UNIVERSITY DEGREE IN ENGINEERING IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

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1 UNIVERSITY DEGREE IN ENGINEERING IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROPRIETARY AND INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MODEL ACTIVE METHODOLOGY OBJECTIVES STRUCTURE WORKPLACE PLACEMENT PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EMERGING ISSUES INNOVATION USER NEW MATERIALS NEW PRODUCTION PROCESSES ELISAVA Since 1961

2 UNIVERSITY DEGREE IN ENGINEERING IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Certified degree issued by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) Degree: Graduate in Engineering in Industrial Design Duration: 4 years Credits: 240 ECTS (60 per school term) Specialisation: Product Designer, Product Engineer, Product Manager Price/credit: The University Degree in Engineering in Industrial Design trains future professionals to design, re-design, manage and develop products. These skills and techniques allow them to transform a design idea into an industrial solution. Students learn to analyse and determine the needs of product users, identifying innovation and market opportunities. They do so in a unique framework of synergies between engineering and design which distinguishes the exclusive ELISAVA educational offer. Students acquire the skills necessary to manage resources and social, scientific and technological expertise. Thus, the Degree in Engineering in Industrial Design trains professionals who are skilled in all areas of knowledge, multidisciplinary work and project experience required to carry out and manage the entire life cycle of an industrial product: designing for efficiency and reducing products environmental impact in all stages of its life cycle. By closing the circle, these professionals become vital figures when it comes to minimising uncertainty in the project phase. UNIVERSITY DEGREE IN ENGINEERING IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN 240 ECTS PRODUCT DESIGNER PRODUCT ENGINEER PRODUCT MANAGER 1 st Year 60 ECTS Core Subjects Core Subjects 2 nd Year 60 ECTS 3 rd Year 60 ECTS Optional Subjects International Exchange 40 ECTS 4 th Year 60 ECTS Optional Subjects Curricular Internships* Final Degree Project * Carrying out curricular internship is included in the fourth-year optional ETCS. Core Subjects Artistic expression Computer-aided design 2D Computer science Engineering methodology in industrial design Fluids and electromagnetism Graphic expression I, II Mathematics Mechanics Static methods Academic uses of specific terminology in English I, II Aesthetics and design I, II Business plan Business, product and market Computer-aided design 3D Design and product I, II Fluid and electromagnetism technology Illustrative drawing Industrial processes Material mechanics Material physics Material selection Materials Mechanical technology Mechanisms Moulds Optics and heat Product planning Projects I, II Tooling Optional Subjects Advanced materials I, II Energy project Experimentation and product Innovation management and continual learning project Interior equipment Interaction and product Market analysis techniques Materials project Mobility and transport Packaging project Product and new product management Product communications I, II, III Product simulation I, II Product technology I, II, III Simulation project Sustainability project Technological integration I, II Tools and personal accessories Urban facilities

3 WORKPLACE PLACEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES Collaboration with the business world is part of the School s day-to-day experience. This fact allows students to be involved in real-life company projects. This experience boosts the excellence of students learning process. It makes students engineers who can rigorously and methodologically undertake complex research, contributing results applicable to the development of strategic design projects. It is important to underscore that these professional skills are key for reducing the uncertainty in making decisions associated with investment in companies or organisations which create products. Having a direct link with the business world during their studies allows students to become familiar with the realities of what awaits them. Moreover, and thanks to its extensive business network, ELISAVA boasts an excellent professional work experience programme and job pool. It is worth noting that the professional sector has very high regard for ELISAVA engineers and their capacity to create synergies between the industry logic and the economy. ELISAVA professionals are seen as highly qualified, capable of guaranteeing added value for products, prepared to contribute significantly to the development of the international market. Once trained, Industrial Design Engineers are equipped to work across a wide range of industrial sectors, among which manufacturing companies and product engineering firms are worth noting. They can also work in technical management and development engineering in the transport and mobility industry, in the biomedical and food industry, the sport industry, capital goods, and consumer goods in general. Our engineers are experts in the selection and/or substitution of material and product/project engineering. Other fields open to engineers include quality management, research departments, development and innovation especially adding value as technology integrators, for example in wearable and/or nearable systems and as system managers in CAD/CAE/CAM systems. They are also prepared to be part of design studios and/or work as teachers. Otherwise, they can go into business as self-employed designers and engineers.

