ESDI Higher School of Design

ESDI Higher School of Design

ESDI is a university school of design, affiliated with the Ramon Llull University, with 35 years of experience training designers.

The ESDI Higher School of Design was founded in 1989 as an initiative of the Textile Design Foundation FUNDIT, and thanks to the support of government agencies (Ministry of Industry and the Generalitat de Catalunya, among others), and more than 90 business groups and significant companies in the textile sector.

The creation of this school aimed to bring competitiveness to the Catalan business fabric and to respond to the needs of society and industry, in a territory with a strong textile tradition. Its mission is to support and motivate industry through design and innovation, with an international vocation but with a territorial balance, providing the necessary educational tools to train people capable of redesigning and transforming the world.

ESDI is located in the former Docks of Sabadell, large warehouses where the textile raw materials of the companies of the Manufacturers’ Guild were deposited. The set of industrial buildings that make up ESDI has a total of 18,000 m², where the university campus is located, with large workshops and classrooms that allow multidisciplinary work with all the tools available in the same building, as well as an Innovation Center that aims to be the meeting point and interrelation between designers and start-ups at national and international level.

All this deep relationship with the industry is the raison d’être of the school and a fundamental pillar of its educational model.

ESDI, A TALENT FACTORY.

The set of industrial buildings that make up ESDI has a total of 18,000 m², in which the university campus is located, but also an Innovation Center that aims to be the meeting point and interrelationship between designers and companies at national and international level. A space where co-creation and innovation will be promoted with the aim of fostering new ideas and the creation of new start-ups.

ESDI’s infrastructure provides enviable facilities that are fully prepared for learning and practicing design, with large workshops and classrooms that allow multidisciplinary work with all the tools available in the same building:

• Dressmaking workshops
• Knitting workshop
• Footwear workshop
• Video and photo studios
• Computer rooms
• Graphic workshop
• Digital fabrication labs
• Fabric warehouse
• Industrial workshops
• Metal and wood workshop
• Printmaking and engraving workshops
• Project classrooms
• Podcast classroom
• Virtual lab
• Library

ESDI has a photovoltaic energy self-generation facility with 336 solar panels, and all the energy consumed in the centre is of renewable origin.

Choosing to study abroad can be one of the most enriching, interesting, fulfilling and educationally stimulating experiences of your entire life. Studying abroad at ESDI is an amazing experience to discover a thriving design institution in one of the most popular cities in the world, Barcelona. Join our collaborative student community and balance your studies with social, cultural, sporting and recreational activities.

• Welcome Day and Social Events
• Integration week
• Buddy program
• Plug and Play hackathon event

ESDI provides students with the following support:

• Careers & employment service
• Disability support
• Financial advice
• Sports services
• Discounts and benefits

Barcelona & Sabadell has a different range of nightlife activities, with various bars and tapas restaurants, disco clubs around the city centre. In Tripadvisor, there is a list of bars and restaurants in Sabadell for students to relax, enjoy amusing moments after classes. Besides, the student can enjoy Barcelona surrounding with many hiking routes, road trip, visit tour, beach day... held by international groups.