Master in Product Design and Engineering
Aveiro, Portugal
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
Portuguese, English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Master in Product Design and Engineering at Universidade de Aveiro develops skills in product optimization and innovation, combining design thinking and mechanical engineering. It focuses on human-centered design, sustainable solutions, projects and multidisciplinary teamwork to meet market flexibility. The course integrates conception and development of models and products and consolidates competencies through a transversal project that explores synergies across design and engineering. You’ll join an international community of 96 countries worldwide.
Career Outcomes: You could work as a product designer, mechanical design engineer, research and development (R&D) engineer, product development manager, or design consultant in manufacturing and innovation. These roles often involve product development, user-centered research, R&D, project management, entrepreneurship and sustainable design in global product manufacturing, industrial design firms, startups and consultancy environments.
Master in Product Design and Engineering
This Master Course intends to provide the adequate competences required to product optimization and innovation, by following a rather integrating approach in what concerns people, industry, society and environment. It is therefore intended to ensure specific formation in what concerns development and conception of models and products capable of providing adequate answers to demands related to market flexibility, fastness and assertiveness. Moreover, to achieve such objectives, the Course is planned to provide insight and knowledge on two core scientific areas, namely Design and Mechanical Engineering. It should also be mentioned that the latter is completed with a transversal core competence related to Project, where it is intended to consolidate the knowledge acquired within the two mentioned scientific areas, by exploring the synergies among the two thematic areas.
Several scholarship options are available. Please visit the university website for more information.
Year 1
1st Semester
- 3d Conception and Modelling
- Manufacturing Materials and Processes
- Project in Product Design I
2nd Semester
- Research Methods
- Project in Product Design II
- Engineering And Product Development
Year 2
1st Semester
- Systems Engineering
- Project in Product Design III
- Rapid Prototyping Techniques
2nd Semester
Dissertation / Project / Internship
This course is intended to promote an area of specialization in the field of Engineering and Product Design. The teaching-learning structure is based on a practical process that fosters a close proximity to reality and business partners. In this way, it seeks to consolidate competencies from real situations, which results are sometimes certified by the entrepreneurs themselves.
It aims to develop and deepen the training of professionals capable of performing tasks in the field of Product Design, namely in: development of integrated project in multidisciplinary teams; investigation; creation and development of new people-centered concepts and innovation; encouraging the identification of business opportunities and entrepreneurship; structuring, development and launch of sustainable products and services appropriate to markets and companies.
The curricular experience ensures the conditions for the practice of professional engineering and product design services suited to the needs of the global product manufacturing industry.