Last year, the Financial Times had included the School of Management amongst the 70 best European business schools thanks to three of its programmes: the Executive MBA, the Full-time MBA and the Master in Engineering Management. This year the London-based newspaper confirms the leading position of Politecnico di Milano's School of Management among the best business schools in the world: in the recently published Executive MBA 2010 rankings, MIP's EMBA gained a position within the top 100 in the global rankings, reaching the 94th place.

Politecnico di Milano has been ranked 48th among the 300 evaluated universities.

The QS World University Ranking, ranked Politecnico di Milano 48th among technical universities in the world. It is the first Italian University to be ranked among the best 50. In the overall ranking its position has improved considerably: gaining the ranking of 277th university in the world, improved by 18 places compared to 2010.

A very important weight is the evaluation by international companies human resources managers on the quality of graduates: according to this indicator Politecnico is ranked 51st overall.

NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano has officially started his a collaboration of the MA in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies with the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology in Boston.

Marco Scotini (Director of the Department of Visual Arts) and Andris Brinkmanis (Coordinator of the Two-year MA Program in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies) will be visiting professors by MIT School of Architecture and Planning from October 16th to 23rd, holding for a whole week seminars, workshops, midterm portfolio revisions and lectures. These collaboration will take place within the frame of the class - Art, Architecture, and Urbanism in Dialogue: Disobedience Archive - from Research to Design held by prof. Gediminas Urbonas.

The aim of the class is to engage a dialogue between architecture, urbanism, contemporary art and modes of production of the antagonistic cultural forms. This class, Disobedience Archive, thematically investigates how the ideas from early modernist practices are linked with the politics of the time. The course provides an occasion to research, debate and produce performative and an-architectural forms and structures that interrogate the notion of "disobedience" as it relates to history of dissent, development of alternatives in technologies and politics in the Boston area.

The goal of the class is to create an exhibition in the Lobby of building E14 (Media Lab Complex) opening November 17th, 2011 that will investigate the concept of disobedience, artistic practices and cultures of resistance as well as the role that an Archive may assume in order to manifest disagreement and dissent.

His name is Francisco Gomez Paz and he has been a design master student in Domus Academy in 1998, and he is the winner of the the 22nd edition of the Compasso D'Oro Award. The work that made Francisco winner was his lamp Hope, produced by Luceplan. Another great achievement after the Good Design Award 2010, the Red Dot Award 2010 and the Prize of Prizes to Innovation in Design from Italy’s president Giorgio Napolitano.

The degree show of the Istituto Marangoni was held on July 7th in Superstudio Più at 27, via Tortona, Milan, in a school that has always been a breeding ground of creative spirits. About 90 students have showcased their degree collections for a total number of 250 outfits, all strictly hand-made.

The inspirations were varied and numerous, from 60s and 70s floaty and colored dresses to minimal and clean-cut silhouettes typical of the start of 90s, including sportswear and knitwear: each item has been revisited with a totally contemporary twist, showing references both to the magical world of couture, and to the less evident and more captivating world of juvenile subcultures. On the catwalk: siren dresses with inserts in rigid plastic and neoprene, men’s pleated skirts, Arabian-style fez hats and gasmasks used as headgear, men’s destructured coats, blouses with leather feather appliqué, outerwear that turn, when needed, into jackets, pullovers and coats, exaggerated volumes for the skirts with train, and incredibly theatrical sculpture-like hats.

The whole show took place before the attentive eye of the press and the teachers, and uplifted by the excited cheering of an enthusiastic audience. The evening has also been the setting for the creations by the nine students who got to the finals of the Swarovski Elements Award 2011. Each outfit has been realized in collaboration with the Swarowski Elements Application Room, a laboratory strongly supported by the Istituto Marangoni to enable their own students to become acquainted with the techniques of crystal application on fabrics and materials (with the help of special machines) and to be supported by the company during their studies. After the victory of Finnish-born Irene Häggkvist in 2009, and of Spanish-born José Miguel Garcia Abad in 2010, this year the much-coveted recognition has been awarded to Swiss student Elia Quadri, who gave his ladylike outfits a decidedly urban touch, using the Swarovski crystals not only as embellishment ,but as the key ingredient of the whole stylistic process.

Following the event, in a space next to the show hall, the audience and the students had the chance to look at the best graduating works of students who attended the Graphic Design, Interior Design and Fashion Styling courses. And finally, the habitual toast wishing all the best to neo-graduates for their hopefully promising future. What better way to end one’s own studied than with a grand finale? In the best tradition of the world’s most prestigious fashion schools.

Studies and Careers opens its new, larger offices in Shanghai. The headquarter is part of the K. Wah Centre, which is strategically located on Huaihai Middle Road, one of the prime business districts of the city. The new address is:

27/F, K.Wah Center | 1010 Middle Huaihai Road
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Financial Times published the 2010 Business School rankings.

The ESCP Europe Master in Management finally reached n.1 position among the pre-experience Master programmes, winning a strong competition with the best-renowned Business Schools.

It is important to underline that one of the most relevant criteria for the Ranking is the salary level three years after graduation.

Studies&Careers is the official representative of ESCP Europe for Russia and China: this year five students of ours (three from Russia, two from China) managed to pass the tough examination process and entered a Master in this prestigious Business School.

One of the most ancient and prestigious Universities in the UK – the University of Durham – has just signed a cooperation agreement with Studies&Careers, concerning promotion in the whole of Russia. Studies&Careers is the only authorized agent from this prestigious institution in Russia.

University of Durham is number 7 in the 2010 Times Good University Guide among the 127 UK Universities, and number 4 for the Independent University Guide. Its facilities have been voted as the best among UK Universities, including Oxford and Cambridge.

For further information on how to enroll University of Durham, you can contact Studies & Careers Moscow at +7 495 721 17 97.

The University of Southampton appointed Studies and Careers as its official representative office in Russia. 

With 20 academic schools and a huge range of subject areas, the University of Southampton is already one of the top 15 research universities in the UK and has achieved consistently high scores for its teaching and learning activities.

Domus Academy has launched two international competitions: DEFINING A CREATIVE HUB and INNOVATION IN COMMUNICATION.

The competitions will grant 4 scholarships covering the 50% of the total tuition fee for the Master Courses in Urban Vision & Architectural Design and Design Driven Communication which will begin on November 4, 2010.

More information about this contest and its deadline are available at Studies and Careers offices in London, Moscow or Shanghai.