Shih Chien's College of Design is the first school to take its students to international competitions. Shih Chien is also the first institution to place its department of industrial design--a subject heretofore thought of as part of science and industry--into a college of humanities and the arts.
開風氣之先，實踐大學設計學院帶領學生參與國際競賽；開風氣之先，實踐大學將一向屬於理工範疇的工業設計，改設在人文藝術學院中。