48 monthsProgramme duration
Programme overview
Main Subject
Art and Design
Degree
Other
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Program Details
From the refillable water bottle on your desk to the shared bike at the corner, industrial designers shape the world around us. By designing the experience-based features, materials and interfaces of the products, services and systems we rely on, they influence how people care, connect and thrive.
Carleton’s Industrial Design students learn to work with government, business, community and academic research partners to design real solutions that explore sustainable, human-centered innovations and emerging futures.
Labs and Facilities
The Bachelor of Industrial Design is a studio-based program that intertwines theory and application throughout all four years of study. At Carleton, you will have access to some of the best academic industrial design facilities on the continent. These include:
- Wood, plastic and metal prototyping labs
- Soft goods lab (which includes industrial sewing machines)
- Digital fabrication lab (such as laser cutting, 3D scanning and CNC machining equipment)
- Maker space with cutting-edge 3D printing machines
Co-op
Carleton offers students a paid Co-op option with work terms of 4, 6, 8, 12 or 16 months.
Work Experience
Graduates work at large, well-known organizations in Canada, the United States, Europe and beyond. Students in the program learn to balance multiple design projects through course assignments that include drawings, models, storyboards, mock-ups and prototypes of simulated products, services and systems.
Did you know?
Carleton’s industrial design program is internationally recognized. Students have frequently earned top honours in prestigious competitions such as the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) IDEA award, the James Dyson Award, the iF Design Award, the FIT Sport Design Award and the Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario (ACIDO) Rocket competition.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Art and Design
Degree
Other
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Program Details
From the refillable water bottle on your desk to the shared bike at the corner, industrial designers shape the world around us. By designing the experience-based features, materials and interfaces of the products, services and systems we rely on, they influence how people care, connect and thrive.
Carleton’s Industrial Design students learn to work with government, business, community and academic research partners to design real solutions that explore sustainable, human-centered innovations and emerging futures.
Labs and Facilities
The Bachelor of Industrial Design is a studio-based program that intertwines theory and application throughout all four years of study. At Carleton, you will have access to some of the best academic industrial design facilities on the continent. These include:
- Wood, plastic and metal prototyping labs
- Soft goods lab (which includes industrial sewing machines)
- Digital fabrication lab (such as laser cutting, 3D scanning and CNC machining equipment)
- Maker space with cutting-edge 3D printing machines
Co-op
Carleton offers students a paid Co-op option with work terms of 4, 6, 8, 12 or 16 months.
Work Experience
Graduates work at large, well-known organizations in Canada, the United States, Europe and beyond. Students in the program learn to balance multiple design projects through course assignments that include drawings, models, storyboards, mock-ups and prototypes of simulated products, services and systems.
Did you know?
Carleton’s industrial design program is internationally recognized. Students have frequently earned top honours in prestigious competitions such as the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) IDEA award, the James Dyson Award, the iF Design Award, the FIT Sport Design Award and the Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario (ACIDO) Rocket competition.
Admission Requirements
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