Past SMA & GSMA Winners
Congratulations!
These students were selected as the top representative from their District in the year indicated. This is IDSA’s top student honor and represents a significant achievement for each of these talented designers. Note: IDSA’s Student Merit Award program extends well past 2005, the last year shown here. Efforts are under way to compile and publish all winners dating back to the start of the program.
2023
Graduate SMA Winners
University of Oregon (West District)
University of Houston (South District)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Midwest District)
Rochester Institute of Technology (Northeast District)
Undergraduate SMA Winners
Purdue University (Midwest District)
University of Houston (South District)
Parsons (The New School) (Northeast District)
Cleveland Institute of Art (Central District)
Western Washington University (West District)
2022
Graduate SMA Winners
Rhode Island School of Design
NC State University
University of Oregon
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Undergraduate SMA Winners
University of Houston
Western Washington University
University of Illinois at Chicago
Rhode Island School of Design
University of Cincinnati
2021
Graduate SMA Winners
Rochester Institute of Technology
San Francisco State University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Undergraduate SMA Winners
Syracuse University
University of Cincinnati
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
University of Oregon
Auburn University
2020 - 2016
Graduate SMA Winners
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Undergraduate SMA Winners
University of Oregon
North Carolina State University
Thomas Jefferson University
University of Cincinnati
Purdue University
Graduate SMA Winners
University of Houston
University of Pennsylvania – School of Design
University of Notre Dame
Academy of Art University
Undergraduate SMA Winners
University of Washington
University of Houston
Purdue University
Kean University
University of Cincinnati
Graduate SMA Winners
Undergraduate SMA Winners
Undergraduate SMA Winners
Parsons School of Design
UC DAAP
California College of the Arts
Savannah College of Art & Design
University of Notre Dame
Undergraduate SMA Winners
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Georgia Tech
University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC)
Kendall College of Art and Design
Arizona State University
2015 - 2011
Undergraduate SMA Winners
Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA)
Auburn University
Western Washington University
University of Illinois-Chicago
Syracuse University
Undergraduate SMA Winners
Pratt Institute
Arizona State University
The Ohio State University
Savannah College of Art & Design
University of Illinois at Chicago
Undergraduate SMA Winners
University of Cincinnati
Virginia Tech
Massachusetts College of Art
University of Notre Dame
California College of the Arts
Undergraduate SMA Winners
University of Cincinnati
University of Notre Dame
Virginia Tech
California College of the Arts
Pratt Institute
Undergraduate SMA Winners
Brigham Young University
University of Houston
Wentworth University
The Ohio State University
University of Notre Dame
2010 - 2005
Undergraduate SMA Winners
University of Houston
College for Creative Studies
University of Illinois at UC
Brigham Young University
Massachusetts College of Art
Undergraduate SMA Winners
University of Notre Dame
Arizona State University
University of the Arts
North Carolina State University
Cleveland Institute of Arts
Undergraduate SMA Winners
University of Notre Dame
Columbus College of Art & Design
California College of the Arts
Massachusetts College of Art
Virginia Tech
Undergraduate SMA Winners
Georgia Tech
Rochester Institute of Technology
Academy of Art University
University of Notre Dame
Cleveland Institute of the Arts
Undergraduate SMA Winners
San Jose State University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Purdue University
Cleveland Institute of the Arts
Georgia Tech
Undergraduate SMA Winners
Art Center College of Design
Cleveland Institute of the Arts
University of Illinois at UC
Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech