Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for
participation in the module
The student must have knowledge, skills and competencies within the
industrial design and engineering field corresponding to the
completion of the MSc01 - MSc03 Industrial Design Engineering
education or similar.
Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
The aim of this project is to provide students with the
opportunity to demonstrate their mastery of key competencies in a
design engineering based self-driven process.
Students who complete the module:
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- Must be able to account for the relevant design related
knowledge and identify design relevant problems within the chosen
subject
- Must account for the appropriate research-based knowledge in
the design process
- Must demonstrate a high degree of awareness regarding the main
experiments, tests, proposals and evaluations affecting the
decision-making in the design process and thoroughly account for
the scientific validity of test, investigations and other type of
data used in the design process
- Must demonstrate a high degree of awareness regarding the main
critical issues in the design proposal and the appropriate course
of action to amend these
Skills
- Must be able to design by integrating a desired expression and
experience through form and function into technical sound products,
constructions and solutions, with due consideration to state of the
art technology, manufacturing abilities, costs and configuration of
supply chain
- Must demonstrate the ability to frame the design assignment
using professional tools and methods and generate a design proposal
based on clearly defined values, user needs and or business plan
that meets predefined criteria, target values and cost range
- Must demonstrate the ability to select, use and reflect on the
appropriate methods for analysing problems, users, technologies,
constructions, competitors, markets, products, strategies,
companies and own design based product or solution proposals
- Must demonstrate the ability to select and use the appropriate
method, technique and tools for carrying out experiments and
synthesising design based product or solution proposals
- Must demonstrate the ability to navigate a design process, by
continuously driving the design process forward by focusing on the
most relevant part of the project and delimit the scope
accordingly
- Must demonstrate high skills in communicating complex problems
and solutions to both peers and non-specialists
Competences
- Must achieve a high degree of integration of selected
appropriate aspects of the subject of choice, in a coherent
proposal for a solution within the broad field of design
engineering
- Must be able to independently and professionally manage and
facilitate a design process that integrates engineering disciplines
in order to design innovative solutions that include both technical
rigor and design features
- Must be able to review the final proposal while taking into
account both engineering, design and business
perspectives
Type of instruction
See general description of the types of instruction described in
the introduction to Chapter 3.
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Master’s Thesis |
Type of exam | Master's thesis/final project |
ECTS | 30 |
Permitted aids | Without aids |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | External examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination
Policies and Procedures |