Centennial College Advanced Diploma in Product Design and Development
Centennial College

Centennial College

Advanced Diploma in Product Design and Development

Toronto, Canada

Advanced Diploma

3 years

English

Full time

Jan 2026

CAD 4,428 / per year *

Distance Learning, On-Campus, Blended

* tuition 2 semesters Canadian students; CAD 15,385.50 - tuition 2 semesters International students

Key Summary

    About : The Advanced Diploma in Product Design and Development focuses on equipping students with essential skills in designing innovative products. This program includes comprehensive training in design principles, development strategies, and market analysis. It prepares students for challenges in the product design field through a blend of theoretical and practical learning.
    Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue various career paths in product design, including roles such as product designer, project manager, or design consultant. Opportunities may also arise in industries focused on consumer goods, technology, and manufacturing.
  • Program Code: 3517
  • School: School of Communications, Media, Arts, and Design
  • Credential: Ontario College Advanced Diploma
  • Program Type: Post-secondary program
  • Program Length: 3 years/ 6 semesters
  • Location: Story Arts Centre

The Product Design and Development program is the only one of its kind in Canada and will provide you with the unique understanding to develop high-tech, ecological and socially responsible products from concept and design to production.

Combining the strengths of Centennial College's School of Communications, Media, Arts and Design and the School of Engineering Technology and Applied Science, the innovative Product Design and Development courses will bring together hands-on learning in product and industrial design and product development with product lifecycle management. Through interdisciplinary, collaborative group projects that will require you to apply all stages of the visual design process, you'll develop creative design problem-solving abilities and strategies.

You'll also acquire a wide range of other skills in this advanced diploma program, including idea generation, drawing, model-making, 3D CAD advanced computer modelling, rapid prototyping, product development (CAE analysis, reverse engineering technology, materials selection, quality testing, product costing and optimization), product lifecycle management and cross-platform multimedia communications. To round out training, you'll gain a strong sense of functional and aesthetic principles of design as well as a solid understanding of the technical and business aspects of product development.

Centennial's Product Design and Development program meets the growing need for graduates with a strategic vision of interdisciplinary product design and an understanding of all stages of the product lifecycle who are ready to work in a variety of exciting careers related to consumer product development, electronics, furniture,