Industrial Design Engineering
Ever wondered how IKEA managed to become the largest and most popular furniture retailer in the world? Well, it might have had something to do with the fact they let groups of users share their experience of the products and create sustainable furniture to suit their needs. Co-creation has become a reality for every professional designer. And it’s second nature to our IDE ‘open innovator’ students at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS). Anyone can come up with a ground-breaking idea. But IDE teaches you is to funnel your creativity by collaborating with all stakeholders, taking ethics and other cultures into account and making a positive impact with the launch of your project.
On IDE, you’ll be seen as an open innovator rather than a trained designer. That’s because we work with the ‘4 i’s’ - the itch to solve a common problem, the insight you then acquire through research, the idea that flows from it and the impact this idea has on society. You could be the next bright engineer who invents a DIY drone, which helps Doctors without Borders to work more safely and effectively in warzones. You could engineer a wearable, which reduces smog in big cities, or create a human powered toy to comfort refugee children. After finishing the first Basics of IDE half-year on co-creating useful and sustainable ideas, you’ll choose four dynamic, thematic semesters. During each semester, you’ll work for a real client on integrated projects with supporting workshops and skills training. In the second half of year three, you’ll put your competencies to the test in an individual innovation project, either for a client or your own enterprise. You can choose a minor, a programme at another university, or an exchange abroad during your ‘choice’ semesters.
During year three, you’ll get the chance to specialise as a product designer by following a minor, either on IDE, at another THUAS faculty, or even another university. Some students apply for Sustainable Product Design or Packaging Design at THUAS. Or they choose to do a minor via Kies-op-Maat or abroad at one of our partner universities. This minor will develop your personal identity as an open innovator and give you the expertise to help you stand out in the job market.
- 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 oraz termin jego przesłania znajdziesz tutaj.
- Specjalny wypis ocen - na tą uczelnię wymagany jest dodatkowy wypis. Aby uzyskać wypis skontaktuj się z nami.
- 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).
Przed aplikacją sprawdź wymagania bezpośrednio na stronie uczelni. W przypadku problemów ze znalezieniem szczegółowych, aktualnych wymagań, skontaktuj się z konsultantami Kastu.
Spełnienie wymagań w zakresie języka angielskiego można udokumentować w następujący sposób:
- IELTS - 6.0
- TOEFL – 80
You could be an innovator at Philips or develop 3D printing technology for a small production company that makes custom-made shoes for the consumer market. Or you could set up your own enterprise based on one of the ideas you developed during your studies. There are many opportunities once you complete IDE and begin your career. But as a young professional, you do much more. You’ll discover the culture at your company and what the profession does on a daily basis. You’ll attend meetings and company parties. You’ll also learn all there is to know about your market - the latest developments, the competition and what they do.
What will you become
- Innovation manager
- Product designer
- Industrial designer
- Multimedia designer
- Engineer
- Design thinking advisor
- Smart interior designer
- Open source designer
- User researcher
- Entrepreneur
Continue studying
If you’re academically inclined, you may want to follow a masters after graduating from IDE. There are no masters at THUAS that complement IDE. However, in the Netherlands, there are three universities of technology that offer interesting and fitting masters. You should note that some universities in the Netherlands require you to follow a pre-masters course after graduating from THUAS. Sometimes you can get in right away with your portfolio. You can take a masters in design after graduation just about anywhere else in the world where a bachelor of science is accepted.
