Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design Engineering Technology

This Engineering Technology programme is part of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture and is taught at Ghent University’s Kortrijk Campus. The Industrial Design Engineering Technology programme is unique in Flanders. We train you to become an ‘architect’ of new products and systems of the future.

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Bachelor's Programme

3 year 180 credits

Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

Dutch

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Postgraduate studies

First year

(version 12 - re-enrol only)

Course schedule 1st semester Course schedule 2nd semester

1 General Courses

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Mathematics I	1	sem 1	nl	Eric Laermans	6

Electricity	1	sem 1	nl	Kurt Stockman	6

Design Tools	1	sem 1	nl	Olivier Rysman	4

Materials	1	sem 1	nl	Geert De Clercq	3

Introduction Industrial Design	1	sem 1	nl	Jan Detand	6

Mechanics	1	year	nl	Michael Monte	6

Engineering Project	1	year	nl	Kurt Stockman	5

Mathematics II	1	sem 2	nl	Pieter Audenaert	6

Physics	1	sem 2	nl	Michael Monte	6

Computer Science	1	sem 2	nl	Jan Devos	6

Basics Industrial Design	1	sem 2	nl	Jelle Saldien	6

Second year

(version 12 - re-enrol only)

Course schedule 1st semester Course schedule 2nd semester

2 General Courses

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Chemistry	2	sem 1	nl	Christophe Wille	6

Electrical Systems	2	sem 1	nl	Jos Knockaert	3

Applied Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics	2	sem 1	nl	Martijn van den Broek	6

Mechanics of Materials	2	sem 1	nl	Michael Monte	3

Design Tools II	2	sem 1	nl	Olivier Rysman	3

Graphic Design Communication	2	sem 1	nl	Olivier Rysman	6

Human-centered and Interaction Design	2	year	nl	Bastiaan Baccarne	7

Electronics	2	sem 2	nl	Sam Lemey	3

Statistics	2	sem 2	nl	Eric Laermans	3

Introduction to the Circular Economy	2	sem 2	nl	Diederik Rousseau	3

Industrial Production	2	sem 2	nl	Patrick De Baets	6

Advanced CAD	2	sem 2	nl	Olivier Rysman	6

Emerging Technologies	2	sem 2	nl	Jelle Saldien	5

Third year

(version 12 - re-enrol only)

Course schedule 1st semester Course schedule 2nd semester

2 General Courses

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
CAE Oriented Design		3	sem 1	nl	Michael Monte	6

Design for Advanced Production Methods and Environments		3	sem 1	nl,en	Davy Parmentier	9

Research Methodology for Industrial Design		3	sem 1	nl	Bastiaan Baccarne	6

History and Industrial Design		3	sem 1	nl,en	Francesca Ostuzzi	6

Co-Creation	UKV	3	year	nl,en	Jan Detand	6

Business Administration		3	sem 2	nl	Ludo Poelaert	3

Material and Process Oriented Industrial Design		3	sem 2	nl	Jan Detand	6

Designing in a Cybernetical and System-Oriented Way		3	sem 2	en	Jan Detand	6

Innovative and Strategic Design		3	sem 2	nl	Jan Devos	6

Design Research and Academic Writing		3	sem 2	nl,en	Davy Parmentier	6

Full programme

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1 General Courses 60

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Mathematics I	1	sem 1	nl	Eric Laermans	6

Electricity	1	sem 1	nl	Kurt Stockman	6

Design Tools	1	sem 1	nl	Olivier Rysman	4

Materials	1	sem 1	nl	Geert De Clercq	3

Introduction Industrial Design	1	sem 1	nl	Jan Detand	6

Mechanics	1	year	nl	Michael Monte	6

Engineering Project	1	year	nl	Kurt Stockman	5

Mathematics II	1	sem 2	nl	Pieter Audenaert	6

Physics	1	sem 2	nl	Michael Monte	6

Computer Science	1	sem 2	nl	Jan Devos	6

Basics Industrial Design	1	sem 2	nl	Jelle Saldien	6

2 General Courses 120

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
General Chemistry		2	sem 1	nl	Christophe Wille	6

