Branch Details

Industrial Design

Original title in Czech: Průmyslový design ve strojírenstvíFSIAbbreviation: M-PDSAcad. year: 2021/2022

Programme: Applied Sciences in Engineering

Length of Study: 2 years

Accredited from: 1.9.2003Accredited until: 31.12.2024

Profile

The graduates will acquire more profound knowledge of methods of design creation. Thus, in addition to the knowledge of the essential engineering and design fields acquired with the Bachelor's degree, the graduates will obtain both the theoretical and practical background needed to finding jobs in design practice as leaders of design teams of various fields, or to find their place in the market as free-lance designers.

Key learning outcomes

The graduates will acquire more profound knowledge of methods of design creation. Thus, thanks to the knowledge of the essential engineering and design fields acquired with the studies, the graduates will obtain both the theoretical and practical background needed to finding jobs in design practice as leaders of design teams of various fields, or to find their place in the market as free-lance designers.

Occupational profiles of graduates with examples

students obtain in the master’s study programme grounding in ID (Industrial Design) creation. In past years, students have entered successfully into such competitions as Auto Design, Design Sapporo, Coram design, Michelin design, Electrolux Design Laboratory, Roca design, Mobitex, Red Dot, Young Packaging Design, Talent of designu, Zebra Design, BIO Ljubljana, etc., and have got “Good/Excellent Design” awards by the Design Center of the Czech Republic (up to seventy important awards from 1995 to 2011). Students have had exhibits in the Design Center of the Czech Republic in both Brno and Prague, Technical Museum in Brno, university galleries in Pilsen, Ústí n/L, Uherské Hradiště, etc. Designer with engineering education is well accepted on the job market. Graduates are employed in all fields of the economy, especially the industrial sphere (i.e. Skoda Auto) as well as with design and graphic companies. Graduates have the background for pedagogical and scientific duties and also abilities for marketing and managerial positions.
The best graduates are expected to continue their study in a Doctor's degree programme at our Faculty.

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Course structure diagram with ECTS credits

1. year of study, winter semester
AbbreviationTitleL.Cr.Com.Compl.Hr. rangeGr.Op.
ZM1CAD Modelingcs4CompulsoryGCrP - 16 / P - 16 / CPP - 32 / CPP - 32yes
ZD1Diploma Project – Conceptcs3CompulsoryGCrP - 3 / C1 - 11 / CPP - 2yes
YE1Design Project Conceptcs12CompulsoryCr,ExA - 169yes
ZRSProject Managementcs3CompulsoryGCrP - 8 / C1 - 12 / CPP - 6yes
YSD-ASustainable Designen4CompulsoryCr,ExP - 12 / A - 44yes
YVC-AVisual Communicationen4CompulsoryCr,ExP - 13 / A - 39yes
YKHDrawing of Headcs3ElectiveCrA - 39yes
1. year of study, summer semester
AbbreviationTitleL.Cr.Com.Compl.Hr. rangeGr.Op.
YDKDesign, Culture and Societycs4CompulsoryCr,ExP - 39yes
ZD2Diploma Project - Bibliography and Goalscs3CompulsoryGCrP - 4 / C1 - 22yes
ZNVExponential Technologiescs3CompulsoryGCrP - 26yes
YMVMaterials and Processes for Productioncs4CompulsoryCr,ExP - 26 / L - 26yes
YMTMultimedia and Technologycs4CompulsoryGCrP - 13 / CPP - 39yes
YE2Design Project Developmentcs12CompulsoryCr,ExA - 156yes
YKFDrawing of Figurecs3ElectiveCrA - 39yes
2. year of study, winter semester
AbbreviationTitleL.Cr.Com.Compl.Hr. rangeGr.Op.
YPPWorkshop - Industrial Design Vcs21CompulsoryGCrA - 208yes
YDDHistory of Designcs2CompulsoryExP - 26yes
ZDPMaster Thesis Project - Methods and Resultscs5CompulsoryGCrP - 4 / C1 - 48yes
YDSDiploma Design Seminarcs5CompulsoryGCrA - 26yes
ZM1CAD Modelingcs4ElectiveGCrP - 16 / P - 16 / CPP - 32 / CPP - 32yes
0ZCAcademic Sources and Citationscs2ElectiveCrCPP - 13yes
2. year of study, summer semester
AbbreviationTitleL.Cr.Com.Compl.Hr. rangeGr.Op.
ZD5Master Thesis Project - Results and Discusioncs23CompulsoryCrL - 104 / VD - 156 / C1 - 26yes
ZD6Diploma Seminar (M-KSI, M-PDS)cs4CompulsoryCrC1 - 26yes
7AZMTechnical English for Master's Degreeen0CompulsoryExK - 1yes
ZM2Reverse Engineering and Surface Modelingcs5ElectiveCr,ExCPP - 39yes