For those who apply through universityadmissions.se, application period: 2024-10-15 – 2025-01-15
About the programme:
Design is a key competitive tool in the marketplace. Form, design, and function often determine the choice of one product over another. As user demands increase, so does the need for skilled product designers, making you highly valued by future employers.
This programme is tailored for engineering graduates who want to add a design perspecitve to their technical skills and become industrial designers. If you are passionate about creating new products and improving existing ones, this is the programme for you.
With a focus on both form and function, the programme gives you a comprehensive understanding of the entire product development process. You will learn to visualize and evaluate concepts using advanced design tools and prototyping techniques, ensuring your designs are not only innovative but also practical and manufacturable.
Throughout the program, you’ll work on a range of projects and assignments that will give you hands-on experience in the different stages of industrial design, such as sketching, surface modeling, and rendering.
You'll also explore digital aspects of product design through a course in user experience design, allowing you to understand how digital interfaces impact physical products. The programme also emphasizes sustainability and material selection, giving you the knowledge needed to create functional and environmentally responsible products. responsible.
By collaborating with leading companies and working on real-world design projects, you will gain valuable experience and expand your professional portfolio. The programme places a strong emphasis on training industrial designers who can create products that are visually appealing, user-friendly, and socially sustainable.
After completing the program, you’ll be qualified for roles as an industrial designer or design engineer. You’ll be able to analyze and optimize product designs to ensure they are producible with conventional techniques, meet user needs, and maintain aesthetic appeal.
After graduation, you are eligible to apply to the PhD programme at JTH, as well as many other PhD programmes worldwide.
Facts and requirements
Total tuition fee: 340000 SEK
Tuition fees do NOT apply for EU/EEA citizens or exchange students
After graduation
After completing the program, you will be qualified for roles as an industrial designer or design engineer. You will be able to analyze and optimize product designs to ensure they are producible with conventional techniques, meet user needs, and maintain aesthetic appeal.
Additionally, the program prepares you for a career in academia. You will gain insight into research methods and have the opportunity to write a scientific thesis, making you a strong candidate for PhD programs at universities and research institutes
Courses
År 1
Fundamentals of Industrial design, 15 credits
User Experience Design, 7,5 credits
Visualization in Industrial Design, 7,5 credits
Materials and Process Selection in Performance Design, 7,5 credits
Prototyping in Industrial design, 7,5 credits
Industrial design communications, 7,5 credits
Sustainable Product Realisation, 7,5 credits
År 2
Research Methodology in Product Realisation, 7,5 credits
Collaborative Design Studio, 7,5 credits
Project Course, 15 credits
Final Project Work in Product Development, 30 credits
Student projects
Here are some of the previous student projects from courses in the industrial design track as well as the master thesis work.
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Resources
JTH LABS
The program students have access to the so called JTH LABs which contains a large work area with an adjacent large and well stocked workshop. The students are spending most of their time doing hands-on work in the various courses and have free access to the many facilities we offer.
Printer farm
We find it natural to use many prototyping tools and as much as possible to test ideas and evaluate concepts. Our students have free access to our printer farm consisting of over 20 PRUSA minis and a couple of bigger printers. Happy printing!
Design studio
The industrial design students get their own work space in the design studio.
Clay workshop
Working with clay is a natural step in assessing shape, size, and ergonomic.
Student projects
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