de Historia de Barcelona
  • Palau de la Música Catalana
  • Basílica de la Sagrada Família
  • Catedral de Barcelona
  • Recinto Modernista de Sant Pau
  • Centro de Arte Santa Mónica
  • Museo del Diseño de Barcelona
  • Pabellón Mies Van der Rohe
  • Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MACBA)
  • Fundación Antoni Tàpies
  • Centro de Cultura Contemporánea (CCCB)
  • La Virreina centro de la Imagen
  • Gran Teatre del Liceu
  • Palo Alto
  • Passeig de Gràcia
  • Playa Mar Bella
  • Playa de la Barceloneta
  • Parc de la Ciutadella
  • Mercado de La Boqueria
  • Barri Gòtic