Business
BAU drives the connection between academia, the creative industry, and institutions to transform the social and professional environment.
We collaborate with companies and organizations on innovation projects (R&D&I), creative consulting, and tailor-made training programs focused on creating real value and impact.
Connect with creative talent
Collaborating with BAU means gaining access to a dynamic university ecosystem where creativity, innovation, and research serve companies and institutions.
Organizations that partner with BAU benefit from access to creative and specialized talent, innovative solutions for real challenges, participation in R&D&I projects, tailor-made training programs, and opportunities to foster entrepreneurship, intellectual property, and brand visibility.
At BAU, we promote responsible, sustainable innovation focused on social impact, contributing to the cultural and professional transformation of the business and creative environment.
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Knowledge transfer and research
The synergy between education, knowledge transfer, and research lies at the heart of the educational mission of BAU College of Arts and Design. Our commitment to academic excellence enables students to develop in creative and professional terms. Knowledge transfer occurs through collaborative projects with businesses that address real-life problems and promote innovation. Our solid basis of research in the creative field enhances the educational experience and allows us to offer new lines of research and technical and methodological advances to both society and the creative sector.
Collaborating businesses
At BAU, we see collaboration with companies as a strategic opportunity to foster innovation, talent, and competitiveness in the creative sector. Organizations that work with our university gain access to a specialized environment in design, art, and communication, where practical solutions are developed for real industry challenges.
We work closely with each company to design tailor-made collaborations: innovation projects, internship programs, applied research, or customized training for teams. Our goal is to create synergies that generate value for both organizations and the academic community.
BAU maintains active partnerships with leading entities and clusters such as Cumulus, ELIA, Erasmus+, BCD, Audiovisual Cluster, ModaCC, Habitat Cluster Barcelona, Barcelona Activa, 22@network, Poblenou Urban Distric, ACCIÓ, Eurecat, Leitat, and the Red Cross, among others.
Key Figures on Impact and Collaboration
BAU maintains an active network of collaboration with the business and creative sectors, generating real opportunities for students, alumni, and organizations.
Each year, we expand our agreements and projects with leading companies in design, arts, and communication, driving employability, innovation, and knowledge exchange.
Integration statistic
- +200 active partner companies
- +150 new agreements signed each year
- +300 internship and job offers managed annually
- 85% of our graduates work in fields related to their studies
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Services to businesses
- R+D collaboration projects: BAU conducts "in-class" academic projects within regular program schedules; collaborative projects that involve multidisciplinary teams outside regular program hours; and industrial PhD projects that bring academia and industry together for long-term research that address specific needs of businesses and of PhD students and researchers.
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- Customised training for businesses: BAU offers in-company training and courses for business and institutions to improve the skills of their teams in fields relating to design, art, and creativity.
- Support for entrepreneurship and project incubation: BAU provides active support to and promotes entrepreneurship projects initiated during students’ studies. We offer a space for incubation, facilitating strategic alliances with institutions that promote entrepreneurship and providing ongoing orientation to foster the creation of new businesses.
- The promotion of intellectual property: We help follow up on projects with the potential for patents, facilitating their development for their launch in the market.
- Labour exchange and professional services: Our comprehensive job search services cater for the varied needs of businesses in the fields of design, communications, animation, and creative industries. We offer tailored guidance to students in search of internship opportunities and graduates in search of employment.
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- Talent for businesses: BAU creates opportunities for networking between businesses and our former students, encouraging connections through professional interviews and interaction at events, institutional presentations and establishing direct contact, and facilitating professional interviews for individuals with a graduate profile with industry through BAU Talent Networking.
- Institutional and academic collaboration and the use of space: Businesses and institutions can use the BAU campus – more than 10,000 m2 spread across three naves in Poblenou with versatile, fully-equipped spaces for private and public events. Our installations are adapted to various needs, from conferences and exhibitions to meetings and presentations. Our modern, functional spaces offer the ideal scenarios for creative and professional events. Said collaborations can take place via a lease of spaces (through a collaboration agreement to promote and boost synergies with BAU) or through the space rental service.
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BAU alumni
Our alumni community is a valuable source of talent and experience in creative and professional spheres. For more than 30 years, BAU has trained designers and creative professionals who now make a contribution to success and excellence in a number of industries.
At BAU, we play a role in the transformation to develop projects – both social and business – with businesses, institutions, and NGOs, generating and transferring knowledge with which to address current and future challenges and promoting social transformation as active agents for change. Our collaboration with businesses takes the form of various academic projects, customised training, the acquisition of talent through networking, and associations with creative industries.
At BAU, we work together to promote professional growth and success in the creative sector.
Collaborate with us
Partnering with BAU, College of Arts and Design Barcelona, connects your company with a creative ecosystem where talent, innovation, and research serve business growth and transformation.
We offer multiple ways to collaborate and boost your organization’s creativity, competitiveness, and innovation capacity.
- Access to creative talent: students and alumni specialized in design, communication, animation, and creative industries management.
- Applied innovation: co-develop real-world projects and challenges with tailored creative solutions.
- R&D&I projects: collaborate on applied research to create new products, services, or methodologies.
- Customized training: tailored professional development programs for teams and departments.
- Active professional network: connect with a broad community of professionals, companies, and startups in the creative sector.
- Support for entrepreneurship and intellectual property: assistance in developing innovative projects with business potential.
- Visibility and positioning: enhanced brand presence through BAU’s institutional channels and events.
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