Umeå Institute of Design
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The Umeå Institute of Design, UID, is an institute within Umeå University. UID opened in 1989 and is designed and equipped solely for the teaching of industrial design, transportation design, and interaction design. The Umeå Institute of Design is situated between the main Campus and Umeå city centre, as a part of the Umeå Arts Campus
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The Umeå Institute of Design is known around the world for its high academic standards, and close cooperation with professional designers and external partners in education. It is the only Scandinavian school to have been listed on BusinessWeek's top 60 list of design schools in the world in all of the three listings (2006, 2007 and 2009), and has also been naned as one of the world's 18 excellent designs schools in 2010.. The school gets most of is credits from the talented international students working on diverse projects in collaboration with external partners within the school.
, Interaction Design
and Transport Design
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Umeå Arts Campus
Umeå Arts Campus is the name of a former industry area that currently is being rebuilt to house several of the arts educations at Umeå University...
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The Umeå Institute of Design is known around the world for its high academic standards, and close cooperation with professional designers and external partners in education. It is the only Scandinavian school to have been listed on BusinessWeek's top 60 list of design schools in the world in all of the three listings (2006, 2007 and 2009), and has also been naned as one of the world's 18 excellent designs schools in 2010.. The school gets most of is credits from the talented international students working on diverse projects in collaboration with external partners within the school.
Bachelor Programme
The Institute offers a three-year industrial design programme leading to a Bachelors degree (120 credits). (only in Swedish)Masters Programmes
There are three internationally oriented and specialised two-year programmes leading to a Masters degree (80 credits). (in English) The three programmes are Advanced Product DesignProduct design
-Introduction:Product design is the process of creating a new product to be sold by a business or enterprise to its customers. It is concerned with the efficient and effective generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new products.Product designers conceptualize and...
, Interaction Design
Interaction design
In design, human–computer interaction, and software development, interaction design, often abbreviated IxD, is "the practice of designing interactive digital products, environments, systems, and services." Like many other design fields interaction design also has an interest in form but its main...
and Transport Design
Automotive design
Automotive design is the profession involved in the development of the appearance, and to some extent the ergonomics, of motor vehicles or more specifically road vehicles. This most commonly refers to automobiles but also refers to motorcycles, trucks, buses, coaches, and vans...
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Research and Doctoral Studies
The Institute also conducts applied research and development work within the Design Research Group and the Volvo Research Programme (SET). Since the autumn of 2001 the Institute of Design has offered doctoral studies in industrial design. (in English)See also
- Umeå UniversityUmeå UniversityUmeå University is a university in Umeå in the mid-northern region of Sweden. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden's present borders....
- Academy of Fine Arts, UmeåAcademy of Fine Arts, Umeåthumb|right|272px|EntranceThe Academy of Fine Arts at Umeå University is a Swedish art school. It was founded in 1987 in a former factory by the river of Uman. Every year 12 new students are accepted to the school, and a total of 60 students currently study at the Academy...
- Umeå School of ArchitectureUmeå School of ArchitectureUmeå School of Architecture was founded in 2009 as the fourth academic school i Sweden to provide a professional degree in architecture. It is part of Umeå University...
- Umeå Institute of TechnologyUmeå Institute of TechnologyThe Umeå Institute of Technology or Tekniska högskolan i Umeå is part of the Faculty of Science and Technology at Umeå University. The Institute offers a wide range of study programmes, some of them not to be found in any other part of Sweden. Research in engineering is gradually being expanded...
- Umeå School of BusinessUmeå School of BusinessThe Umeå School of Business, USBE, or Handelshögskolan i Umeå, is a collegiate business school at Umeå University in the north of Sweden. About 2000 students currently study at USBE. The School offers four Bachelor programs, seven Master's degree programs, EMBA-Prague program and doctoral programs...
External links
- pdstuts+ list of 18 excellent design schools around the world
- BusinessWeek's list of the 30 design schools considered best in the world, 2009
- BusinessWeek's list of the 60 design school considered best in the world, 2006
- BusinessWeek's list of the 60 design school considered best in the world, 2007
- BA Industrial Design
- MA Advanced Product Design
- MA Interaction Design
- MA Transportation Design
- Industrial Design Introduction, 1-year course
- Design Connections, 1-year course