Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA)

NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti is an international academy focusing on arts and design: it is the largest private academy in Italy, and the first one to have been recognized by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR), back in 1981. As a recognized academy, NABA offers in its two campus in Milan and Rome academic diplomas equivalent to first and second level university degrees in the fields of design, fashion design, graphics and communication, multimedia arts, new technologies, set design, visual arts. The academy was founded in Milan in 1980 upon the private initiative of Ausonio Zappa, Guido Ballo, and Gianni Colombo. NABA was selected by the QS World University Rankings® by Subject Art&Design as the Best Academy of Fine Arts in Italy and among the top 100 universities in the world, by Frame to be included in the Masterclass Frame Guide to the 30 World’s Leading Graduate Design, Architecture and Fashion Schools, and by Domus Magazine as one of Europe’s Top 100 schools of Architecture and Design.