Integrated Product Design

Overview

In today’s fast-changing global market, engineers need advanced knowledge and highly developed skills in how to create competitive and sustainable products, services and business models. 

The Integrated Product Design programme at KTH Royal Institute of Technology offers two specialisation tracks: Industrial Design Engineering and Innovation Management and Product Development. The programme comprises a mixture of mandatory courses, track-specific courses and elective courses offering students the opportunity to select courses that match their individual interests and career goals. 

During the programme, students will have contact with industry, and projects are often conducted in co-operation with a company or organisation, providing students with valuable experience from practice.

In the final degree project, students perform in-depth work on a problem from industry, society or academic research that is in line with the chosen specialisation. The degree project is supervised by an experienced researcher and can be performed in an industrial setting or in an academic environment.

Career

The master's programme in Integrated Product Design offers students a comprehensive education and refined expertise applicable to a wide range of industrial and business sectors as well as to organisations and consultancies.

The Industrial Design Engineering track provides the skills necessary to work on product development and design, user-driven design, either as a creative engineer, technical expert, project manager, or as a commissioner of design and other related positions.

The Innovation Management and Product Development track provides opportunities for a variety of jobs in areas related to innovation, including project management, business development and product planning. 

You also instil competence to work on complex multidisciplinary product development projects, either as a technical expert, project manager, R&D manager or consultant.