Hyper Island

Hyper Island is a digital creative business school with a consultancy side specializing in industry training using digital technology.[1] It was founded 1996 in Karlskrona, Sweden and has presence through offices or campuses in Sweden (Headquarters), Brazil, UK, US, and Singapore.[2]

Hyper Island
IndustryEducation
Founded1996
Headquarters
Sweden 
Number of locations
Stockholm

Karlskrona
Singapore
New York City
São Paulo

Manchester
Websitewww.hyperisland.se/ 

Hyper Island offers full-time and part-time education programs as well as intensive courses aimed at industry executives. The different Hyper Island MA programs are accredited through Teesside University.[3][4]

Hyper Island also offers short term training of working professionals to boost knowledge levels and understanding of digital culture and media, transformative technology and how these affect ideation, execution, workflows, client collaboration and business models.

Methodology and Philosophy

Hyper Island focuses on nontraditional methods of education.[5][6]

The Hyper Island methodology is inspired by the following researchers and theories:

Recognition and awards

Hyper Island was once referred to as “The Digital Harvard”[7] and has been listed by CNN as one of the “most interesting schools around the world”.[8] In 2015 Hyper Island was awarded “Stora Annonsörspriset” ("Big Prize of Advertisement") for its contribution in educating designers, creatives and strategist to the Swedish and International Communication Industry.[9] In 2013 former Hyper Island CEO Johanna Frelin was named CEO of the Year in Sweden for small and medium enterprises.[10]

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gollark: With companies or people or whatever, you can usually just go to a different one. You *can't* do that for governments.
gollark: They do not, at least, have legally binding power and the whole "monopoly on violence" thing going on.
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References
  1. "YHMyndigheten - Swedish National Agency for Vocational Education".
  2. "Hyper Island abre filial no Brasil para ensinar transformação digital" (in Portuguese).
  3. "Fast Company Future of Advertising".
  4. "SAM Set to Become UK Accrediting Partner for Hyper Island".
  5. "Hyper Island, based at a former prison, teaches marketers on borderless digital world".
  6. "Entrepreneur inspiration: why I'm going back to school".
  7. "PSFK - Ideas For Innovation".
  8. "CNN".
  9. "Sveriges annonsörer".
  10. "Svenska Dagbladet".
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