The most important partners of ARIA are the three Schools of Arts of the Antwerp Association (AUHA):
- (KdG University of Applied Sciences and Arts)
- (AP University of Applied Sciences and Arts)
- (AP University of Applied Sciences and Arts)
ARIA also collaborates with research groups and centers at the University of Antwerp:
- Antwerp HeArts
- Visual and Digital Cultures Research Center (ViDi)
- Visual Poetics
- ​Department of Management (Cultural Management)
- Urban Studies Institute
- ​Centre for European Philosophy
- ​OPEN Expertise Centre for Accessible Media and Culture​
There are also collaborations outside the University of Antwerp. For example, for the doctoral education in music, ARIA works closely with , the doctoral program for performers and composers of the .