Industrial Design Engineering
Winter intake start date
2027-02-01
Winter intake deadline
2026-11-25
Become a ‘designeer’ and enrich people’s lives with new and/or better products while continuously improving the development processes involved.
In your daily life, without realising, you are continuously surrounded by products. But who designed these products? Why are they shaped the way they are? What user demands do they meet, what processes lie behind the development and what technologies are involved in that process? That’s what the Master’s in Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) at the University of Twente (UT) is all about.
Specialisations
Emerging Technology Design (ETD)
Human Technology Relations (HTR)
Management of Product Development (MPD)
This two-year, English-taught Master’s enables you to become a ‘designeer’, an industrial design engineer who does not only know how to design and engineer a (part of a) product, but goes beyond that. With in-depth, scientific insights, you will learn to oversee the whole design and engineering process and know how to continuously develop and improve the products and the processes involved. In the end, it’s about developing products that enrich people’s lives.
- ECTS transcript – If you are still completing your Bachelor’s degree, upload an ECTS transcript showing the subjects you have studied, your grades, and the number of credits awarded. Your Bachelor’s diploma must be uploaded later, as soon as you receive it.
- Bachelor’s diploma – If you have already graduated, upload your Bachelor’s diploma. A separate ECTS transcript is not required.
Note: Your Bachelor’s degree must be in the same or a related field as the Master’s programme you are applying for. The university will check whether you have completed enough relevant subjects and ECTS credits.
Important! View the full requirements on the university’s official website. Requirements may vary depending where you completed your bachelor education.
Applicants have to prove their English language skills either by an internationally recognized language test or upon previous studies. Usually English language skills can be proved by the following documents:
- TOEFL iBT*
- IELTS Academic
- A Cambridge English qualification
- Higher education degree completed in English
- Secondary education completed in English in a country or school qualification accepted by the university
- An English subject and grade on your secondary school leaving certificate that meet the university’s requirements
- Other
Important: Accepted methods and minimum results depend on study programme and the country where you completed your education. Check the official requirements for your chosen study programme.
*Use the Kastu promo code LTU1000102 when registering for TOEFL iBT and receive a 5% discount.
This program has an application fee of 100 euros. You can read more about it HERE.
Traditionally, the job prospects for designers have been closely linked to the overall economic situation. In times of economic growth, graduates were offered jobs even before they had completed the IDE programme.
In a declining economy, it can take longer for graduates to find suitable employment. However, the enormous potential of current new developments (such as smart products, smart environments and portable products) means that new industrial designers are likely to be in great demand. Both government and industry are increasingly convinced that innovation and smart design will play a very important role in the future of our society. The fact that Industrial Design is widening its scope to include services, product-service combinations, the design of environments, the management of product development and brand design also means that this field could soon become less dependent on the state of the economy. In the long run, the influence of design on society looks set to increase, boosting demand for highly educated professionals in this field.
IDE graduates go on to fulfil a range of jobs: industrial designer, product designer, product engineer, design engineer, design manager, product manager, interaction designer, researcher, usability consultant, design-centred researcher, strategic designer, brand manager, new product development project leader, innovation consultant and design-brand consultant.
