University Degree of Industrial Design

Summary

Mission

The course lasts three years.
At the end of the course the student will graduate in Industrial Design. The Graduate Course in Industrial Design provides the skills and knowledge necessary to perform the technical activities required to design a product or a system of industrial products from its creation to its development, engineering and mass production. During the course, the teaching staff help the student to choose one of the following courses, relative training and degree
dissertation:
Industrial design, visual, multimedia and interactive communications, (visual and graphic design, web design, interface design)
Industrial design, quality and eco-efficiency of the product (ergonomic design, ecodesign, packaging)
Industrial design, furnishings and design (interior design, exhibition design, public design)
Industrial design, product and process innovation: in the field of product design and furniture design
Industrial design, product and process innovation:
in the field of design for transportation and nautical sciences
Industrial design, product and process innovation: in the field of lighting design
Industrial design, product and process innovation: in the field of fashion design
After graduating in Industrial Design, the students can enrol in the two-year specialist degree course organised by the national university system.
Rome University "La Sapienza" holds specialist degree courses in industrial design and visual communications. The aim of the course is to supplement and complete the skills acquired during the initial three-year course, so that the designer is capable of creating and controlling the aesthetics and communicative traits of the products, artefacts and objects we use everyday.

International role

Program SOCRATES-ERASMUS.
AGREEMENT with:
- Delft University of Technology
- Universitat Gesamthochschule Essen
- Universitat Gesamthochschule Kassel
- Lathi Polytechnic Institute of design
- L’Ecole de design Nantes Atlantique Atlanpole – La Chantrerie
- Iade – Portugal
- Uni. Politec. De Valencia Escuela Superior de Ingegneria del Diseno
- Faculdade de Belas-Artes Lisboa

National role

- PMI Product Observatory in the Lazio region
- promoter of new scenarios and products with national/regional PMI
- promoter of research with the other national university
- Collaborator with public institution as governament, Foreign Ministry, Economic Development, category, associations…

Main focus

Research
BA
Maser
Design
art

Education

Faculties and departments

Dept. I.T.A.C.A. – Sapienza University of Rome – ARTS, DESIGN AND NEW MULTIMEDIA SECTION

Bachelor level programs

1° level
– INDUSTRIAL DESIGN and COMUNICATION DEGREE

2° level
– interuniversity (La Sapienza Rome + Camerino University) Industrial Design degree
– interfaculty (Prima Facoltà L. Quaroni – Scienze della Comunicazione) Design, Graphic and Multimedia Communication

Master level programs

MASTER
1° level in Exhibit design
1° level In Product and management design

Research

Research activity and main areas

MIUR: “Made in Italy for China”, for connect Italian PMI with Chinese PMI
MIUR: “Micro and nanotechnology in design”, for making scenarios of new products

Doctorate level programs

Industrial design PHD (not available for 2008-09)

Exchange

Subject areas for exchange students

Industrial Design

Application deadlines

www.uniroma1.it
ERASMUS: arc1ufficioerasmus@uniroma1.it

Teaching languages

italian

Semester dates

1st October (1° semester)
1st March (2° semester)