Master of Design (Integrated Design) (Coursework)
Design and Engineering 
Industrial Design 
askid.postgraduate@nus.edu.sg
Division of Industrial Design, College of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, 8 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117356
Interaction Design
Design Research
Masters
Integrated Design
- The Division of Industrial Design intends to offer a Master of Design (MDes) in Integrated Design which will enable candidates who wish to integrate advanced and complementary areas of study into their design-related practices. The proposed MDes program will be the first of its type in Singapore and aims to spearhead the drive to train professionals for the contemporary design industry.
- In the current Singapore higher education landscape, Singapore University of Technology and Design offers “Master of Innovation by Design”. While being multi-disciplinary, this program has a strong orientation to engineering systems and engineering design, adopting design thinking as a broad method and mindset. The MDes in Integrated Design at NUS will focus on design research and professional design skills directed toward business and social innovation. This includes service systems thinking and design management, especially demanded by the service sector in Singapore and manufacturing companies who are servitizing their businesses.
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Faculty
Design and EngineeringIndustrial Designaskid.postgraduate@nus.edu.sgDivision of Industrial Design, College of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, 8 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117356 - The Division of Industrial Design is the first university-level department in Singapore to offer degree programmes in Industrial Design. The BA (Hons), MDes, MA, and Ph.D. (ID) are highly selective programmes, where students are taught a potent combination of design thinking and innovation methods, with a clever mix of artistic, humanistic, technological and business disciplines. Our graduates are highly enabled to take up highly valuable and versatile roles as creative designers, innovators and entrepreneurs, and leaders of change.
- DID is where innovations are pushed to the next level. Our vision is to make life better through design; to equip students with interdisciplinary skills and thinking processes required to find unmet needs, as well as solve complex problems involved when creating viable new products, experiences, interfaces, and environments. While based solidly on good functionality and form, our approach equips student designers to go beyond these basics of function and aesthetics, into the realm of extreme sensitivity towards human perception, behaviour, emotions, psychology, culture, and habits; so that the innovations from DID students are not just well-intended ideas to fix problems, but holistic solutions that people love to use, and businesses are eager to invest in.
Scholarships
No scholarships provided for the programme
Commitment and Candidature
| Commitment | Average Candidature | Maximum Candidature |
|---|---|---|
| Full Time | 1 Year | 2 Years |
Target Audience
The program aims to nurture front-line design professionals and visionaries for established and emerging fields of design, such as Service Design, Strategic Design, Experience Design, Interaction Design and Transformative Design. The program will attract students and professionals from various design-related disciplines, thus creating a multi-disciplinary learning and collaborative environment.
General Admission Criteria
| Criteria | Minimum Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| GPA | Prospective students should have a Bachelor’s Degree with merit or second class honours, in relevant design discipline, or in an area related to the intended programme of study from an institution of recognised standing. Candidates with other qualifications and achievements deemed to be suitably prepared for the programme of study may also be considered. | ||
| English Proficiency Tests | TOEFL Internet-based | 85 / 120 | |
| IELTS | 6 / 9 | ||
- Applicants whose first language is not English are required to demonstrate their English proficiency by means of Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test scores. Applicants may be waived from this requirement if they completed their degree programme taught entirely in English, situated in an English speaking country, for example (non exhaustive list) Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA.
- The official TOEFL/IELTS scoresheets must be provided during the online application period, otherwise your application will not be considered.
- The TOEFL score or IELTS result is only valid for 2 years after the test and should be valid at the beginning of the application period.
- For more information about the TOEFL or IELTS, please visit www.toefl.org (for TOEFL) and www.toefl.org (for IELTS).
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Application Periods and Intakes
| Category | Application Window | Application Result Released | |
|---|---|---|---|
Semester 1 Intake (August) | All students of any nationalities | Please do refer to CDE or Department Website for more details | Please do refer to CDE or Department Website for more details |
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