IT Product Design

IT Product Design is a programme with focus on the user's role in the development of new products involving IT.

The development of IT is not just about technology, but is also based on the users' needs. In the programme, you will study user behaviour in using products that include IT, for example, coffee machines or large industrial installations.

You will learn how to involve the users in the design process. For example, user behaviour can include the methods the user employs to find information.

Three areas of design are studied: User Centered Design (UCD), Interaction Design and Design Research.

The programme is both practical and theoretic. You will study different theories and methods of developing new products, and learn, for example, how you organise and control the processes involved in the development of a product, in cooperation with a company.

Teaching varies between courses and project work, where students work to create a product. In the course of the programme, you will work with various companies. You will also work with the methods in the areas of ethnography, drama, video, and so on.

Read more about Danish teaching methods on www.studyindenmark.dk.

If you choose to complete the master degree programme, you will graduate with the academic title of Master of Science (MSc) in Information Technology (Product Design).

To be admitted to an MSc programme, you must have a bachelor degree in a relevant subject.

In addition, documentation may be required verifying your proficiency in English is at a specified level.

Contact the educational institution you wish to apply to for detailed information on entry requirements and required English proficiency levels.

To find out whether the level of your foreign certificate satifies the general entry requirements, see the Danish Agency for International Education.

The application deadline for MSc programmes varies according to the educational institution. Contact the individual institution for further information regarding its application deadline and forms. Apply directly at the university.

Exchange students should contact their home institution for information on application procedures and deadlines.

Tuition

There is a tuition fee for all full-degree students, unless you are a student from an EU/EEA country, or from Switzerland.

Students within an exchange programme are not required to pay tuition.

Contact the individual institution for more specific information.

Semester Start

An academic year is made up of two semesters, which begin around September 1 and February 1.

You can study IT Product Design in Sønderborg.

University of Southern Denmark

At the University of Southern Denmark IT Product Design can be studied as a 2-year MSc programme (120 ECTS).

You also have the possibility to take single courses or subjects within the programme.

Read more about the Programme at www.sdu.dk.

The programme is graded at level 7 in the Danish Qualification Framework for Lifelong Learning. The Qualification Framework contains levels 1-8 and defines the expected learning outcome of an education programme. Read more about Qualification Framework for Higher Education.

You can find information on practical issues related to your study visit in Denmark with Danish Agency for International Education, using either of the following links:

www.studyindenmark.dk

www.iu.dk