Major
Sustainable Industrial design
Industrial design is a creative activity which consists of determining the formal properties of industrially manufactured objects from the point of view of both the producer and the consumer.
The industrial designer imagines all kinds of objects and implements their design, from their creation to their realization or reuse.
This program is in partnership with l'École Supérieure de Design de Troyes.
In today's rapidly changing global market, environmental constraints and growing demand for the development of new, more sustainable products and processes are forcing engineers to acquire new skills in order to focus their designs on users and their use of the product. These engineers have a multidisciplinary approach that allows them to combine innovation and environmental sustainability in their designs.
The Sustainable Industrial Design major was created to meet these needs. It provides engineers with the range of skills required in creativity, eco-design and mechanical engineering to meet the environmental challenges we face today. It thus enables the development of designs adapted to changing production methods and new usage and consumption practices in order to meet the challenges of a sustainable industrial economy.
A major that aims to:
- teach advanced industrial design and conception methods in order to design aesthetic and functional products that meet socio-environmental challenges;
- train students in the use of new technologies to manufacture a prototype, a set of components, or a product;
- master the interaction between materials, processes, and products. Promote prediction, prototyping, maintenance, reuse and recycling;
- develop environmental expertise in product life cycle management, enabling resource savings and waste recovery;
- train polytechnicians to become managers of innovation and product industrialisation, capable of leading an innovation strategy that ensures environmental, social and economic sustainability.
Course description
The Major spans two academic years structured around two academic semesters and two semesters of internships.
Compulsory modules
- Product design
- Circular economy
- Manufacturing technologies
- Employability
- Project
Compulsory modules
- Smart Design
- Advanced products, materials and processes
- Virtual design
- Smart Manufacturing
- Sustainable innovation strategy
- Guiding project
Real-world projects to develop your employability
Each academic semester, a “guiding project” is carried out in collaboration with a company. It allows students to put into practice the advanced knowledge required to achieve the learning objectives and to develop their skills.
The projects proposed by industrialists focus on extending the product life cycle through a production and consumption model that consists of sharing, renting, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products for as long as possible.
Practical details
Duration of studies : 2 years
Location : Troyes Campus
Tuition fees : 9,880 € / year
36 students per year
Careers & job opportunities
All sectors of activity are concerned by Industrial Design.
Design and skills such as styling, eco-design, ergonomics, user experience and industrialization can be found in all everyday products.
You will be free to explore different industries and create your own unique career path according to the areas of industrial design engineering that interest you most.
The role of a polytechnical industrial designer is becoming increasingly important in the strategy of business organisations and this function has become integrated into the organisation chart of many companies.
- Product designer
- Designer engineer
- Eco-design consultant engineer
- Designer
- Industrial project manager
- Creative director
- Product & materials engineer
- Methods and industrialization engineer
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