Overall, the design profession is a graduate dominated profession. Perhaps the exception is France, which has a distinctive system of education for its elite cadre of engineers and managers through the Grande Ecoles. The pattern of educational growth of design disciplines is likely to match the country’s industrial needs, for example industrial design in China and graphics in the UK. China’s higher educational institutes are open to international exchanges and students are encouraged to study overseas. This outward focus is not quite so evident for UK design graduates. For the UK, the comparative advantage for design resides in.
