Sotheby’s Institute of Art is proud to partner with leading academic institutions around the world to offer students a range of educational opportunities. Below is a complete list of our partner institutions:
Partnerships
Sotheby’s Institute of Art is proud to partner with leading academic institutions around the world to offer students a range of educational opportunities. Below is a complete list of our partner institutions:
CENTRO is a leading institution for urban model of higher education in design, architecture, digital media and film in Mexico City. It focuses on the critical role of creativity in analyzing and resolving problems of varied complexity in diverse contexts, using a human centered and system-oriented approach. Through a specialized and personalized educational model, CENTRO forms creative experts with a socially conscious, sustainable, and entrepreneurial perspective.
Sotheby’s Institute of Art-New York collaborates with CENTRO on its MA in Contemporary Art, Markets, and Management (Maestría en Contemporáneo Arte, Mercados y Negocios). The program is the first and only degree of its kind in Latin America to combine faculty from CENTRO and Sotheby’s Institute of Art, the global leader in the study of art business. Drawing on faculty, curriculum and professional networks from both CENTRO and Sotheby’s Institute of Art, students learn how business fundamentals such as finance, strategy, and marketing apply to the evolving art and design industries in Mexico City and beyond. Field study trips to New York City and Los Angeles will provide students with an international context for art markets and management in two of the world’s most important artistic centers.
Founded in 1886 as Korea’s first modern school for women, Ewha has grown into the world's most comprehensive women's university through constant progress and leaps forward based on the spirit of challenge and innovation. Under the vision of ‘Women Intellectuals Pioneering the Future,’ Ewha is committed to establishing the 3E (Empowerment, Engagement, Exploration) core strategies, each of which is aimed at strengthening capabilities based on academic autonomy, pursuing community ethics based on communication and trust, and leading university education under the spirit of challenge, while promoting six priority projects.
Sotheby’s Institute of Art partners with Ewha University by providing students advanced placement into a wide range of courses offered through Sotheby’s Summer Institute in both New York and London and in Sotheby’s Online program.
Georgetown University is one of the world’s leading academic and research institutions, offering a unique educational experience that prepares the next generation of global citizens to lead and make a difference in the world. Georgetown University is a vibrant community of exceptional students, faculty, alumni and professionals dedicated to real-world applications of our research, scholarship, faith and service. Established in 1789, Georgetown is the nation’s oldest Catholic and Jesuit university. Drawing upon the 450-year-old legacy of Jesuit education, we provide students with a world-class learning experience focused on educating the whole person through exposure to different faiths, cultures and beliefs.
Sotheby’s Institute of Art partnership with Georgetown’s MA in Art and Museum Studies permits students to spend the spring semester studying at their choice of Sotheby’s Institute campus in London or New York.
Sotheby’s Institute in London is an affiliated institution of The University of Manchester, the first and most eminent of the English civic universities and part of the esteemed Russell Group. All postgraduate and study abroad programs in London are validated by The University of Manchester. Sotheby’s Institute has been proudly delivering programs developed with, approved by, and leading to an award from The University of Manchester for over 30 years.
Sotheby's Institute of Art-New York holds degree-granting authority from the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York and is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
Sotheby’s Institute of Art and Tsinghua University have a long-standing partnership that provides students opportunities to learn about the art world capitals of New York, London, and Beijing . Through the partnership of the two schools, the examination of art and business is brought to students in a powerful combination of what the two institutions can offer and provides a multi-perspective global experience.
There are two ways to study: 8-and 10-week Online Premier courses are taught online throughout the year on topics such as art history and art business. These courses are taught in English with Chinese translation, and include specialized units on Chinese art history and Chinese art markets. Students who successfully complete the course earn a digital Certificate of Completion from Sotheby’s Institute of Art as well as Continuing Education Units granted by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
To gain a graduate degree, Tsinghua University’s Academy of Arts & Design (AAD) and the School of Economics and Management (SEM) partner with Sotheby’s Institute to offer a two-year Master’s Degree in Art Business that can be completed either in-person or through the hybrid program with study in Beijing, New York City, and London. Students who successfully complete the program will hold a Sotheby’s Institute of Art MA in Art Business degree with official recognition from the Ministry of Education of China. For inquiries, please contact admissions@sia.edu.
Students from the MA in Arts Management at American University have the option to study on a Semester program at Sotheby’s Institute in London.
Founded in 1900, Audencia Business School is one of the best management schools in Europe. The EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA international accreditations added to the positive evaluation by AERES (the French agency that rates research and higher education) underline a commitment to teaching excellence.
Its programmes are regularly ranked among the world’s best by The Financial Times and The Economist. The school’s vision of teaching is based on three key principles that give sense to our actions: global responsibility, entrepreneurship and a cultural awareness of which the dual competencies approach and an international spirit of openness are the most emblematic examples.
Sotheby’s Institute in London is an approved study abroad destination for undergraduate students at Bryn Mawr.
Through an agreement with the University of California’s Education Abroad Program (EAP), Sotheby’s Institute in London welcomes junior and senior undergraduates onto selected Semester programs.
Sotheby’s Institute in London is an approved study abroad destination for undergraduate students at Cornell.
Sotheby’s Institute in London is an approved study abroad destination for undergraduate students at University of Southern California.
ESCP Business School partnership offers opportunities for study abroad and dual degree programs. With six campuses in Paris, Berlin, London, Madrid, Turin and Warsaw, ESCP takes a international approach to management. Sotheby's Institute of Art-New York and ESCP, two renowned institutions, signed an agreement that will allow students of the ESCP Master in Management Grande Ecole program to follow a course of study from the start of the 2020 academic year, either as a study abroad exchange student in the Fall semester or as a dual degree graduate in Master’s in Management (MiM) from ESCP and MA in Art Business from SIA-NY. ESCP students will carry out their Master 1 year on one of the campuses of the European Business School and their Master 2 in New York. This partnership is the first international dual skills agreement for ESCP in the field of art management.
Sotheby's Institute of Art partners with Queens College, CUNY, providing access to QC students to take SIA courses free of charge through the Diversifying Art Business Leadership: SIA and QC/CUNY Consortium. Through this program, QC/CUNY students with demonstrated financial need will gain access to SIA's specialized graduate level educational opportunities. This collaboration advances Sotheby's Institute Art's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the art world.