Desing is everywhere. Whether it's operating your smartphone,controlling a self-driving car, involving citizens in policy in their neighbourhood, or your new sneakers; the design has always been thought through. As an industrial designer, you translate societal trends and technologies into practical aplications for everyday life. The designer is the spider in the web when applying new technology. During your studies, you will learn how to integrate innovations, data, creativity, technology, user needs, aesthetics, social impact and business interest into the design of a product or service. After graduation, you will receive your degree Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design.
WHAT'S IN THE PROGRAM?
You will learn to design interactive systems, products and services that make our lives better, more social or simply more comfortable. Examples of projects that you could be working on are smart home systems, intelligent clothing, sustainable materials, AI, health, and motivating games.You will do this not only by taking courses, but also by lots of hands-on education: learning by doing.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION
The bachelor's program of Industrial Design is a creative and versatile degree program. It is a mix of creativity and technology, of thinking and doing. The disciplines, or 'areas of expertise', that you will study are:
- Business and Entrepreneurship (learning how to bring your product to the market)
- Creativity and Aesthetics (for a functional and well-designed product or service)
- Math, Data and Computing (for obtaining and interpreting the right data for research)
- Technology and Realization (bringing your design to live using technology)
- User and Society (getting to know the user's perspective, and responding to societal trends and challenges).
This is how you develop the knowledge and skills you need to design interactive systems, products and services. You will learn about the user, his needs, design and technical possibilities.
In multidisciplinary design projects you will discover how these disciplines are interrelated. You will also learn which discipline suits you best and where you want to develop from the second year onwards. In the third year, you will learn how to combine the different areas of expertise.
Want to know more? Check out the Course structure for more information.
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AT TU/E: COMPETENCE-BASED AND SELF-DIRECTED
The field is developing rapidly. That is why we assess you on how you develop and use your competences. You will take courses in each of the five so-called 'areas of expertise'. In design projects, you use, integrate and develop knowledge and skills in the five areas of expertise, learn about design and research processes and work on your professional skills. From the first semester onwards, you will work on a group project.
You are responsible for your own development and have freedom to partly shape your own program, with the support from a coach. You have free choice from the very first year. Will you go into greater depth and take all the Industrial Design electives? Or will you broaden your scope and take electives from other programs? We encourage you to develop your own vision and professional identity as a designer. This not only offers great diversity and freedom of choice, but also demands a lot of responsibility and initiative from you.
WHO ARE YOU?
Are you interested in technical applications, are you creative and can you empathize with others? Are you entrepreneurial, self-directed and do you work well together? Then the bachelor's program of Industrial Design is for you!
As an Industrial Design student, you must be prepared to work hard. You have successfully completed your pre-university education, including mathematics B and physics in your curriculum. Affinity with design and technology is a must, experience in programming or visualization, for example, is a plus. For more information, please visit the Admission and Enrollment page. Do you have an HBO propaedeutic year? Check the eligibility and additional requirements. Applied? Then we will contact you for the compulsory study choice check.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BECOME?
A degree in Industrial Design gives you a broad foundation as a technical designer. Many of our students go on to specialize in the Master's programme in Industrial Design, and then enter the business world or continue in research or education. The field of work ranges from small agencies in the creative sector to design departments of multinationals, or design agencies supporting companies in research, design and development. Check out the possibilities at After your bachelor's degree.
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE?
- Create an account on MyStart@果冻传媒 and we will keep you informed of all upcoming information activities.
- Everyone who has applied for our Bachelor's program starting in September 2025, will be invited for a study choice check, so you can check whether the study suits you.
- Be a Student for a Day and join an ID student during a lecture, project, or workshop and ask anything you'd like to know. Sign up via mystart@tue or email us: id.studyinformation@tue.nl.
- Curious about what our students make and learn at ID? You are very welcome to visit our online Open Day on 24 May 2025.
- You can also visit the exposition of our students' work during , on June 6, 2025. You can register via MyStart@果冻传媒.
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Study association Lucid represents the interests of the Industrial Design students. Lucid lets students view their field of study from a different angle. It achieves this by means of excursions, lectures and symposia and by organizing a study trip. The study association also organizes sports tournaments, parties, a weekly drink, weekends trips, and other forms of leisure activities to strengthen the cohesion between the you and your fellow students. This way, you will also work on your future in the professional field off campus.
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This program is NVAO-accredited. In the Netherlands, the NVAO assesses the internal quality assurance of universities and colleges and the quality of their programs.