4 PROPRIETARY AND INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MODEL ELISAVA s educational model is proprietary and unique in Spain, focusing on the interaction between engineering and design. It is based on an innovative platform grounded largely on an international understanding of the culture of engineering and design, an outlook conditioned by a global market, where engineers develop key skills to address the ambiguity of novelty. Industrial design studies started in 1961 and industrial design engineering studies in This strategic decision bolstered the School s long-standing academic offer. Its aim has always been to put the spotlight on interprofessionality, vital for successfully addressing the complexity involved in the process of creating, producing and consuming a product. The success of the ELISAVA project, reflected in the significant growth in the number and level of its students, is due in great part to this intense dialogue between disciplines. ACTIVE METHODOLOGY ELISAVA s teaching methodology is active and is rooted in a cross-cutting process linking design and engineering project and technology which prepares students for ongoing learning throughout their careers. On the one hand, it is based on the vocational school concept where students learn by manipulating materials and putting in practice the technologies they learn. And on the other hand, it draws from the need to constantly foster reflection and debate on what is done. EMERGING ISSUES In order to acquire the professional skills required, throughout their education ELISAVA engineering students will have to tackle projects of different types and subjects that have to do with contemporary issues that require innovative solutions. Special emphasis is made on new materials, technological integration and product interaction. This is the case, among other things, of biomedicine, health devices, mobility, transport vehicles, workplace facilities and tools, the public space and the home environment. INNOVATION ELISAVA engineers understand design as an analytical, technical and strategic process that leads them to create an appropriate product at the right moment. They are professionals capable of addressing the demands of a highly competitive market. They take a multidisciplinary approach and are perfectly positioned to create and develop practical products which can be applied in manufacturing and contribute to the export business and competitivity in highly regulated markets. USER Nowadays, understanding users and contexts in which products are used is regarded as essential in order to propose solutions in the world of design and engineering. This new way of working, of providing answers to users real needs, involves significant changes in the way people work, and it calls for a multidisciplinary approach. For this reason, ELISAVA engineers are trained to increase the value of products and services, their user-friendliness and their physical and functional features. In short, ELISAVA engineers know how to connect the cognitive dots and engage emotionally with users in a specific market. NEW MATERIALS, NEW PRODUCTION PROCESSES The great technological revolutions are occurring in IT, biotechnology, material science and nanotechnology. The best opportunities are probably to be found in the interaction between these fields. New materials being developed and new additive layer manufacturing technologies are forging a new paradigm of design and product development. The School s approach allows engineering students to tackle these new challenges and explore ways of creating new relationships with nature. This is possible thanks to a new way of designing that starts with material and production process design to generate, develop and conceptualise new products.

5 OBJECTIVES ELISAVA s Degree in Engineering in Industrial Design aims to offer the required knowledge and skills for comprehensively developing a product, from its inception until its launch to market (considering all life cycle phases). Engineering programmes are specialised in: Training expert and competent professionals who can be involved in any of the product design and development process phases. This includes their creation or design, their subsequent technical development and their final industrialisation or mass production. Training professionals capable of making a new product manufacturable, ensuring that it works correctly, that it maintains an appropriate format for its function, that it is mass manufactured and that it likewise incorporates innovative elements from all standpoints: formal, functional and/or environmental. Training professionals equipped with the right knowledge and project experience for innovation and new product management. All this involves becoming a professional who is engaged in the formal and creative design process, keeping in mind current trends (social, cultural, aesthetic, technological, economic and environmental). Graduates will be able to assume control of technical product development projects and ensure the technological and economic viability of a product. They will identify with the manufacturing process, keen to define the necessary technologies for manufacturing the product and optimising resources. In short, they are professionals who can improve their environment. STRUCTURE The Degree in Engineering in Industrial Design is a four-year programme. The first two years comprise core and compulsory subjects along two tracks. On the one hand, students learn scientific and technical expression and rendering tools necessary for the technical execution and development of the product. On the other hand, they are immersed in the culture of design necessary for practice of the profession, project contextualisation and rendering of the product and development of the project. The third and fourth year includes compulsory subjects related to projects and other multidisciplinary subjects dealing with business, industrial processes and product programming and interaction. These contents provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills to apply strategies for innovation, management and entrepreneurship, and the new business models in the engineering and product field. Moreover, students may select 60 ECTS of electives in order to tailor a substantial part of their studies to their personal interests. The types of electives selected will determine the specialisation on the university degree (Product Designer, Product Engineer or Product Manager). During the last trimester of the fourth course, students will carry out their Final Degree Projects (FDP) to demonstrate their skills in product design, development, industrialisation and management.

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