UNSW School of Art & Design is deeply engaged in art and design, the creative and cultural industries nationally and internationally.

Our unmatched network of education, research and industry partnerships extends across Australia and more than 30 countries globally. Dialogue and collaboration with our partners provides a wide range of mutual benefits, contributes to our curriculum and research and offers our students industry pathways.

Our Sydney-based cultural partners and collaborators include the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Artspace, Australian Centre for Photography, Australian Museum, Biennale of Sydney, Carriageworks, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Australian Design Centre, Remix, Sydney - Culture, Technology and Entrepreneurship Asia-Pacific Summit, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney Festival, Vivid Festival of Ideas and Sydney Culture Network.

Our major cultural philanthropic partners include the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation and Kaldor Public Art Projects.

Over more than 20 years we have established a network incorporating more than 900 organisations spanning small design-led and creative businesses, innovative start-ups to global brands.

One of the numerous ways we partner and network with businesses and creative enterprises is via our industry pathways and engagement program titled Professional Experience Project (PEP). If you are interested in becoming a professional experience host, or learning more about how joining with us can benefit your business or practice you can find out more here.

UNSW School of Art & Design’s network of international partners and peers include leading institutions and centres such as Ars Electronica FutureLab in Linz (Austria), Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (FACT) in Liverpool (UK), MIT Media Lab in Cambridge (US) and ZKM Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe (Germany).