Design networks
Cirrus - Nordic-Baltic Network of Art and Design Education
Cumulus - International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media
DRS - Design Research Society
Designfakulteten - The Swedish Faculty for Design Research and Design Education
Nordes - Nordic Design Research
SVID - Swedish Industrial Design Foundation
Here, you can find links to useful information regarding your studies at Umeå Institute of Design and Umeå University, and to relevant grants and other opportunities.
Important documents
Code of rules for undergraduate education at UmU»
UID plans and policies »
UID work groups and meeting minutes »
Grants for travel, studies and degree projects
Japanstiftelsen offers grants for travel and degree projects in/related to Japan, for Swedish citizens. Deadline Dec. 1.
SI, The Swedish Institute offers exchange grants and scholarships for students on MA level.
The Foundation Blanceflor Ludovici-Compagni, née Bildt awards substantial grants to post-graduate students or those with an advanced degree for longer periods of study away from one´s homeland in the USA, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland, England, Germany, Japan or Canada. Deadline March 1.
LinkedStudent at Umeå University connects students with potential project partners, for degree projects and other cooperation possibilities (mainly in Swedish).
Contests and conferences
:output award
Works carried out by students usually disappear into
drawers after presentation to a relatively small college audience.
There the work remains invisible. We want to change that.
:output is the biggest international competition for students in design and architecture.The works selected by the jury will be published in the yearbook :output.
:output Grand Prix: 3.000 Euro
Deadline for submissions: February 15 2012
More information: www.output-award.org
VIEW conference Social Contest: 13th International Computer Graphics Conference, 16-19 October 2012, Turin, Italy.
If you have made a movie, a short, a music video or an advertising using 2D/3D animation and/or VFX focusing on current social themes during 2011 and 2012. We are interested in receiving your work of art. Entries free of charge. Deadline June 30th. viewconference.it/view-social-contest
