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Shape your master
In all of the Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) masters’
curriculums, 18 EC is reserved for elective courses. This
gives students the freedom and responsibility to shape their
own development to match their professional interests and
ambitions. In this way, students can create their own profile.
The elective system has many advantages. Students who want
to broaden their learning can take master’s courses at other
universities, both in the Netherlands and abroad. Furthermore,
they can take courses at other TU Delft faculties.
For those students who want to increase the depth of their
development as a Design Engineer, IDE offers more than 50
different courses. It is even possible for students to sign up for
courses from one of the other IDE masters’ programmes.
It is also possible for students to specialise in Medisign by
spending at least half of their elective ECs (9), a design project
and the graduation project within the Medisign theme.
Curriculum Design for Interaction
Candidates begin their studies either in September or in February; the starting date affects the order in which courses are taken. In
either case, in the autumn semester the programme focuses on the generation of concepts and on design evaluation in the spring
semester. During the second year the emphasis is on the students’ design projects and establishing, defining and completing the
individual graduation project.
General IDE Courses
EC
Design Theory and Methodology 3
Generic and Professional Skills 3
Internationalisation 3
Joint Master Project 12
Product Understanding, Use and Experience 6
Context and Conceptualisation 6
Interactive Technology Design 6
Visual Communication Design 3
Reflection on Designing 3
DfI Research Methodology 3
Exploring Interactions Project 9
Usability and User eXperience Assessment in Design Project 12
Electives (specialisations can be taken here) 18
Graduation Project 33
EC
Shared IDE courses Projects Master-specific courses Graduation project Electives
• 1 EC = 28 hrs study, according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) • One academic year = 60 EC (1680 hours of study)
• Total amount of credits MSc programme = 120 EC
More information on all courses at: www.studyguide.tudelft.nl