Program Overview

Program Overview

The Industrial Design program at Beijing University of Technology is a comprehensive undergraduate major that leverages the university's interdisciplinary platform to cultivate students with a strong sense of social responsibility and well-rounded personal qualities. The program is committed to equipping students with an interdisciplinary knowledge structure that bridges science and art, innovative thinking methods in industrial design, and practical design skills.

Program Highlights

The program highlights specialized directions such as service design, intelligent interactive design, and sustainable product design. It aims to train students to apply strategic problem-solving processes to the design of products, systems, services, and user experiences, ultimately becoming high-level, interdisciplinary industrial design professionals with a global vision.

Faculty and Staff

The program benefits from several key research and teaching platforms, including the China Service Design Development Research Center and the Science and Creative Design Research Center of Beijing University of Technology. Additional resources include the Human Factors Engineering Laboratory and three university-level training bases.

Core Curriculum

The core curriculum includes courses such as:

• Fundamentals of Engineering Graphics and AutoCAD
• Fundamentals of Python Programming
• Open-Source Hardware and Programming
• CMF Engineering Fundamentals
• Ergonomics
• Industrial Design Processes and Methods
• Principles of Sustainable Design
• Product and Service System Design
• Design Psychology
• Design Morphology
• User Experience and Interaction Design
• Artificial Intelligence for Industrial Design

College of Art and Design

The College of Art and Design offers a range of programs, including:

• Industrial Design
• Sculpture
• Painting
• Digital Media Art
• Arts and Crafts
• Product Design
• Environmental Design
• Visual Communication Design

Recognition

The Industrial Design program was recognized as a Beijing Municipal First-Class Undergraduate Major in 2022. The program also offers a Master's program in industrial design engineering and admits doctoral students in Mechanical Engineering.