Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
Director of the Yale University Graduate Program in Graphic Design
"Prompts & Problems: An Outsider Chats about Design Pedagogy and Practice"
22 October 2013
Global Learning
Nurturing Designers with a Global Perspective
HKDI is dedicated to cultivating students’ global perspective and cultural sensitivity. Through partnerships with renowned design schools around the world, we offer an opportunity for students to engage in cross-cultural learning supported by overseas exchange scholarships.
Sharing from Incoming Students
If your home institution has a Memorandum of Understanding and/or an exchange agreement with us, you are welcome to apply for academic exchange at HKDI for one semester. Check out our credit-bearing and non-credit-bearing schemes to learn more about our incoming exchange programme.
Angélina Marie Verschueren
Credit Bearing Student of Stage and Set Design from Ecole nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre (ENSAV), Belgium
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Yaara Betesh Halevi
Credit-Bearing Student of Costume Design from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Israel
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Gala Espel
Credit-Bearing Student of Product Design from École Camondo - Les Arts Décoratifs, France
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Full-time HKDI students who are interested in the outgoing exchange programme may contact us and refer to the list of travelling scholarship for more information.
Noah Cheng
Exchange to Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Denmark. Supported by Muses Foundation for Culture and Education
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Suzanna Yu
Exchange to University of Borås, Sweden. Supported by Esprit International Exchange Scholarship
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Samping Wong
Exchange to Bergen School of Architecture, Norway. Supported by Senco-Masslink Technology Limited
MoreInternational Academic Partners
North America
US
Southern California Institute of Architecture
The New School
Australia
Australia
RMIT University
University of New South Wales
University Technology Sydney
Asia
China
Central Academy of Fine Arts
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Shenzhen Polytechnic
Shenzhen University
Tsinghua University
Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology
Israel
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Japan
Bunka Gakuen University
Bunka Fashion Graduate University
Bunka Fashion College
South Korea
Hongik University
Europe
Belgium
École nationale supérieure des arts visuels de La Cambre
Hasselt University
Denmark
Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation
France
École Camondo – Les Arts Decoratifs
Italy
Domus Academy
Istituto Europeo di Design
Istituto Marangoni Milano
Nouva Accademia di Belle Arti
Politecnico di Milano
Norway
Bergen School of Architecture
Poland
University of the Arts Poznań
Portugal
Lusíada University
Spain
Istituto Europeo di Design, Spain
Sweden
Linnaeus University
Malmö University
University of Borås
Switzerland
École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL)
Haute école d'art et de design Genève
Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)
UK
The Glasgow School of Art
Manchester Metropolitan University
University of Gloucestershire
University of Lincoln
University of Reading
University of the Arts London
University of Westminster
Overseas Exchange Scholarship and Donation
Your Support Matters
HKDI invites donations for our Overseas Exchange Programme, in support of outstanding yet financially challenged students to broaden their horizon through overseas exchange.
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Your donation will support daily expenses, such as travelling costs, room and board, and expenses raising from learning activities during exchange. HK$100,000 will be a full scholarship for one student to participate in overseas exchange for one semester. (note: donations of HK$100 or above will be tax deductible in the HKSAR).
In appreciation of donors’ generosity, acknowledgement will be arranged in such ways as the naming of scholarship, promotion on websites, printed materials and/or other media, and award presentation in the annual Student Awards Presentation Ceremony.
Donors are welcome to support specific academic programmes in relation to their mission and/or business areas. Post-exchange internships and/or other giving options are open for discussion.
Scholarships for Overseas Exchange
The VTC receives generous donations of overseas exchange scholarships from various partners including the Government of HKSAR, industries, professional bodies and individuals. Scholarships are awarded to outstanding students during the academic year to support their participation in overseas exchange activities. Besides, the Government of HKSAR has introduced various subsidy schemes for post-secondary students, aiming to subsidize their involvement in outbound exchange programmes.
