Bachelor of Industrial Design
Bachelor of Industrial Design
In this degree, you’ll combine innovative design and creative engineering. You’ll learn through making as you get hands-on with advanced technologies, including 3D printing, under the guidance of our experienced teaching staff. This degree sits within both the Queensland College of Art and the Griffith School of Engineering, which is…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
In this degree, you’ll combine innovative design and creative engineering. You’ll learn through making as you get hands-on with advanced technologies, including 3D printing, under the guidance of our experienced teaching staff.
This degree sits within both the Queensland College of Art and the Griffith School of Engineering, which is testament to the practical and interdisciplinary nature of your study. You’ll be taught electronics, mechanics, thermofluids and more by engineering specialists, while also being taught design skills, digital modelling and 3D printing by design professionals. The result is a well-rounded degree that sets you up to start your career equipped with the skills and knowledge you need.
Your degree also incorporates an international focus on digital and advanced technology manufacturing, giving you the chance to develop an understanding of how a product is created, from design to delivery, in a global context.
Industry and expert connections
Throughout your degree, you’ll interact with experts in the industry to put what you learn in the classroom into practice while developing strong industry connections. In your first year, you’ll have the opportunity to visit design houses to get a feel for industrial design in application. Further into your degree, you will work with design professionals while embedded in their businesses as part of your assessment. Once you graduate you are eligible to become a member of the Design Institute of Australia, as this industry body recognises your degree.
Graduate outcomes
Combine a creative engineering approach with industrial design innovation, and secure your future in this highly rewarding career. You’ll be prepared for work as an industrial designer, innovator, product designer, entrepreneur, creative designer-maker, designer for medical applications, or in automotive or digital fashion.
Flexibility
Tailor your timetable – Even if you study full-time on-campus, you may still be able to customise your degree to suit your needs. From a range of tutorial times to online access to lectures and other course material, we’re here to help you fit study in with your work and life commitments.
MY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Key employment sectors: Manufacturing; Design; Marketing and advertising; Automotive.
Potential job outcomes: Industrial designer; Product designer; Creative designer; Digital designer; Automotive designer.
REQUIREMENTS
Standard academic entry to our undergraduate degrees requires completion of secondary school comparable to Australian Year 12 or equivalent academic achievement.
English language requirements apply to International applicants and other applicants whose previous study was undertaken in a language other than English. The minimum English language requirements for such applicants for entry to this program are as follows:
- A minimum overall band score of 6.5 on IELTS (Academic) with no sub-score of less than 6.0
- OR a minimum score of 575 on TOEFL
- OR an internet-based (iBT) TOEFL score of 79 (no sub-score less than 19)
- OR no score less than 3+ in each skill of the ISLPR (conducted by ISLPR Language Services only)
- OR a minimum overall score of 176 (no score less than 169) on C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English) or C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English)
- OR an overall score of 58 in the Pearson Test of English (Academic) with no score less than 50.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Griffith University is ranked in the top 2% of universities worldwide and strives to create a brighter future for all by prioritising innovation and social impact. We are committed to providing international students with quality education, guidance, and support. With Australia’s most awarded teachers, Griffith University offers a full suite of undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees in areas including architecture, construction, and planning; business and government; criminology and law; education; engineering, IT and aviation; humanities, languages and social science; medicine, dentistry and health; music and performing arts; science and environment; visual and creative arts.Â
