PROGRAMME SYLLABUS

Product Design (master), 120 credits

Programmestart: Autumn 2023

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PROGRAMME SYLLABUS
Product Design (master), 120 credits
Product Design (master), 120 högskolepoäng

Programme TAPD1 Programmestart: Autumn 2023

code:
Education Cycle: Second-cycle level
Confirmed by: Dean 2021-03-01
Revised by: Dean 2023-03-01
Version: 4

Title of qualification
Degree of Master of Science (120 credits) with a major in Product Development, specialisation in
Product Design

Programme overview
Background
There is a strong competition on the product market. The products must be competitive in the
face of a growing supply of new products offered to consumers and companies on today’s world
market. We want products that are well adapted to users’ requirements while at the same time
being efficiently produced and distributed in line with increasing environmental influence
demands. These days products compete on a global 24/7 market. Consumers can choose
products based on price, quality, performance, reliability and feeling. On such a market, design
is crucial for the success or failure of a product. Developing well-designed products often
requires a competent staff with a holistic and interdisciplinary approach and a good
understanding of the whole product development process. Traditionally, Sweden has had an
interdisciplinary approach in product development and design. We have many small and
medium-sized enterprises with efficient decision processes and a flat organisation. Consequently
there is a great need for qualified product designers being able to handle complex issues as well
as having detailed knowledge of the integral components of a product. There is also a
development towards an increased number of services that are provided along with the physical
products. These services are a major part of the interaction between the product and its user
along with the feel and appearance of the product. Another trend is that products are becoming
increasingly individualized. The consumers expect to be offered products that meet their
individual needs to an increasing degree. Still, the products must be manufactured with a
minimum of cost and, most importantly, an increasing degree of sustainability. Digitalization of
product development and production makes this possible. Novell materials are being developed
at a rapid pace with the increasing demands for sustainable development. Technical as well as
aesthetic functions become more and more important when it comes to materials. An increased
expertise and cooperation between different competences in materials is a success factor for
successful product solutions. It becomes important to integrate the products and their
production closely so that a holistic approach on the product lifecycle can be taken, bringing
more variety with a limited increase of the product cost.

The program Product Design will address these challenges, preparing the future engineers for
the challenges they will be facing in future design and product development.
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Product Design has two tracks, i.e., DESIGN and DIGITALISATION IN ENGINEERING
DESIGN (DIGITALISATION for short). Students need to choose either of the two tracks.

The DESIGN track is intended to offer an interdisciplinary approach with a main focus on
advanced knowledge of the design and management of colour, shape, surface and material.

The DIGITALISATION track addresses the development towards more individualized products,
to better meet the specific needs of each costumer.This encompasses, preparing for the
individualization of products and automating repetitive tasks by using software and PLM. The
integration of the products and their manufacturing is emphasized in the program as well as the
sustainability of the products.

Objectives
Students will after graduation be able to have leading the roles in the development of new or
improved products, considering the needs and wants of the customers. They will be able to
analyze product proposals and to specify how to manufacture them and make assessments of the
expected sustainability during the life-cycle of the proposed products.

Graduates from the program will also be able to take on the task of improving the product
development process in companies and proposing how to improve knowledge reuse and to make
the product development more efficient. In addition to the creative aspects of the programme,
engineering analyses are also trained, involving for example structural analysis and optimization.

Students who have graduated from Product Design will be attractive in job market in that they
will have insights in both the creative and analytical sides of product development.

Post-graduation employment areas

After completing the program, the graduates will be qualified for positions in the early phases of
the product development defining the appearance of the product. Here, training of software,
sketching and modelling techniques for the early phase visualization of products and product
ideas will be relevant in the professional role. The graduates may also work with the analysis of
products using computational software such as FEA and CFD. They will perhaps plan the
manufacturing of the products by simulating the production processes.

The graduates will also be useful in companies that seek to make their product development
processed more efficient by visualizing the work-flow and proposing PLM software. They can
improve the integration between the product development and the production by proposing or
creating software for the integration. The program is also preparatory for a role as PhD students
in Universities and institutes. They will in the program get insight in research methods and they
will also write a scientific thesis.

Programme Supportive Research

The meaning of the term Product Design JU is a subject that integrates industrial design,
product development, material selection and production preparation from idea to use. This has
been derived as a subset from the broader research area in JU i.e., industrial product realization.
This area contains three sub-areas machine design, material and manufacturing, and production
systems.

