Industrial Product Design
This programme is unique in Belgium, and we have just been awarded as one of the best Product Design schools in the world!
Do you want to design products and services that are both meaningful and sustainable and that improve our living environment? Think of lighting, lawn mowers, smart devices, travel bags, wearables or kitchen tools, but also buses, machines, VR headsets, wheelchairs, and really all the products we use in our daily lives.
In the Bachelor of Industrial Product Design programme, you learn every step of the design process: from creative concept, design and technical development to the presentation of a production-ready design. Key concepts include circularity, creativity, material knowledge, prototyping and sustainability.
Practical experience is ever-present in this creative programme. In the design studios and prototyping workshops of the Industrial Design Center, you experiment with wood, metal and textile processing, 3D printing, laser cutting, water jet cutting, thermoforming, welding, ceramics, and more. You will also be challenged to test your concepts with real people, make them technically ready for production, and refine them in terms of shape, material, color and texture.
International opportunities
Do you like to look beyond borders? Then during the Industrial Product Design program at Howest, you will certainly get the chance to do so. During study trips, you will gather inspiration from designers in Europe, the US, and Asia and visit renowned companies such as Lenovo or Boeing. Occasionally, you will also receive lessons from foreign guest speakers or work with international students in thematic design weeks.
In the final year, you can spend a semester studying at a foreign design school or doing an internship in a foreign company.
- Wypis ocen – jeśli wciąż się uczysz i dlatego nie masz jeszcze świadectwa ukończenia szkoły średniej, bardzo ważne jest załączenie wypisu. Szczegółowe informacje na temat sposobu wypełniania tego dokumentu znajdziesz tutaj.
- Świadectwo dojrzałości – w przypadku ukończenia szkoły średniej nie potrzebujesz wypisu ocen – wystarczy, że do formularza aplikacyjnego załączysz Świadectwo dojrzałości wraz ze świadectwem ukończenia liceum (bądź technikum).
- List motywacyjny (min. 250, max. 750 słów) - wskazówki, jak napisać list motywacyjny znajdziesz tutaj. Możesz też tutaj zamówić darmową instrukcję, wraz z przykładami.
- Matematyka na poziomie rozszerzonym w trakcie liceum/technikum oraz ocena min. 4 na koniec szkoły średniej (jeśli ocena jest niższa, należy załączyć do formularza aplikacyjnego dodatkowy PDF z wyjaśnieniem)
Ta uczelnia pobiera bezzwrotną opłatę aplikacyjną w wysokości 50€.
Spełnienie wymagań w zakresie języka angielskiego można udokumentować w jeden z następujących sposobów:
- IELTS Academic - 6.5
- TOEFL - 79
- Duolingo English Test - 110
Where will you be able to work?
With a degree in Industrial Product Design, you can work in almost any sector: lighting, mechanical engineering, interior design, design agencies, etc. You will work in multidisciplinary teams with R&D managers, designers, technicians and experts from other fields. Of course, you could also work as an independent designer.
The jobs we prepare you for are diverse. This list gives a selection of possible careers:
- product designer
- industrial designer
- project planner
- materials specialist
- production supervisor
- visualiser
- CAM-programmer
- prototyper
- installation designer
- (re)designer
- CAD-drafter
- mechanical designer
94% of our graduates work as designers in manufacturing companies, design agencies or in their own studios. Their work wins awards regularly but at home and abroad.
