ID in a nutshell

The educational program of Industrial Design at the TU/e (ID) is unique and distinguishes itself by its focus on intelligent systems for societal transformation and by its approach, namely competency-centred learning. In order to strengthen this foundation, we stimulate identity building, expertise building and community building, which refer to both the individual level (student and staff) and the department level (we as Industrial Design).

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) intends to be a research driven, design oriented university of technology at an international level with the primary objective of providing young people with an academic education within the ‘engineering science & technology’ domain. It aims to advance the development of technological innovations leading to the growth of welfare and well being, both within its own region (technology & innovation hotspot Eindhoven) and beyond.
(The Mission of the TU/e)

In 2001, TU/e started the department of Industrial Design. It is a rapidly growing department with nearly 500 students, both Bachelor and Master, and almost 100 staff members involved in education. There are more than a thousand industrial design courses around the world.
The educational program of Industrial Design at the TU/e (ID) distinguishes itself by its focus and approach, which is reflected in the mission statement for our education at ID: ‘Educating unique opportunity creators for societal transformation through intelligent systems’, where systems mean ‘networked technology, products, services and users within a societal context, and the interaction between them’. We educate these opportunity creators by using a competency-centred learning approach.