Engineering and Architecture
Undergraduate Degree in Industrial Design Engineering
The Undergraduate Degree in Industrial Design Engineering provides you with all tools, scientific knowledge and technological resources to assume the changes in our social and industrial environment and turns them into realities, by connecting society, technology and business.
Presentation and objectives
Branch of knowledge
Degree
Undergraduate Degree in Industrial Design Engineering, accredited qualification awarded by Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC)
Mentions
Design and Materials
Development and Simulation
Management and Data
Duration
4 years
Schedule
Course 1 and 2 - from 8am to 2pm
Course 3 and 4 - from 15.15h to 21h (depending on the electives the schedule can be extended)
Start date
September
Language
Catalan / Spanish
Some subjects in English
Places of new access
90
Credits
240 ECTS
(60 ECTS ECTS per academic year)
Price
157 €/ECTS
Financing and grants
Minimum grade 2020-21
5
In the Undergraduate Degree in Industrial Design Engineering you will rethink the limits of design and engineering in order to become a professional capable of turning the social and technological trends into opportunities of design, ideas into shapes; drawings into prototypes; experiments with materials into user experiences; technological prototypes into industrially possible designs; data into digital interactions, and value proposals into value propositions into economically, ecologically and socially sustainable business models.
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.
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In the Undergraduate Degree in Industrial Design Engineering you will learn how to generate ideas and overcome the necessary challenges and after those four years of training, your time at school will have made you a great engineer capable of shaping new paradigms and realities.
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.
Do you think science is the magic of the 21st century? Do you want to be able to create new products, systems and services to solve everyday problems? Are you interested in aesthetics, design and also technology? Elisava's Degree in Industrial Design Engineering is for you.
The role of the engineer in industrial design is crucial in today's society. Every day new materials are discovered, productive processes with infinity of possible applications. 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.
Objectives of the Degree in Industrial Design Engineering
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. During the four years of training, you will develop your skills and aptitudes to become a professional capable of transforming social and technological trends in design opportunities, ideas in shapes, drawings in prototypes, experiments with materials in user experiences, technological prototypes in industrially viable designs, value propositions in sustainable business models economically, ecologically and socially.
Recommended admission profile
Do you want to take our Degree in Industrial Design Engineering? We consider it important that you have a great motivation and a remarkable intellectual curiosity. We also consider your good observing and critical capacity regarding the operation and assembly of different pieces of products, objects and utensils. Do you stand out in your technical and artistic skills? If the answer is yes, you just need to have a good predisposition to work as a team and a good command of your own language, as well as a good base in a foreign language.
Competencies
The aim of the Undergraduate Degree in Industrial Design Engineering is to offer you the necessary knowledge and skills to be able to develop an experimentation creative attitude, with scientific and humanistic criteria, which are relevant and innovative. You will learn to set new realities to understand the historical, social, cultural, economic and technological context. Furthermore, you will learn to integrate formal sensibility as a fundamental part of the project process.
- You will evaluate the properties of materials and their manufacturing processes in order to select them and characterise them.
- You will apply modelling and simulation techniques to make decisions in the project development.
- You will understand and apply data, from the most abstract ones to the more specific ones.
- You will apply graphic expression techniques to visualise and communicate the product design and development.
- You will use basic fundamentals of economy and business to manage an organization, whether it is on a freelance basis or in a company.
- You will elaborate prototypes that will allow communication and the technical justification.
- You will recognize scientific methods to include research resources into the decision making.
- You will understand the current industrial reality to work in the professional setting.
- You will identify emergent technologies that can give value to the project.
Mentions
Design and Materials
Technical, formal and creative design process. In the Degree in Industrial Design Engineering you will experiment with materials taking into account the current trends (social, cultural, aesthetic, technological, economical and environmental).
Development and Simulation
Creative process with vision to define technologies of product manufacturing and resource optimization. This mention of the Degree in Industrial Design Engineering will teach you simulation of processes, structures and shapes before they exist.
Management and Data
This mention of the Degree in Industrial Design Engineering will specialise you in the technical management of the project with technological and economical viability. Innovation and continuous improvement of the product, system or service. Management and usage of data to influence in the proves of design from start to finish.
Career opportunities
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.
Some examples are:
- Transport and mobility: design of cars or components for cars, electric bikes, electric scooters, airplanes and autonomous mobility.
- Consumer electronics: design and development of products in electronic devices such as mobiles or tablets. Electronic accessories and intelligent fabrics.
- Wearables: integration of new materials and digital technology in fabrics, electronic accessories.
- Biomedical: material design for hospitals, replacements and lab tools.
- Food: packaging design.
- Sport: integration of technology in fabrics and electronic accessories.
- Digital applications: design and development of websites, mobile apps, internet of things, augmented reality and virtual reality.
- Sustainability: experimentation with biodegradable materials, circular design and recycling, environmental analysis of products.
90% of our students find work in the months following the end of the degree. In addition, 80% would repeat Grade and University*. *Source: estudis.aqu.cat/dades/web/inici
Some alumni of the Degree in Industrial Design Engineering you may know:
- Elena Vivas from Reebook
- Meritxell Pujol from IKEA
- Cesar Rojo from Cero Design
- Mireia Vilalta from Danone
- David Matanzas from AIRK Drones
- Ivan Pajares from IDNEO
- Oriol Berotmeu from Grifols
- Eduard Niubo from Rucker
- Alejandro Mesonero from SEAT – Head of Design
- Marc Illan from Adidas - Senior Footwear Designer
- Raquel Ojeda from LEGO (Denmark)
- José López from OIKO
- Aleix Inglés from Samsung (UK)
Internships and projects
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.
International mobility
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.
Study Plan
Undergraduate Degree in Industrial Design Engineering (UVic-UCC, from the 2021-22 academic year)
The first course of the Degree in Industrial Design Engineering 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 profession's future. You will be able to experiment with the most advanced and emerging technologies.
Thus, during the first two years you will learn, on the one hand, the scientific-technical, expression and representation tools necessary for technical resolution, formalization and product development; and on the other, you will immerse yourself in the culture of aesthetics and design, necessary for the contextualization and formalization of the product necessary for the development of the profession.
The third year is a year of innovation where you will apply the knowledge obtained in the part of the design process in which you want to specialize, your mention. Also in this course, you will be able to carry out curricular internships or take a semester at a foreign university through the Erasmus program.
Apart from the subjects of your mention, during the third and fourth years, you will take compulsory subjects in the project area and others of a multidisciplinary nature in the field of business, 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 engineering and product field.
The fourth year is a professionalizing year during which you will have to develop your Final Degree Project (TFG), where you will demonstrate your personal positioning through a project that integrates and demonstrates all the skills that you will have acquired throughout the Degree.
*Study plan in the process of verification by AQU Catalunya.
Semester 1
Materials
Algebra and Calculus
Fundamentals of Programming
Artistic Expression
Design Methodology
Semester 2
Materials Physics
Mechanics
Computer Aided Design
Electrical and Electronic Technology
Aesthetics and Design
Semester 3
Industrial Processes
Structural Calculation
Statistical Methods
Graphic Expression
Design and Experimentation Project
Semester 4
Materials Technologies
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Interaction and Technology
Technological Project Management
Development and Sustainability Project
Semester 5
Advanced Materials
Simulation
Mechatronics and Robotics
Optional
Semester 6
Optional
Crossover Project
Semester 7
Design Research Project
External Internships I
External Internships II
Semester 8
Optional
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Communication and Academic Writing
Final Degree Project
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