SISD | Shenzhen International School of Design, Harbin Institute of Technology

Name

SISD | Shenzhen International School of Design, Harbin Institute of Technology

Legal name

哈尔滨工业大学深圳国际设计学院

Website

https://sisd.hit.edu.cn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Shenzhen

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Tuition Fees: Tuition fees from undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the institution. Annual tuition of 100,000 RMB for graduate programs.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SISD is a Sino-foreign cooperative higher education institution that delivers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Industrial Design, Digital Media Art, Architecture, Design Studies, and Urban and Rural Planning. It awards dual degrees from Harbin Institute of Technology and Zurich University of the Arts for graduate students, supported by 24 specialized laboratories, four innovation teaching experiment centers, a design museum, and a business incubator.

Product overview

SISD (Shenzhen International School of Design) is a non-independent legal Sino-foreign cooperative education institution jointly established by Harbin Institute of Technology and Zurich University of the Arts, approved by China's Ministry of Education on November 11, 2020. The institution operates three undergraduate programs (Industrial Design, Digital Media Art, Architecture) and three graduate programs (Design Studies, Urban and Rural Planning, Architecture). It implements an innovative 3Pro (Prototyping, Production, Promotion) full-chain 'Design + Innovation' education philosophy, combining art with technology and emphasizing interdisciplinary integration. The school features four experimental centers (Materials and Processing, Intelligent Manufacturing and Assembly, Vision and Art, Urban and Data), a business incubator, and an Architecture and Design Museum. Planned enrollment capacity is 1,200 students (800 undergraduates and 400 graduates).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Design (工业设计)

Quantifiable outcome

• Graduates receive dual degrees from Harbin Institute of Technology and Zurich University of the Arts

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Harbin Institute of Technology (哈尔滨工业大学)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 November 2020Parent institution and co-founding partner. HIT provides the institutional framework, academic credentials, and engineering expertise foundation for the collaborative school.
• Zurich University of the Arts (苏黎世艺术大学/ZHdK)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 November 2020Co-founding Swiss partner institution providing design education expertise and international academic standards. Graduate students receive dual degrees from both HIT and ZHdK.
• Shenzhen Municipal Government (深圳市政府)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 November 2020Local government partner providing land, facilities, and administrative support. Campus is located in Shenzhen University Town with infrastructure investment of approximately 955 million RMB.
• Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (加泰罗尼亚高等建筑研究院/IAAC)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 July 2015Spanish partner institution providing architectural education support and international collaboration for the school's architecture programs.
• Stuttgart State Academy of Fine Arts (德国斯图加特国立造型艺术学院/ABK)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 July 2015German partner institution supporting the school with art and design education collaboration and international exchange programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK): Swiss partner institution and one of Europe's largest universities of the arts. While a co-founding partner, ZHdK is also a peer institution from the student/employer perspective — its standalone programs represent the alternative credential that SISD's dual-degree model partly leverages.
• Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC): Spanish architecture and design research institution that is a supporting partner of SISD. Offers postgraduate programs in advanced architecture and digital fabrication that compete for the same international design talent, with particularly strong overlap in computational design and urban innovation.
• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design: A leading design school in the Greater Bay Area offering undergraduate and graduate programs in design, digital media, and architecture. Direct geographic competitor in the same region, with established international reputation and strong industry links.
• Tongji University College of Architecture and Urban Planning: One of China's leading architecture and urban planning schools with strong international collaborations (including with European institutions). Offers graduate programs in the same disciplines as SISD (Architecture, Urban Planning) and competes for similar top-tier applicants in interdisciplinary design education.

Broad incumbents

• China Academy of Art: Top-tier Chinese art and design university with comprehensive design, architecture, and digital media programs. Competes with SISD for design students in eastern China and has significantly larger scale, longer brand history, and broader program portfolio.
• Royal College of Art: World-leading postgraduate-only university of art and design based in London. Offers MA and MPhil programs in architecture, design, and visual arts that compete for the same aspiring international design talent pool as SISD's graduate programs.
• Rhode Island School of Design (RISD): One of the world's most prestigious standalone design schools, offering programs in industrial design, architecture, and digital media. Represents the gold-standard international design education credential that global applicants (and particularly Chinese students seeking overseas design education) commonly benchmark against.
• Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA): China's most prestigious fine arts and design university, offering undergraduate and graduate programs in design, architecture, and urban planning. A direct competitor for top design talent in China with decades of established reputation, far greater enrollment scale, and strong employer recognition.
• Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture: Nordic design school with strong interdisciplinary programs combining art, design, and technology. Comparable to SISD's positioning around the intersection of design and technology, and serves as a model for the European design pedagogy that ZHdK contributes to the partnership.

Regional players

• Shenzhen University School of Architecture and Urban Planning: Local Shenzhen university offering architecture and urban planning programs. Competes with SISD for domestic students in the same city, with advantages of established local reputation and lower tuition, though narrower international orientation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/shenzhen-international-school-of-design-harbin-institute-of-technology

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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