Industrial Engineering design, MSc
Chalmers University of Technology
Key Information
Campus location
Gothenburg, Sweden
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
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Introduction
Industrial Engineering design, MSc
Studying this master's programme will give you the skills to design better products and services, providing meaningful user experiences, improving and making a real difference to people's everyday lives. The programme is user-centred and sustainability-oriented, with a holistic systems perspective on product development.
The programme address demands from the industry for effective and efficient product development, with a strong user focus to ensure commercial success — as well as growing societal demands for more sustainable options. In addressing these two perspectives, the programme thereby prepares students for a successful professional career designing products, product service systems, and interactions in varying contexts. You will develop your ability to handle complex design problems and propose innovative, user-centred, sustainable solutions. The programme will encourage you to increase your knowledge of state-of-the-art theories, methods, and tools as well as hone your practical skills through hands-on project work. Your ability to make informed design decisions, balancing demands from users, industry, society and the environment in an integrated systems perspective will be highly refined.
The programme is suitable for students who are interested in working to improve people's lives by making their experiences and interactions with technology better. A strong focus on the interplay between humans, technology, and design will give you the unique combinations of skills required to work within the humanistic dimension of technology – a highly sought-after quality. This entails a mixture of creativity, empathic ability, deep theoretical knowledge of human behaviours, and a sense of responsibility considering the potential solutions.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Scholarships are a great source of funding for Master's students who are liable to pay tuition fees. Some of these are administrated by Chalmers and others by external institutions. Additional scholarships may be appended to the list and applicants are therefore encouraged to check this webpage regularly.
Please visit the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Compulsory courses year 1
During the first year the programme starts with two compulsory courses that form a common foundation in Industrial design engineering. Each course is usually 7.5 credits.
- Industrial design engineering
- Business driven strategic marketing management
Compulsory courses year 2
In the second year you must complete a master's thesis in order to graduate. The thesis may be worth 30 credits or 60 credits depending on your choice.
- Project industrial design engineering
- Master's thesis
Program Outcome
Credits: 120
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Graduates from the programme work with user-centred development in industry, either in-house or as consultants. Common job titles are UX-designer, UX architect, product designer, service designer, product planner, product manager, human factors specialist, and design team leader.
The industries and applications vary greatly. You will be able to create interfaces for advanced systems in the vehicle industry, develop essential systems for power supply and traffic control and invent innovative services in healthcare and mobility. Others design meaningful and attractive consumer goods and electronics. Some graduates also work with design and human factors research in an academic context.