Domus Academy
Design school in Milan, Italy
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Domus Academy is a private school of design in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It offers undergraduate[1], post-graduate and professional courses in fashion, industrial design, and design management.[2]: 132 It is not listed by the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of education, among the institutions authorised to award degrees in music, dance and the arts.[3]
45.4456°N 9.1744°E
| Type | private school |
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| Established | 1982 |
| Managing director | Giorgio Lospennato |
| Location | Milan , Italy 45.4456°N 9.1744°E |
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| Website | domusacademy |
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History
Domus Academy was founded in 1982[4] by the Mazzocchi family, owners of Editoriale Domus, which publishes Domus and Quattroruote magazines.[5] Maria Grazia Mazzocchi was president of the school.[5] Gianfranco Ferré was on the staff from 1983 to 1989,[6][7] and Andrea Branzi was cultural director for the first ten years.[5] In 2009 the school was bought by Laureate Education of Baltimore, Maryland, for an estimated ten million euros.[5] In 2018 Laureate sold it to the British group Galileo Global Education.[8]
The institution received a Compasso d'Oro award from the Associazione per il Disegno Industriale in 1994, one of seven corporate recipients among the thirty awards made in that year.[9] It is a member of the Cumulus Association.[10]
Rankings
In 2026 the school was ranked at number 62= in the art and design subject subdivision of the QS World University Rankings, up from its 201–260 ranking in 2025.[11] In the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings for 2025 it was ranked at number 501 of the 1745 institutions assessed for sustainability,[12] while in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for sustainability it was placed in the 1001–1500 bracket.[13] It was not listed in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2026.[14]
Alumni
Alumni include Anna Dello Russo and Neil Poulton.[15]