The studies leading to a degree in Industrial Design Engineering offer students an interdisciplinary training in both socio-cultural and technological subjects. These engineers work on designing, developing, producing and marketing industrial products.
The contents of the subjects are organised in four broad areas of study:
Visualisation, representation and communication systems.
Materials and their transformation, and technology and its applications.
Basic subjects ranging from applied physics and mathematics to the history of culture and design.
Projects involving the development of products of varying degrees of complexity.
In the final year of the degree course students can choose from several specialist pathways: the habitat, leisure, textile and equipment sectors.
Career opportunities
The degree in Technical Industrial Design Engineering is strongly oriented towards preparing students for a career in the following fields:
Technical management in private enterprises and in the public administration; product executive offices in enterprises; project development, management and execution; building models and prototypes, and the development of containers and packaging.
Designing car bodywork and interiors, corporative image, games and toys, furniture and its component parts, industrial processes, outdoor spaces, machines, and so forth.
Computer-assisted design; designing and producing models; ergonomics and environmental impact; aesthetics and industrial design, and graphic and artistic expression.
Design auditing in enterprises; quality management and implementation; occupational risk prevention, and safety and hygiene in the workplace.