IT - Product Design

About this programme

Description This master programme educates designers who can work in multidisciplinary teams that develop interactive IT products and services for private and public organisations. The programme is based on project work in a design studio, in which students learn through completing projects in teams and individually. It is taught in English and offered by SDU Design, at campus Kolding. In this programme we teach theories, methods, and tools for designing human-centred innovation. This includes design processes, user participation in design, work practice studies, human machine interaction, IT technologies, design team learning, design visualis- ation and communication. The course curriculum is divided into four semesters: 1st: Design Research Horizon 2nd: Participatory Practices 3rd: Research Organisation 4th: Master Thesis - Graduation Project Career Opportunities Graduates of IT Product Design have ended up in a variety of jobs: as User Experience designer at Point-Blank International in Berlin as Product Marketing Engineer at Danfoss Power Solutions ApS as User Experience designer at Bang & Olufsen as Interaction Designer at TRIL Centre - University College Dublin as Network coordinator at Alexandra Instituttet as PhD fellow at the University of Aarhus About the Degree Two Specialisations. Participatory Innovation educates students in how to critically understand and facilitate a product and service innovation process in a complex social context with a range of stakeholders. The specialisation investigates how multi-stakeholder engagement can provide radical new solutions. The curriculum also emphasises material skill building and experiments exploiting how design materials can support collaboration and change among many stakeholders. Embodied Design provides competencies in designing products and services on, for, or in close interaction with the human body. The specialisation explores how radical new materials and the proliferation of wearable devices are creating new possibilities for design. The curriculum additionally explores the investigation and facilitation of different stakeholder perspectives in design processes that give equal emphasis to minds and bodies. Admission Anthropology : BA in Anthropology, Sociology, or similar Business : BA in Business Administration, or similar Communication : BA in Business Communication, or similar Design : BA or BSc in industrial design, graphic design, multimedia, or similar Engineering : BSc or BEng in mechatronics, electronics, IT or similar Please include a motivated application and samples of previous work with the application form to help us assess your ability and creative talent. Read more about the requirements here Tuition Fees and Scholarships No tuition fees for EU/EEA/Swiss students. There is a tuition fee for all full-time degree students who hold a citizenship from outside of EU/EAA/Switzerland. SDU offers 75 scholarships yearly. For information regarding scholarships: https://www.sdu.dk/en/uddannelse/tuition/scholarships For Further Information Information from the Danish Agency for Higher Education can be located at http://ufm.dk/en You will find information about the Danish assessment of foreign qualifications in Guide to diploma recognition About the Educational System in general visit the section The Danish Higher Education System