The International MSc in Design and Innovation is aimed at students with a bachelor degree in engineering or similar background. The programme develops both technical and socio-tech competencies in addition to providing experience in project work.
The MSc in Design and Innovation combines insight into technology and engineering, industrial design, management of design and innovation with socio-technical insights into the context of users and companies.
The Masters programme will provide you with the knowledge and experience to become an active partner in the shaping of future products and services. Contemporary developments point to more complex technical products combining different engineering disciplines with immaterial properties such as user-centred and environmental attributes.
The design challenge is to combine a variety of technical disciplines with stakeholder interests, synthesizing them in the new product. The Design & Innovation engineer has to take account of user needs, production, environmental impact, distribution and services in combining function, aesthetics and usability. The expertise of the Design & Innovation engineer goes beyond developing products; including development of concepts and socio-technical systems as well as the management of innovation processes.
The Masters programme aims to develop the students competences in three main areas:
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a reflective competence in engineering technology
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a creative and synthesis-oriented competence
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socio-technical competence, supporting design and innovation in the interplay between technology, organisation and people
A central area in the education is the transfer and building up of competences for creative synthesis of technological and social aspects in the development of products and systems. In addition, the education highly emphasizes the personal development of the students including; creative potential, engagement, professional overview and mastering of methods.
Project assignments and team work will be an integral part of the training in the Masters programme, advancing the students ability to cooperate with a variety of people.
Programme Provisions
To obtain the MSc degree in Design & Innovation, the student must fulfil the following requirements:
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Have passed General Competence Courses adding up to at least 30 ECTS points.
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Have passed Technological Specialization Courses adding up to at least 30 ECTS points.
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Have performed a Master Thesis of at least 30 ECTS points within the field of the general program.
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Have passed a sufficient number of Elective Courses to bring the total number of ECTS points of the entire study up to 120.
General
Competence Courses
30 point |
Elective
Courses
30 point |
Technological
Specialization Courses
30 point |
Master Thesis
30 point |
Prerequisites
BSc degree in engineering or similar in industrial design with relevant insights in technology and calculus – professional experience will be taken into account.