Umeå Institute of Design is organised within the Faculty of
Science and Technology at the University of Umeå. There are five
academic programmes within the school focusing exclusively on
industrial design and related specialisations.
The Institute offers a three-year industrial design
programme leading to a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree worth 180
ECTS-credits. The programme aims to give a broad basis and a
general competence in handling a range of design problems within
many different product areas. The programme is run in Swedish and
has no tuition fees. Only open for students from Sweden, Denmark,
Finland, Norway and Iceland.
Masters Programmes
The Institute of Design offers three internationally oriented
and specialised two-year programmes leading to a Masters of Fine
Arts degree worth 120 ECTS-credits. The 3 disciplines are:
Advanced Product
Design
Interaction
Design
Transportation
Design
The master programmes are run in English and are open to
international students.
PhD Programme
As one of very few design schools in Sweden, Umeå Institute of
Design provides a Ph.D. program in Industrial Design, focusing on
understanding, improving, and augmenting the field of industrial
design by high-quality research, impacting and strengthening
education, industry, as well as academia.
