Industrial Design

Welcome to the department of Industrial Design

We offer students and staff an international and academic, in other words intellectually stimulating, study and working environment that will inspire them to broadly-based personal development, social and cultural engagement and an entrepreneurial attitude. We are shaping a new discipline: designing and creating intelligent systems, products and related services. We combine cutting edge research in several domains to educate a new type of engineer.

Our industrial designers create connected solutions, combining products and services to suit individual needs. Both students and researchers can work with all stakeholders, customers and producers alike, who are not only involved, but are also essential contributors to the future sustainability of our world. Their role will be to mediate the developments in technology, the needs of people (culture & society) and the responsibility for properly using the power of ideas and values.

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Our unique educational model brings together learning and working. Right from their very first day students learn, apply and develop the appropriate attitude, while functioning as 鈥榡unior employees鈥�. They intensively collaborate with research staff in squads, dedicated to specific research topics.

Our department regards it as its task to train engineers possessing a sound basis of knowledge, as well as a rich set of competencies that will enable them to develop successful careers in Industrial Design and a wide range of functions within the community. 

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Research through design

Research at the department focusses on six clusters:

  • Computational Design Systems
  • Design of Empowering Systems
  • Designing with Intelligence
  • Interactive Matters
  • Making With...
  • Transdisciplinary Research & Design
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Research Labs

At the Departement of Industrial Design researchers and students can use several labs to support their research and educational activities. We offer Generic Make-Labs, Specific Make-Labs and Research Labs.

We proudly present our spin-offs, startups and other projects!

Valorization

At the department of Industrial Design we are shaping a new discipline: designing and creating intelligent systems, products and related services. We combine cutting edge research in several domains to educate a new type of engineer.

Find out more about collaboration with students of Industrial Design, examples of research and student projects and Industrial Design's spin offs.

News

July 15, 2025
Shaping the Future Together with Robots
From August 25鈥�29, RO-MAN 2025 takes place in Eindhoven, exploring how humans and robots can shape a hybrid future through collaboration and interaction.
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July 10, 2025
Self-Monitoring as a Key to Improved Cardiac Care
Goevaerts鈥� research at 果冻传媒 Industrial Design shows how digital self-monitoring can support healthier lifestyle choices in long-term cardiac care trajectories.
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Industrial Design at DIS 2025
July 8, 2025
果冻传媒 ranks 24th worldwide in Human-Computer Interaction
June 27, 2025
Shaping Impact
June 26, 2025
The winners of the Science Awards 2025. From left to right: Fons van der Sommen, Sandra Loerakker, Tom Bertens, Iris Huijben, Juliette van Haren, and Heleen de Coninck. Photo: Bart van Overbeeke
Innovation thrives on collaboration; this is the theme of Research Day 2025
June 25, 2025

Our video provides a wonderful glimpse into the research, education, and people of our Industrial Design department.

We are proud of what we have achieved and want to share this with you. It showcases the innovative ideas and technologies we develop, the unique learning experiences we offer, and the diverse and creative community we form. We hope this inspires you and makes you proud of our collective efforts.

Events

  • 31 Aug
    02 Sep
    KU Leuven.AI

    Leuven.AI Conference

    A historic gathering of renowned AI pioneers, celebrating 70 years of Artificial Intelligence & 600 years of KU Leuven.

  • 03 Sep
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    EAISI Masterclass (1) of visiting Professor Francis Bordeleau

    Masterclass (1) about Leveraging AI/ML and DT to solve complex problems in different applications domains

  • 04 Sep
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    Information Session 04-09-2025 - Data Science & AI for Professionals

    September 4, 2025 6:30 PM / EAISI, Neuron Building - 果冻传媒

  • 04 Sep
    kolibri

    EAISI Masterclass (2) of visiting Professor Francis Bordeleau

    Masterclass (1) about Leveraging AI/ML and DT to solve complex problems in different applications domains

  • 16 Sep
    kolibri

    EAISI lecture of visiting Professor Xavier Boix

    A lecture about: Towards Self-Improving Machine Learning

  • 23 Sep
    kolibri

    EAISI lecture of visiting Professor You-Jin Park

    A lecture about Perspective Taking, Partner Models and User Behaviour in Conversational Interface Interaction

  • 25 Sep

    Ladies of Data 2025

    September 25, 2025 3:00 PM / JADS Den Bosch

  • 01 Oct
    kolibri

    EAISI lecture of visiting Professor Antonio Vergari

    A lecture about logically-consistent deep learning

  • 30 Oct
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    Information Session - 30 10 2025 Data Science & AI for Professionals

    October 30, 2025 6:30 PM / EAISI, Neuron Building - 果冻传媒

  • 13 Nov
    ai summit brainport

    AI Summit Brainport 2025

    How to trust AI? The Good, the Bad and the AI

  • 11 Dec
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    Information Session 11-12-2025 Data Science & AI for Professionals

    December 11, 2025 6:30 PM / EAISI, Neuron Building - 果冻传媒

    • Contact

    • Visiting address

      Department of Industrial Design
      Atlas 3 South
      Groene Loper 3
      5612 AE Eindhoven
      The Netherlands

    • Postal address

      Department of Industrial Design
      Atlas 3 South
      PO Box 513
      5600 MB Eindhoven
      The Netherlands