D-Schools 2007

Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute of Design

Chicago, Ill.

150 graduate students
Design and Business

Partnerships
Academic: IIT's Stuart School of Business.
Business: IIT has done consulting work for Kraft, Innovo, and P&G.
Top Employers: Doblin, IDEO, Samsung

Claim to Fame: Famous alumni include Ilya Prokopoff, co-director of the Transformation Group at IDEO and Ewan Duncan, partner at McKinsey.

Signature Programs: A graduate program specializing in user-centric design offers students a dual degree with the business school, teaching business executives to use design strategy to solve corporate challenges.