Machine design
The subject area of machine design includes methods and techniques for the design of
mechanical products/components; an essential element of industrial product realization.
Particular emphasis is laid on the use of computer-based tools for engineering design. This
subject area includes both synthesis and analysis in order to create, optimize and evaluate design
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solutions with regard to – for example – manufacturability, strength, performance, cost and
environmental aspects. Within this subject area, computer support of various kinds, such as
simulation and optimization, are important for the virtual development and verification of
products.

Materials and Manufacturing

The subject area of materials and manufacturing focuses on the knowledge of how components,
primarily but not limited to cast components, can be designed and manufactured and how the
material microstructures and properties of components can be influenced and controlled. This
subject area includes experimental methods for material production and characterization, in
term of microstructure and properties, as well as modelling/simulation. This research is
multidisciplinary and is supported by disciplines
such as physics, fluid dynamics, applied mechanics, solid mechanics, material science, materials
technology and chemistry, as well as simulation and optimization. The research approach is to
link the different steps, related to product design, from material design to manufacturing
technology, including pre and post treatment, to microstructure and final properties. Once
linked, these steps can be used as inputs to a localized properties component optimization.

Production systems
The subject area of production systems includes the scientific study of organization, processes,
methods and tools, for the manufacturing of physical products and associated services. Focus in
the subject area is on development, operation and management of production systems,
integrated with other relevant processes in organizations active on regional, national and global
markets. Within the subject area theories concerning production engineering, production system
development, integrated product- and production development, quality management, logistics
and supply chain management, is combined with theories on organization and operations
management. Research in the field is based on a holistic view on production and its interaction
with the entire product realization process, including the interface with customers and suppliers.
Production systems include the technology, people and organization, which co-operatively
realizes an identified customer need into products and associated services. A systematic
approach is applied, and efforts are made to achieve an understanding and knowledge of central
elements of production systems.

Industrial design
The research area mainly deals with two directions. The area for design, focuses on quality
assuring of the shape of the surface, which is crucial for how well the design intention is reached
and perceived by the end user. The research focuses on different methods of measuring the
surface condition and quality assurance of it throughout the product development process. With
a unique combination of advanced technical measurement methods and instruments, and
affective measurement methods, the surface can be quality assured and verified. The approach
through design, handles methods for finding unique innovative solutions to a product's design
to meet functional and aesthetic customer and user requirements, as well as being able to
manufacture in an industrially sustainable way taking into account the manufacturing
company's opportunities and objectives.

Education concept at the School of Engineering

All degree programmes at the School of Engineering at Jönköping University (JTH) follow an
education concept. The concept consists of several aspects that must be included in the
programmes in order to guarantee quality and appeal as well as their ability to create
professionally skilled, in-demand students. The concept places special emphasis on collaboration
with industry and internationalisation as two essential tools to develop successful programmes
and to attract national and international applicants. Furthermore, all the master’s programmes
offered by the School of Engineering follow common guidelines that indicate the number of
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credits per each course (7,5, 15 or 30), the need of cross disciplines courses, and the Industrial
Placement Course as mandatory or elective.

Objectives
After the completion of the programme, students must meet the intended learning outcomes, as
described in The Higher Education Ordinance by Degree of Master (1-9), and also the intended
learning outcomes as described by JTH:
Common learning outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
1. demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the main field of study, including both broad
knowledge of the field and a considerable degree of specialised knowledge in certain areas of the
field as well as insight into current research and development worK
2. demonstrate specialised methodological knowledge in the main field of study.
Competence and skills
3. demonstrate the ability to critically and systematically integrate knowledge and analyse, assess
and deal with complex phenomena, issues and situations even with limited information
4. demonstrate the ability to identify and formulate issues critically, autonomously and creatively
as well as to plan and, using appropriate methods, undertake advanced tasks within
predetermined time frames and so contribute to the formation of knowledge as well as the ability
to evaluate this work
5. demonstrate the ability in speech and writing both nationally and internationally to clearly
report and discuss his or her conclusions and the knowledge and arguments on which they are
based in dialogue with different audiences
6. demonstrate the skills required for participation in research and development work or
autonomous employment in some other qualified capacity.
Judgement and Approach
7. demonstrate the ability to make assessments in the main field of study informed by relevant
disciplinary, social and ethical issues and also to demonstrate awareness of ethical aspects of
research and development work
8. demonstrate insight into the possibilities and limitations of research, its role in society and the
responsibility of the individual for how it is used
9. demonstrate the ability to identify the personal need for further knowledge and take
responsibility for his or her ongoing learning
JTH prove ability to embrace interdisiplinary approaches.

