Blue Design Alliance
Design projects related to the water and oceans cluster.
The Blue Design Alliance, a consortium of four educational institutions led by ESAD, is a higher education programme dedicated to one of our planet's most precious resources: water.
The purpose of the Blue Design Alliance is to use the tools of design to educate and train for the development of sustainable living, enabling the implementation and transfer of innovative ideas and products to the blue environment.
Promoting institutions
The promoting institutions guarantee prospects for scholarships and merit awards, inclusive reception of students, employability and a solid capacity for intervention in the northern region.
Based on the coastal and in the interior north of Portugal, the higher education institutions that make up the Blue Design Alliance offer a wide range of training programmes related to the social, cultural, economic and sporting dimensions of water and the oceans through design.
ESAD
Escola Superior de Artes e Design
Matosinhos
IPVC
Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo
Viana do Castelo
EHB.IPB
Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Bem-Estar do Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Bragança, Mirandela e Chaves
ESB.UCP
Escola Superior de Biotecnologia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Porto
Training programme
A Design Thinking methodology
The courses taught at ESAD allow the content to be reformulated taking into account your curiosity and ambition, as well as the needs of the labour market. The result is practical lessons aimed at solving concrete problems in an experimental and collaborative environment.
Design Thinking
Financed Training (100%)Food Packaging Design
Financed Training (100%)Food Product Communication Design
Financed training (100%)Interface and Multimedia Design
Financed training (100%)Maritime and Fluvial Product Design
Financed training (100%)Design de Produto e Espaços Marítimos e Fluviais — Autoconstrução
Financed training (50%)Design for Social Impact
Financed training (50%)Digital Illustration and Animation
Financed training (50%)Innovation in Design, Tourism and Blue Economy
Financed training (50%)Scholarships
Blue Design Alliance
This initiative offers scholarships for Professional Higher Technical Courses (CTesP), taught at ESAD, and Postgraduate Courses. All the courses are practically orientated and allow you to pursue a professional career, where the theme of water will always be present, as well as caring for the ecosystems of rivers, seas and oceans.
CTeSP - Postgraduate Courses - Continuing Education
Blue Design Alliance