Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — The Royal Fee for Riyadh Metropolis (RCRC) has signed a strategic partnership settlement with the globally famend Istituto Marangoni, formally marking the institute’s entry into Riyadh’s Inventive District.
The transfer reinforces the Saudi capital’s rising stature as a world middle for trend, arts, and innovation.
The partnership, introduced on Thursday, was developed in collaboration with the Vogue Fee underneath the Ministry of Tradition and is backed by the Ministry of Funding. Istituto Marangoni, headquartered in Milan and with branches in Paris, London, and Miami, will start operations in Riyadh in August 2025.
Based in 1935, Istituto Marangoni is likely one of the world’s main educational establishments in trend, design, and luxurious model administration.
Its Riyadh campus will provide superior educational applications tailor-made to the wants of the Saudi and world trend industries, whereas additionally integrating native cultural heritage and identification into worldwide inventive requirements.
The institute’s launch follows complete market research geared toward figuring out each nationwide and world trend schooling wants.
A key objective is to equip a brand new technology of Saudi designers with the technical and inventive expertise to compete on the world stage.
The applications will provide an immersive, interactive studying surroundings, rooted in Riyadh’s fast-growing inventive sector.
“The arrival of Istituto Marangoni displays our dedication to reworking Riyadh into a number one vacation spot for tradition, creativity, and innovation,” mentioned Eng. Mazen Ahmed Tammar, Performing Vice President of Metropolis Advertising and marketing and Funding Promotion at RCRC. “Its applications will mix world finest practices with Saudi identification to develop future leaders in trend.”
Italian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Carlo Baldocci hailed the settlement as a milestone in strengthening inventive cooperation between the Kingdom and Italy.
Stefania Valenti, Group Managing Director of Istituto Marangoni, expressed gratitude for the sturdy assist from Saudi companions and reaffirmed the institute’s dedication to investing in Saudi expertise and shaping a vibrant trend ecosystem.
As a part of its rollout, the institute will provide a three-year diploma program for Saudi college students, together with 50 partial scholarships for highschool graduates or equal, chosen by way of a aggressive course of launched earlier this yr.
The initiative varieties a part of the broader Inventive District imaginative and prescient introduced by RCRC’s Board of Administrators in February. The primary part, situated within the King Abdullah Monetary District (KAFD), focuses on attracting world expertise in media, performing and visible arts, and inventive applied sciences.