Electrical Systems		2	sem 1	nl	Jos Knockaert	3

Applied Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics		2	sem 1	nl	Martijn van den Broek	6

Mechanics of Materials		2	sem 1	nl	Michael Monte	3

Design Tools II		2	sem 1	nl	Olivier Rysman	3

Graphic Design Communication		2	sem 1	nl	Olivier Rysman	6

Human-centered and Interaction Design		2	year	nl	Bastiaan Baccarne	7

Electronics		2	sem 2	nl	Sam Lemey	3

Statistics		2	sem 2	nl	Eric Laermans	3

Introduction to the Circular Economy		2	sem 2	nl	Diederik Rousseau	3

Industrial Production		2	sem 2	nl	Patrick De Baets	6

Advanced CAD		2	sem 2	nl	Olivier Rysman	6

Emerging Technologies		2	sem 2	nl	Jelle Saldien	5

CAE Oriented Design		3	sem 1	nl	Michael Monte	6

Design for Advanced Production Methods and Environments		3	sem 1	nl,en	Davy Parmentier	9

Research Methodology for Industrial Design		3	sem 1	nl	Bastiaan Baccarne	6

History and Industrial Design		3	sem 1	nl,en	Francesca Ostuzzi	6

Co-Creation	UKV	3	year	nl,en	Jan Detand	6

Business Administration		3	sem 2	nl	Ludo Poelaert	3

Material and Process Oriented Industrial Design		3	sem 2	nl	Jan Detand	6

Designing in a Cybernetical and System-Oriented Way		3	sem 2	en	Jan Detand	6

Innovative and Strategic Design		3	sem 2	nl	Jan Devos	6

Design Research and Academic Writing		3	sem 2	nl,en	Davy Parmentier	6

Learning outcomes

Competence field 1: Competences in one/more scientific discipline(s)

Understand the basic sciences and basic engineering sciences and have the ability to apply them in an innovative, practical and target‐oriented way within the own field of engineering.
Use of professional and applicable methods and techniques in an innovative and target‐oriented way.
Integrate technological innovations in product and system design and quantify the required constructive and production oriented design parameters.
Integrate styling, constructive, social, emotional and cultural aspects of design.
Design products and systems that create added value in an industrial environment.
Have practical skills to use design oriented methods and tools for visualising, modeling, materialising, documenting, testing and communicating design solutions.

Competence field 2: Scientific competences

Look up, evaluate and work with technical and scientific information in a target‐oriented way and refer to it correctly.
Correct use of standard models, research methods and techniques in assignments.
Schematize and model experiments, processes and/or systems and test these in an actual context.
Initiate problem based research in the subject field.
Use prototyping as problem solving and integrating design method.
Explore, research, verify and document methodically design decisions for the involved stakeholders.
Define, execute, measure and control (double blind) experiments for technical aspects as well as interactions with individuals or target groups.

Competence field 3: Intellectual competences

Show self‐reliance, precision, assertiveness and critical reflection.
Show technical‐scientific curiosity.
Think in a conceptual, analytical, system‐oriented and problem‐solving way at different levels of abstraction and in a variable context.
Show marketing oriented curiosity.
Search multiple solutions for a problem by creative thinking and acting.
Design by adaptive learning, and reflective acting.

Competence field 4: Competences in cooperation and communication

Ability to communicate own work orally, in writing an in graphics.
Master scientific and discipline‐specific technical terminology in Dutch and in English.
Elaborate concrete tasks systematically (as a team), with attention to limiting conditions in the technical realization.
Use a large variety of visualization and prototyping methods to communicate with different stakeholders.
Bring different stakeholders into action.
Be open to emergent behaviour.

Competence field 5: Societal competences

Act in an ethical and social way.
Awareness of corporate aspects.
Awareness of environment, quality, safety and durability.
Design and experience the dynamics of a human-product-context interaction.
Compare different design solutions based on non-existing and unpredictable factors.