Degree structure

Source: https://www.tue.nl/en/education/graduate-school/master-industrial-design/degree-structure Parent: https://www.tue.nl/en/education/graduate-school/master-industrial-design

Education Model

The goal of the two-year Industrial Design master’s degree program is to train you to become a self-directed industrial designer with a unique competence profile. Together with your coaches, you will develop this profile based on your identity and your vision on design, technology and society, your professional ambitions and the areas of expertise you want to master.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Our educational approach is based around five areas of expertise:

Creativity and Aesthetics
Technology and Realization
Users and Society
Business and Entrepreneurship
Math, Data and Computing

You will work on all five areas, but you will choose at least two expertises in which you will specialize further. Furthermore, you will study design and research processes. Check the online education guide for more information about the areas of expertise.

Learning activities

To support you in developing your unique profile, you choose electives and projects that fit your vision, ambitions and specialization. You are responsible for your own development and compose the vast majority of your program yourself, under the guidance of your coaches, of course. Besides two compulsory courses and electives, projects are the backbone of this program. On the online education guide you will find the complete curriculum and an overview of all learning activities.

PROJECTS

In our competence-based educational approach, you immediately apply what you learn. In authentic design or design research projects you integrate the knowledge, skills and mindset from the areas of expertise. In addition, you develop your academic and professional skills in your projects, which often in involve collaboration with a ‘real’ client – a company, government agency, researcher, or NGO.

Student projects

Soundsnip

Making music with sound snips. Jeppe Groen

Acorn to artefact

Group project on biocomposite. Simone Coojmans, Rosanne de Jong, Maxim Meijer, Vinzenz Unterhauser

Algaerithm

Recipes based on the structure of algae. Mirte Borgmans en Jessy Bunk

Final Master Project (graduation project)

As a graduate student you work towards a clear competence profile, resulting in the integration of your strongest expertise areas, driven by a unique and personal vision on designing. Therefore, the set-up of the Final Master Project is very individual; every student requires a different plan. A graduation mentor will support you from the second semester of the first year until your graduation. See more on the online education guide.

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