Master Lecture Series
HKDI regularly invites design masters, academics and professionals from various design disciplines around the world to share with our students their inspiration, experience, perspectives and cultural insights.
Alan J. Plattus
Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the Yale School of Architecture
"Trailblazing: New Paradigms of Urban Design and the Work of the Yale Urban Design Workshop"
28 May 2015
Cecilie Andersson
Rector, Bergen School of Architecture
"When an Architecture Finds a Tree..."
16 June 2017
Torben Nielsen
Rector, Aarhus School of Architecture
"Daylight and Shadows as Creator of Architecture"
16 June 2017
Vladan Nikolic
Film Director and Dean of the School of Media Studies, The New School, New York
"Transmedia and Independent Filmmaking"
19 January 2015
Fiona Raby
Professor of Design and Social Inquiry at The New School, New York
"Not Here, Not Now - Introduction to Critical Design"
24 March 2015
Anthony Dunne
Professor of Design and Social Inquiry at The New School, New York
"Not Here, Not Now - Introduction to Critical Design"
24 March 2015
Belinda Tato
Architect and Professor at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design
"Ecosistema Urbano Architects #networkedurbanism"
26 January 2015
Jose Luis Vallejo
Architect and Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University GSAPP
"Ecosistema Urbano Architects #networkedurbansim"
26 January 2015
Severin Filek
Director of designaustria
"Some Facts, Figures and Ideas on Design (in) Austria and Measuring Design Value"
11 October 2016
Lawrence Zeegen
Dean of the School of Design, Ravensbourne University London
"Fifty Years of Illustration"
22 January 2019
Mark Coulier
Oscar-Winning Prosthetic Makeup Artist
"The Magic of Markup - from Harry Potter to Hollywood"
20 Jan 2014
Beatrix Ong
MBE Awarded Shoe Designer
Master Lecture by Beatrix Ong
11 March 2015
Francesco Sani
Award-Winning Architect and Designer
Master Lecture by Francesco Sani
30 October 2014
Ruby Yang
Oscar-Winning Filmmaker
"Design My Carerer: My Film, My Dream"
23 May 2013
Nabil El-Nayal
Course Leader
"In a volatile and ever-changing landscape, how can young creatives find solutions to the problems of the next decade?"
28 October 2021
Julian Roberts
MA Tutor
"Subtraction Cutting 1998-now"
28 October 2021
Hideshi Hamaguchi
Concept Creator and Strategist
"Manner of Innovation"
25 May 2017
Margaret Morton
Photographer and Professor of Art
"Fragile Dwelling"
14 September 2018
Sonja Stummerer & Martin Hablesreiter
Founder
"Why are pizzas round and fish sticks square?"
13 October 2021
Marije Vogelzang
Eating Designer
"How Eating Design changes the world from within the mouth?"
13 October 2021
Anne Beim
Professor
"Radical Tectonics for an Absolute Sustainable Architecture"
5 November 2021
John Doyle
Senior Lecturer
"The Super Tight City"
5 November 2021
Ico Migliore
Space Designer
"Migliore+Servetoo wunderkammer. Shapes Are Boring? Light Is Fun?"
9 May 2017
Cassandra Troyan
Senior Lecturer
"Speculative Fiction for Anti-Capitalist and Decolonial Futures"
20 October 2021
Gerry Leonidas
Professor
"Designing for the future: diverse and inclusive typeface design by default"
20 October 2021
Daito Manabe
Founder
"A new relationship between body and technology"
7 October 2021
Bert Bongers
Associate Professor
"Understanding Interaction"
7 October 2021
Enrique Rosas
Mexican artist and architect
10 May 2018
Dylan Brady
Conductor
"Working on Purpose: Creating the future we imagine"
3 December 2018
Drik Schumann
Founder
"Designing for Timelesness - Industrial Design for International Clients"
11 May 2017
Massimo Giacon
Illustrator
Comics x Design
7 December 2017