Degree in Industrial Design Engineering

Degree in Industrial Design Engineering

With the Degree in Industrial Design Engineering you will be able to design and develop products, systems and services that add value to industry, society and the environment, integrating new technological advances.

With the Degree in Industrial Design Engineering you will train as a product design and development engineer with a highly qualified transdisciplinary profile to conceptualize, design, develop and produce a product, system or service that adds value to the industry, to the society and the planet we live on.

You will master the digital and physical modeling tools to represent and simulate the behavior of a product, selecting the most appropriate material and process. To do this, you will take into account technical, functional, usability, processing, environmental, aesthetic and communication requirements, which allow optimizing the production and marketing of products.

You will know how to detect innovation and market opportunities, which will bring you closer to the world of entrepreneurship and new business models. You will learn to use the knowledge of science and technology typical of engineering to innovate in a sustainable and meaningful way, with a look to the future, taking into account the environmental, social and economic impact.

Course 1

Semester 1

• Subject
• Algebra and Calculus
• Fundamentals of Programming
• Artistic Expression
• Design Methodology

Semester 2

• Physics of Materials
• Mechanics
• Computer Aided Design
• Electrical and Electronic Technology
• Aesthetics and Design

Course 2

Semester 3

• Industrial Processes
• Structural Calculation
• Statistical Methods
• Graphic Expression
• Design and Experimentation Project

Semester 4

• Materials Technologies
• Computer Aided Manufacturing
• Interaction and Technology
• Technological Project Management
• Development and Sustainability Project

Course 3

Semester 5

• Advanced Materials
• Simulation
• Mechatronics and Robotics

Semester 6

Course 4

Semester 7

• Design Research
• External Practices I and II

Semester 8

• Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Communication and Academic Writing
• End-of-Degree Project

Graduate in Industrial Design Engineering, homologated degree issued by the University of Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya

Credits: 240 ECTS (60 ECTS per academic year)

Skills

With the Degree in Industrial Design Engineering you will obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to develop a creative attitude of experimentation, with relevant and innovative scientific and humanistic criteria. You will learn to configure new realities to interpret the historical, social, cultural, economic and technological context. And, also, to integrate formal sensitivity as part of the project process.

• Evaluates the properties of materials and their manufacturing processes to select and characterize them.
• Applies modeling and simulation techniques to make decisions in the development of the project.
• Understands and applies data, from the most abstract to the most concrete.
• Applies graphic expression techniques to visualize and communicate product design and development.
• Use the fundamentals of economics and business to manage an organization, in self-employment or in any company.
• Develop prototypes that allow communication and the technical justification of the project.
• Uses scientific methods to integrate research sources into decision making.
• Understand the current industrial reality to work in the professional environment.
• Identifies emerging technologies that can add value to the project.

Once you finish the Degree in Industrial Design Engineering , you will be able to work in sectors such as:

• Mobility and transport: Design and development of vehicles and components for this sector (cars, motorcycles, electric bikes and scooters, airplanes, autonomous mobility and urban mobility...).
• Digital manufacturing: Implementation of parametric and 3D tools (3D modeling, 3D visualization, 3D printing). Use and development of additive manufacturing-3D printing technologies in the industrial, academic, research and development fields.
• Consumer electronics: Design or development of electronic products and devices such as mobile phones, tablets, electronic accessories and smart fabrics.
• Wearables: Integration of new materials and digital technology in textiles and electronic accessories.
• Digital applications: Design and development of web pages, mobile applications, internet of things or augmented reality applications, virtual reality and artificial intelligence.
• Sport: Design and development of products and clothing, footwear and accessories for the improvement and optimization of sports performance.
• Footwear: Design and development of footwear, which takes into account aspects from personalization through digital manufacturing to environmental, social and economic sustainability.
• Packaging: Design and development of containers and packaging (mass consumption, food, e-commerce or ecopackaging), taking into account formal and functional factors, relating technique and industry to the design of glass, plastic, metal, laminated, paper or cardboard.
• Biomedicine: Design and development of solutions for hospitals, the pharmaceutical industry and the biomedical sector, in products such as prostheses, laboratory tools, packaging machinery, medical devices, etc.
• Sustainability: Design, development and science for the transition towards a circular economy, focusing on the selection of materials, design and environmental evaluation of products.

The languages of instruction for this program are Spanish/Catalan, with some courses taught in English.