Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Product Design
- 3 years
- Duration
- 18,700 EUR/year
- Price
- Sep 2024
- Start
- June 2024
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Milan / Italy
- Location
- The Istituto Marangoni
- School
Program description
This three-year program is intended to foster creative talent in design processes, methods, and final product realization through a multidisciplinary approach that integrates manual, technical, and digital design skills (including technical drawing, 3D modeling, visualization, and prototype development).
Participants gain an understanding of how to integrate research into the design process. Sustainability, ergonomics, and user awareness are given specific consideration, together with design language and communication, to provide a professional approach to conceiving, negotiating, and presenting ideas.
Responding to their own aesthetic, industry demands, project briefs, brand image strategies, or clients' requests, participants perform market research and analyze past and present design identities and trends.
Participants experiment and evaluate their design skills and competences in an industry-driven project in conjunction with a major company. Additional networking opportunities are available during the final graduation event, which highlights forward-thinking designs for this exciting, difficult, and inventive business.
Program structure
Year 1:
- Design History and Culture
- Technical Drawing
- Ergonomics
- Information Technology Fundamentals
- Aesthetics Trends History
- Basic Design
- Graphic Design
- Foreign Language
- Physics for Design
- Design History and Culture
- Representation Methods and Tools
- Introduction to Design Methodology
- Form and Planning: Analysis and Representation
- Free Study Activities
Year 2:
- Materials Science and Technology
- Anthropology of Design
- Aesthetics Trends History
- Design of the Product System
- CAD CAM Modelling
- Design Methods
- Modelling
- Sociology of Design
- Design of the Product System
- Techniques of Design Communication
- Free Study Activities
Year 3:
- Aesthetics Trends History
- Techniques of Design Communication
- Prototype Design Patterns
- Innovative Materials and Processes
- Economics and Business Management
- Design Rendering and Communication
- Integrated Product Design
- Production Processes
- Organization Skills and Enterprise Performance Management
- R&D internship
- Dissertation
Price
Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 18700.00 EUR for international students.
Enrollment Fee — 4000.00 EUR.
Requirements for applicants
To apply, the following documents are required:
- Copy of high school diploma or equivalent;
- Signed personal statement (motivational letter);
- Completion of entry test*
- An aptitude interview: candidates are required to take an aptitude interview either via Skype or face to face.
- For non English/Italian native speakers: certificate of language skills, level b1 of Common European Framework of Reference with specific requirements (e.g. IELTS 4.5 without elements below 4.0).
*Entry Test for creative courses: applicants are requested to submit 6 self-produced Creative Ideas and a skills test consisting of 4 multiple-choice questions.
The Creative Ideas can be anything that visually describes their inspiration and the area of study that they have chosen.
They can be submitted in the form of sketches, drawings, photographs, moodboards and collages (the 6 creative ideas might also be a mix of these). They can also be:
- personal reinterpretations of objects, environments, people, situations, etc..
- design ideas: representations of personal creations such as outfits/fashion collections, objects, furniture pieces, interior spaces, etc. (according to the desired course you are applying to).
All items must be submitted in A4 or A3 format, in .pdf,.tiff, .jpg, .zip.
About the university
In 1935, Milanese tailor Giulio Marangoni established Istituto, which by 1942 had evolved into the Scuola Professionale Artistica. While the school's focus was initially on educating pattern makers and seamstresses, it shifted to fashion design, product development, and marketing in the 1970s and 1980s.
The Istituto Marangoni is an exclusive fashion and design institute in Italy.
Milan, in Lombardy, is the institute's headquarters; it also has outposts in Florence, London, Paris, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Mumbai and Miami.
The university has partnerships with more than 4,500 global brands and businesses, giving students and alums access to a wealth of resources and opportunities. As a result of the school's close relationships with businesses on a worldwide and local scale, it is able to help current students and alums map out a career path that is tailored to their specific interests and aspirations within the fields of management and business.
Istituto Marangoni's Italia campuses teaches all of the Institute's core curricula:
- Fashion Courses
- Design Courses
- Art courses
Career services help students connect with possible employers, make business connections, and get internship experience.
By the time they graduate, practically all students have designed multiple collections for the Milan Fashion Show. Students visit profile displays, trading floors, presentations, and podium demonstrations as part of the curriculum.
