MSc Integrated Product Design
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Key Information
Campus location
Stockholm, Sweden
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
SEK 342,000 / per year *
Application deadline
Request info
Earliest start date
Aug 2024
* non-EU/EEA/Swiss is 342,000 SEK.
Introduction
The master's programme in Integrated Product Design teaches students how to create sustainable products, services, systems and business models. In one of two distinct specialisations, students either explore product, service and system design in relation to users and markets, or management of innovation and product development processes. Graduates have the expertise for careers in a wide range of industrial and business sectors.
Integrated Product Design at KTH
Engineers need advanced knowledge and highly developed skills to create competitive and sustainable products, services, and business models in today's fast-changing global market. The master's programme in Integrated Product Design offers two specialisation tracks: Industrial Design Engineering and Innovation Management and Product Development. The programme comprises a mixture of mandatory, track-specific and elective courses, allowing you to select courses that match your interests and career goals. During the programme, you will have contact with industry, and projects are often conducted in cooperation with companies or organisations, providing you with valuable experience from practice.
In the final degree project, you perform in-depth work on a problem from industry, society, or academic research that aligns with your selected specialisation. An experienced researcher supervises the degree project that you carry outin an industrial or academic environment.
The two-year programme (120 ECTS credits) is in English. Graduates are awarded a Master of Science degree. Activities within the programme are mainly held at the KTH Campus in Stockholm by KTH’s School of Industrial Engineering and Management.
The Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) track focuses on the design, functionality, and communicative aspects of products in relation to users and markets. You will study and work with product design and service design as well as system design. You will improve your skills in product development, merging a mechanical engineering point of view with an industrial design point of view. The activities covered in the design process include user insights, ideation, concept screening, form-giving and visualisation, branding, prototyping, overall systems design, choice of materials, manufacturing, and sustainable development.
In development projects throughout the programme track, you will collaborate closely with companies and organisations that have identified a potential development of a new product or service or improvement an existing one. From an IDE perspective, these cases need to include various types of user interactions and technical complexities to ensure that industrial design and mechanical engineering knowledge is required. The result of our efforts should address user needs and be adapted to user behaviour.
As IDE integrates industrial design and mechanical engineering, the teachers at IDE have a background in either of these fields. This also requires that the students who apply have completed both industrial design and mechanical engineering courses in their bachelor's degree.
Admissions
Curriculum
Year 1
MF2086 "Research Methodology in Management and Organization" 6cr. is mandatory alternative can MF2072 "Research Methodology in Machine Design" 6cr. be chosen in year 2, period 2.
Mandatory courses
- Eco Design (MF2032) 6.0 credits
- Advanced Service Design (MF2039) 9.0 credits
- Research Methodology in Management and Organization (MF2086) 6.0 credits
- Machine Design (MF2101) 6.0 credits
- Machine Design Project Course (MF2102) 6.0 credits
- Mechatronic in Product Design (MF2104) 6.0 credits
- Advanced Product Design (MF2112) 12.0 credits
- Design for Sustainability (MF2114) 3.0 credits
Year 2
Course list: Information is based upon the curriculum for academic year 2023/2024.
Changes may occur.
MF2086 "Research Methodology in Management and Organization" 6cr. is mandatory alternative can MF2072 "Research Methodology in Machine Design" 6cr. be chosen in year 2, period 2.
Mandatory courses
- Advanced Industrial Design Engineering (MF2113) 12.0 credits
- Degree Project in Industrial Design Engineering, Second Cycle (MF227X) 30.0 credits
Program Outcome
Sustainable development
Graduates from KTH have the knowledge and tools for moving society in a more sustainable direction, as sustainable development is an integral part of all programmes. The three key sustainable development goals addressed by the master's programme in Integrated Product Design are:
- 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
- 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
- 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
The challenge to transform the industry into a fully sustainable system is paramount. In our programme we try to tackle this on at least three levels;
- On a system level, we push a circular approach. This means moving into a service paradigm with business models based on providing shared functionality rather than just pushing stuff to the market.
- On a product level, meaning that the products need to be designed for use, repair, refurbishment and reuse. Obviously, we also need to take the choice of materials and ways of production into close consideration.
- Finally, our research has pointed to the need of being innovative also regarding management, organisation and business models to change the present linear paradigm into a circular one.
Sustainable development
Graduates from KTH have the knowledge and tools for moving society in a more sustainable direction, as sustainable development is an integral part of all programmes. The three key sustainable development goals addressed by the master's programme in Integrated Product Design are:
- 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
- 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
- 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
The challenge to transform the industry into a fully sustainable system is paramount. In our programme we try to tackle this on at least three levels;
- On a system level, we push a circular approach. This means moving into a service paradigm with business models based on providing shared functionality rather than just pushing stuff to the market.
- On a product level, meaning that the products need to be designed for use, repair, refurbishment and reuse. Obviously, we also need to take the choice of materials and ways of production into close consideration.
- Finally, our research has pointed to the need of being innovative also regarding management, organisation and business models to change the present linear paradigm into a circular one.
After graduation: Industrial Design Engineering
Product developer, creative engineer, technical or design consultant or user experience designer.
After graduation: Innovation Management and Product Development
Innovation manager, product manager, technical or management consultant.
Scholarships and Funding
KTH offers four different scholarship opportunities for master's studies. The KTH Scholarship covers the tuition fee of a one or two year master’s programme. The KTH One-Year Scholarship is aimed at current KTH master's programme students and covers the tuition fee of the second year of studies. The KTH Joint Programme Scholarship is aimed at students in certain joint programmes and covers the tuition fee for the study period spent at KTH. The KTH India Scholarship is aimed specifically at students from India.
- KTH Scholarship
- KTH One-Year Scholarship
- KTH Joint Programme Scholarship
- KTH India Scholarship
Swedish Institute
The Swedish Institute (SI) offers a number of scholarships for students from targeted countries coming to Sweden.
KTH associated scholarship organisations
KTH cooperates with the following organisations providing scholarship opportunities for prospective KTH students.
- COLFUTURO (Programa Crédito Beca) for students from Colombia
- LPDP (Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education) for students from Indonesia
- FUNED for students from Mexico
Scholarship portals
IEFA database
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Studyportals
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WeMakeScholars
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Deferment of student loans in the United States
KTH is an accredited institution at the US Department of Education and holds a Title IV 'Deferment Only' status (OPE ID 03274300). US students may defer payments on existing federal student loan accounts while enrolled in a master’s programme at KTH. The 'Deferment Only' status does not allow students to take out federal student loans for enrolment at KTH. However, the accreditation facilitates grant and loan opportunities for US students as many private student loan institutions in the US use this designation as a requirement to grant new loans. Students who wish to defer payments must contact their lending institution in the US.
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the institute website for more information.
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Career Opportunities
The master's programme in Integrated Product Design offers you a comprehensive education and refined expertise applicable to a wide range of industrial and business sectors as well as to organisations and consultancies.
The Industrial Design Engineering track provides skills necessary to work with product development and design, and user-driven design, either as a creative engineer, technical expert, project manager, or as commissioner of design and other related positions.
The Innovation Management and Product Development track provides opportunities for a variety of jobs in areas related to innovation, including project management, business development and product planning. You also instil competence to work on complex multidisciplinary product development projects as a technical expert, project manager, R&D manager, or consultant.
After graduation: Industrial Design Engineering
Product developer, creative engineer, technical or design consultant or user experience designer.
After graduation: Innovation Management and Product Development
Innovation manager, product manager, technical or management consultant.