The right time for the course you're looking for.

Short Courses

Short Courses

Motion Design

26.02 – 19.03 2025 · 3 Credits

Short Courses

Design Thinking

— Advanced

25.02 – 20.03 2025 · 6 Credits · Financed training (100%)

Short Courses

The Photography of Siza Vieira's Architecture

19 - 21.03 2025 - 3 Credits

Open Days

Visit the campus, explore facilities.

Registration open

ESAD Open Week

— Open Classes, Shows, Workshops and Exhibitions

24.03–28.03.2025

ESAD Open Week · Open Classes, Shows, Workshops and Exhibitions
Registration — ESAD Week 2025

Enrolment is open to groups or individual students.

Events

Unparalleled networking opportunities

ESAD Open Week 2025

— Open classes, Demonstrations, Workshops and Exhibitions

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Selfie Macht Frei

— Exhibition by Gosia Kołdraszewska

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Not Just Hot Air

— 100 Years Off Blow-dryer Design

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Conference and Workshop by Miguel Almeida

— MA in Communication Design

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Nutrition and sustainability

— Walk with biologist and permaculturist José Teixeira (and Inês Matos)

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Eramus+ Days

— Outgoing 2025/2026

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Design for Business

— Masterclass by André Fangueiro

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Semantic Shapes

— Conference by Anastasia Temirkhan

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Routes into Research: Punk and Graphic Design

— Conference and Workshop with Russell Bestley

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The Packaging of Food Products and Sports Supplements

— The Vision of Professional Users in the Field of Nutrition and High Competition

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Designing with Data

— Conference and Workshop with João Novais

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ID Masterclass

— Sketching with João Ornelas

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esad—design [cluster]

— open week to celebrate 10th anniversary

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News

We are thrilled to share our latest news

Exhibition curated by Jeremy Aston

Not Just Hot Air

— 100 Years Off Blow-dryer Design

Until 04.05.2025 · Casa do Design, Matosinhos

Not Just Hot Air · 100 Years Off Blow-dryer Design

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Undergraduate

The change that generates changes is taught and learned.

Masters in Design

Craft Meaningful Experiences

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Postgraduate programmes

Invest in your future.

100% financed programmes

CTeSP in Design

Launch Your Design Career

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What to expect from studying at ESAD
Scholarships

Scholarships

We reward merit and unique talents
Erasmus+

Erasmus+

Enriching lives, opening minds

ESAD - School of Arts and Design has a prestigious 35-year history. Now we are projecting the history of the future: our common future.

A critical and interdisciplinary perspective.

Latest publications

O Desenho Como Errância Fronteiriça

Tributo ao Filósofo Espanhol Eugenio Trìas

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Para Ser Eterno Basta Ser Um Livro

Editorial e Design do Livro em Portugal no Século XX

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Our list of publications includes exhibition catalogs, monographs, essays and magazine issues published in Portuguese and English, reaching a wide audience.

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