Undergraduate Degree in Industrial Design Engineering (UPF)

In the Undergraduate Degree in Industrial Design Engineering we will question the limits of design and engineering in all its disciplines. Only in the “doing” is found the necessary engine to achieve the change and innovation that the new times require so much. Therefore, our educational model is based on project works where all disciplines coexist and combine to obtain unique and original results.

At Elisava, we think of our own school as a hub of infinite connections. For this reason, we keep in full contact with the business and institutional network, also with design and engineering professionals and, above all, with our former students. Thus, we have created a network of national and international contacts of the highest level that you will always have at your fingertips. Whether it is to do an internship, to participate in projects or to enrol in an Erasmus programme, the great community that makes up Elisava will always be at your side.

There are scientific and technological advances that make the social and industrial environment in which we live be in continuous transformation. Constant changes that require continually rethinking the meaning of products, systems and services.

The Degree in Industrial Design Engineering gives the necessary tools to understand these changes and turn them into realities at your disposal, acting as a bridge between society, technology and business.

The aim of the Undergraduate Degree in Industrial Design Engineering is to offer you the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to design, develop and manage a product in a comprehensive manner, from its creation to its launch, intervening and planning all phases of its life cycle. The specialisations are not based on the field of application but on the phase of the design process in which students want to innovate:

Once the Undergraduate Degree in Industrial Design Engineering is finished, you will have the necessary knowledge and skills to promote qualitative improvements in the activity of any company, study, R & D department, technical office or project of which you are a part. Or you can even start your own project and start a start-up in any field and sector.

For Elisava, keeping in touch with the business and institutional sector is one of the basic pillars of training. The collaboration with the business and institutional sector is part of the day to day of the School. That is why, during the four years of the Undergraduate Degree in Design, you will have the opportunity to participate in academic projects, workshops and other activities carried out in collaboration with companies and institutions such as Hard Rock Café, Sony, Swarovski, HP, Desigual, Danone, SEAT, Santa & Cole , Sónar, Mira, MACBA, Fundació Arrels, Desis Network and Victoria & Albert Museum. When you have 120 credits, you will have the opportunity to take curricular and/or extracurricular internships in front-line companies. This experience will allow you to learn and acquire the knowledge and resources necessary to enter the labour market.

Another of the pillars that we promote to enrich training is the exchange and the mobility of students and teachers. Therefore, we work daily to promote the international relations of Elisava with other institutions, educational centres, universities and research centres around the world. The proof of our work is that currently we have agreements with more than 70 universities. Among them are the most recognized and influential in the design and engineering sector worldwide.

Here you can see the complete study plan from the 2018-19 academic year. Discover all the subjects that make up our Degree in Industrial Design Engineering. You also can download the table with the summary of subjects per course, to delve into the content of each subject. For any questions related to the curriculum or for any other queries, please do not hesitate to contact us. We’ll be happy to help you!

The Undergraduate Degree in Industrial Design Engineering is developed in four years. The first course is made up of subjects that will give you a global vision of the fundamental concepts of engineering and design. During the second course we will give you a global vision of the future of the profession. You will be able to experiment with the most advanced and emerging technologies.

This, during the first two years you will learn, on the one hand, the scientific-technical, expression and representation tools necessary for technical resolution, formalisation and product development; and on the other, you will delve into the culture of aesthetics and design, necessary for the contextualisation and formalization of the product necessary for the development of the profession.

The third course is a year of innovation where you will apply the knowledge obtained in the part of the design process in which you want to specialise, your specialisation. Also in this course, you can take curricular internships or take a semester in a foreign university through the Erasmus programme. Apart from the subjects corresponding to your specialisation, during the third and fourth years, you will study compulsory subjects in the project area and others of a multidisciplinary nature in the field of the company, industrial processes and programming and interaction in the product. These contents will provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to apply strategies for innovation management, entrepreneurship and new business models in the field of engineering and product.

The fourth course is a professional year during which you will have to develop your Undergraduate Degree’s Final Project (TFG), in which you will demonstrate your personal positioning through a project that integrates and demonstrates all the competencies that you have acquired throughout the Undergraduate Degree.