Programme-specific learning outcomes

Upon completion of the program, the intended learning outcomes provided for programme
must also be met.
Knowledge and Understanding
10. display knowledge of tools and methods in industrial product realization
11. display knowledge on the relations between product design, materials and manufacturing
processes and the various stakeholders involved with products.
12. display knowledge on product and production platforms in product realization (PLM)
13. display knowledge of human interaction with products and design methodology and design
theory (Design)
Competence and skills
14. demonstrate ability to make life-cycle assessments on cost and sustainability for products
15. demonstrate an ability to use tools and methods in product lifecycle management (PLM)
16. demonstrate ability define and conduct an industrial product realization project.
17. demonstrate the ability to design products with consideration to functional as well as
aesthetic values from design intention to product in use (Design)
Judgement and Approach
18. demonstrate ability to assess the validity of the results from product realization projects
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19. demonstrate ability to understand product realization processes and propose and evaluate
changes for their improvement. (PLM)
20. developed an approach to design knowledge and the ability to reflect from an artistic as well
as engineering perspective and developed a stable professional identity. (Design)

Contents
Programme principles
At JU, there are two semesters each year. Fall semester starts the academic year with a duration
from mid of august to early January. The spring semester is from January to end of May. There
is a summer break from early June to the middle of August. Each of the four semesters
encompass 30 credits i.e.,120 credits in total.

The Product Design program consists of 12 courses. Ten of these are 7,5 credits, one is 15 credits,
and one is 30 credits (the thesis course). Of the 12 courses, seven are mandatory for all students
in the programme. These make up 82.5 of the 120 credits. The rest is elective. However, there
are restrictions on what courses that can be selected as electives, depending on the choice of
track and the amount and type of mathematics that the student had in the undergraduate
education. In addition, the choice of some electives will mean that several electives must be
selected as a package. This is described in the next section.

Programme progression
There is one common progression and two different progression tracks for DESIGN and
DIGITALISATION.

Common progression

The common progression is mandatory for both tracks and for year one contains the following
courses;

• Integrated product realization

• Integrated product and production development
• Advanced CAD
• Materials in design

The common progression year two begins with the the Project Course along with the Research
and inquiry Methodology course. The whole semester four in the common progression consists
of the thesis project.

Programme tracks

First, students must select one of the two tracks DESIGN or DIGITALISATION. In addition to
the program admissions, there are additional requirements for the DESIGN track.

Design Track

Students who wish to take the DESIGN track should select the Design Philosophy & Practice
course in the first segment of year 1. Admission to the DESIGN track will be based on the
student performance in that course. The DESIGN track has the following mandatory courses
(elective block 1):

• Design Philosophy & Practice

• Design Methodology in Industrial Design Project
• Sensation, perception & interaction in Design
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• Realization of Industrial Design Project

There is one elective course for DESIGN track students, the elective block 3 in year 2, period 2.
However, DESIGN track students who have less than 21 credits in mathematics in their
undergraduate education, must take a mathematics course (e.g., Multidisciplinary Optimization)
as their elective block 3 to complete
the 21 credits requirement. Other than that, the students are free to select any course within the
topic, provided that the prerequisites for the course are met.

DIGITALISATION Track
Students who wish to take the DIGITALISATION track should select the courses (elective block
2):

• Applied engineering design

• Product & production platforms
• Production preparation and industrialisation
• Digitalisation and automation in engineering design
• Multidisciplinary optimisation

Courses
Mandatory courses
Course Name Credits Main field of study Specialised Course Code
in
Advanced CAD 7.5 Product A1N TACR21
Development
Final Project Work in Product 30 Product A2E TETT23
Development Development
Research Methodology in 7.5 Production Systems, A1N TFPR22
Product Realisation Product
Development
Integrated Product and 7.5 Production Systems, A1F TPUS22
Production Development Product
Development
Integrated Product Realization 7.5 Production Systems, A1N TIPR22
Product
Development
Materials in Design 7.5 Product A1N TKMR22
Development
Project Course 15 Production Systems, A1N TPJS22
Product
Development

