NABA is an international Academy focused on arts and design: it is the largest Academy of Fine Arts in Italy and the first one to have been recognised by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR), back in 1981.

With its campus in Milan, Rome and from A.Y. 2026/27 also in London, NABA offers 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, as well as PhD and Special Programmes. 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.