Do you want to develop your potential as a strategic problem-solving thinker who drives innovation, builds business success and leads toward a better quality of life by designing innovative products, systems, services and experiences? This program prepares you for the future of industrial design practice.
Degree Awarded: MID
Industrial Design
The MID in industrial design is a studio-based program in which students learn to design new products, systems, services, experiences or businesses by envisioning the future. Students engage in research, brainstorming, idea visualization, prototyping and testing creative solutions that address different stakeholders' challenges while facing a new competitive industry environment. During the program, students are encouraged to work in a transdisciplinary way to harness creativity to resolve problems and co-create solutions to improve the user experience, capturing value for the industry while being responsible for the environment. The program includes a design trip as a unique guided learning experience, in which students visit places like Tokyo, Milan or San Francisco, engaging in a deeper level with the industries and the industrial design practice, discovering a more optimistic way of looking at the future by reframing problems as opportunities. Graduates of this program are adept in using principles of design innovation, sustainability and systems thinking in problem-solving.
Expected June 2025
Start date
September 2025
Arizona State University, Main campus
Business Administration, 300 E Lemon Street,
Tempe,
Arizona,
85281, United States
Two-year program
Applicants must hold a minimum of a bachelor's degree or equivalent or a graduate degree from a regionally accredited college or university of recognized standing in a related field such as industrial design or product design.
Three-plus year program
Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent from a regionally accredited college or university of recognized standing in a field other than industrial design.
English language proficiency requirements: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - Score of at least 550 (pBT) or 80 (iBT); International English Language Testing System (IELTS) - Overall band score of the academic test of at least 6.5; Pearson Test of English (PTE) - Score of at least 60; Duolingo English test - Graduate minimum score of 105.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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