Scuola Italiana Design (SID) is a higher education institute in creative design based in Padua, Italy. It was set up in 1991 and positions itself as an international institute with close ties to the world of business and an-ever attentive eye to the transformations of the market.

Strongly supported by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua, in 2001 Scuola Italiana Design merged with "Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico Galileo Scpa/Galileo Science and Technology Park", which is a consortium, where participate the Chambers of Commerce of Padua, Treviso, Vicenza and Belluno, The Municipality and the Province of Padua, the Foundation Savings Bank of Padua and Rovigo, Veneto Innovation.

PST Galileo Scpa aims at helping local companies to be more competitive through innovation. PST Galileo's claim: "be innovative to be competitive".