Master's Programme in Advanced Product Design

About this programme

The Master's programme in Advanced Product Design will make you into a skilled industrial design consultant able to design products and technical solutions for industry, institutions and public authorities. The education is international and more than 80 per cent of the students come from abroad. The programme is project-based and a major part of the project work is done in collaboration with external partners. The programme develops your design competences by providing professional tools, hands-on work methods, creative challenges and an inspiring study environment. You learn to combine the analysis of complex contexts with the identification of relevant design opportunities towards a holistic ideation scope. The methods and techniques are integrated in relevant course and project challenges. During the education, the field of design is explored through a mix of individual studies and group work. Applied design projects form the backbone of the APD programme. Projects usually include lectures, field trips and user studies, workshops and group work as well as studio work. Most projects target original problems identified by students, not problems that have been solved countless times by other designers. The projects can address anything from conceptualizing new technology solutions for specialists, to the design for upcoming consumer needs, to the design of professional tools within heavy industries.​ Each semester, students engage in a core design project as part of a project-based learning approach, exploring relevant design opportunities to solve real-world problems i