Université de Technologie Compiègne (UTC) MSc User eXperience Design (UxD)
Université de Technologie Compiègne (UTC)

Université de Technologie Compiègne (UTC)

MSc User eXperience Design (UxD)

Compiègne, France

MSc

4 semesters

English, French

Full time

On-Campus

Key Summary

    About : The MSc User eXperience Design (UxD) focuses on creating user-centric digital products. The course covers aspects of design thinking, user research, prototyping, and usability testing. It aims to prepare students to analyze and improve the overall user experience across various platforms. Students can expect a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical application over the duration of the program.
    Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue careers as User Experience Designers, UX Researchers, or Product Designers in industries such as tech, finance, and healthcare. They’ll be well-equipped to contribute to improving product usability and accessibility, impacting user satisfaction and engagement.

The Master’s degree specialty ‘User Experience Design "(UxD) is a combination of design, computer science, and social sciences.

Pedagogy

The studies proposed are largely based on multidisciplinary teamwork. One of the particle features is to see, understand and control how technologies interact with mankind's activities. The field is conducive to the emergence of novel, ideas, and concepts that can be taken as far as a 'demonstrator'.

The specialty has close contacts with:

  • academics and industrialists
  • projects that focus on human/technology interactions
  • workshops
  • acquisition of specifics on cognition systems, multimodal technologies, CSCW, virtual/mixed/augmented realities ... ergonomics, sociology, user sociology, data analysis, enactive approaches, management and marketing of innovative products and services
  • knowledge needed to take the ideas to demonstrator level (with tools in mechatronics and computer sciences) and prototyping

Professional Openings

UxD job openings are to be found management of R&D and Innovation with technology-intensive interactions, typically with the R&&D divisions of major industrial grips, public authorities, SSII, computer science companies... graduates can also pursue to a Ph.D. level in UxD.