Elective courses
Course Name Credits Main field of study Specialised Course Code
in
Design Philosophy and Practice1 7.5 Product A1N TDPR21
Development
Design Methodology in Industrial 7.5 Product A1F TDMS22
Design Project1 Development
Digitalization and Automation in 7.5 Product A1N TDAR22
Engineering Processes2 Development
Enterprise course in Product 7.5 Product A1F TEPS23
Design3 Development
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Multidisciplinary Optimization2 7.5 Product A1N TMOR23

Development
Multidisciplinary Optimization3 7.5 Product A1N TMOR23
Development
Product and Production 7.5 Production Systems, A1F TPDS22
Platforms2 Product
Development
Production preparation and 7.5 Product A1N TPBR23
industrialization2 Development
Realization of Industrial Design 7.5 Product A1F TRDS22
Project1 Development
Sensation, Perception and 7.5 Product A1F TSRS22
Human Interaction in Design1 Development
Applied Engineering Design2 7.5 Product A1N TTKR22
Development
1 Elective block 1
2 Elective block 2
3 Elective block 3

Programme overview
Year 1
Semester 1 Semester 2
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4
Integrated Product Advanced CAD, 7.5 credits Design Methodology in Materials in Design, 7.5
Realization, 7.5 credits Industrial Design Project 1, credits
7.5 credits
Applied Engineering Design Integrated Product and Product and Production Digitalization and
2, 7.5 credits Production Development, Platforms 2, 7.5 credits Automation in Engineering
7.5 credits Processes 2, 7.5 credits
Design Philosophy and Production preparation and Realization of Industrial
Practice 1, 7.5 credits industrialization 2, 7.5 Design Project 1, 7.5 credits
credits
Sensation, Perception and
Human Interaction in Design
1, 7.5 credits

Year 2
Semester 3 Semester 4
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4
Research Methodology in Enterprise course in Product Final Project Work in Product Development, 30 credits
Product Realisation, 7.5 Design 3, 7.5 credits
credits
Project Course, 15 credits
Multidisciplinary
Optimization 2, 7.5 credits
Multidisciplinary
Optimization 3, 7.5 credits

1 Elective block 1
2 Elective block 2

3 Elective block 3

Teaching and examination

Throughout the academic year, typically, two courses are taken in parallel. Examination forms
and grades are given by each course module, respectively. The programme overview shows the
programme structure for both years and may be changed during the programme. For updated
programme overview visit http://www.ju.se

Prerequisites
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The applicant must hold the minimum of a bachelor’s degree (i.e the equivalent of 180 ECTS
credits at an accredited university) with at least 90 credits in mechanical engineering, civil
engineering (with relevant courses in construction), or equivalent. The bachelor’s degree should
comprise a minimum of 15 credits in mathematics, 7.5 credits in CAD and 15 credits of
independent, theoretical based work, i.e. a thesis or the equivalent. Proof of English proficiency
is required.

Continuation Requirements
In order to begin the second year, at least 30 credits from the programme's first year must be
completed.

Qualification Requirements
To obtain a Degree of Master of Science (120 credits) with a major in Product Development,
specialisation in Product Design, students must complete a minimum of 120 credits in
accordance with the current programme syllabus, at least 60 of which must be in the main field
of study Product Development and 21 credits in Mathematics.
In addition a Degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering/Degree of Bachelor of Science or an
equivalent Swedish or foreign qualification is required.

Quality Development
The School of Engineering’s quality assurance process involves continuous development and
quality assurance of degree programmes and courses. This means, among other things, that
great importance is attributed to student feedback and that a proactive approach is taken to the
development of degree programmes and courses. The quality assurance process is carried out
following applicable steering documents.

Other Information
If formal competence is missing, the applicant's substantial competence is tested if the applicant
has acquired equivalent knowledge in some other way. The aim is to assess the collective
competence and if the applicant has the opportunity to meet selected training. Substantial
competence can be about knowledge and experience from working life, long-term mobility or
other courses.

Course included in the programme can be read as a separate course, subject to availability.
Prerequisites are stated in the syllabus.

Admission is under "Admission arrangements for first and second level" at Jönköping
University.

This syllabus is based on "Regulations and guidelines for education at undergraduate,

postgraduate and doctoral studies at Jönköping"