北卡罗拉娜州立大学

The Master of Industrial Design degree is intended as preparation for students assuming responsible roles in the profession of Industrial Design. Currently within the profession and in industrial design education, this degree is considered the terminal industrial design degree. The program teaches from a generalist viewpoint and deals with all aspects of machine-made products and their relationship to people and the environment.

The Department of Graphic Design and Industrial Design at NC State University has a unique tradition of offering graduate design education to students whose undergraduate degrees and employment experiences may be either within or outside of the field of industrial design. This strategy allows us to admit two complementary profiles of students. One is a student experienced in design who is entering graduate school for the purpose of developing a specialized area of expertise or as a means of undertaking a career in design education. The other is a student with evident design ability, who is selecting design as a career choice after previous study and experience in another field. Together these two admission profiles result in a rich and diverse graduate program environment conducive to the exchange of accumulated knowledge and experiences. This approach has allowed us over the past 25 years to educate a number of graduates who have gone on to distinguish themselves as industrial design practitioners and educators. Though our program is relatively small, it has the benefit of close connections between the students and the faculty, and provides an environment where the students learn from each other as well as from the resources of the department, college and university.

The program offers the Master of Industrial Design, a terminal degree, accredited by NASAD, and ranked among the top graduate programs in the US. Of particular interest to the faculty is the contribution graduate students can make to an emerging design research culture. The curriculum builds skills for success in corporate, consulting and educational organizations. The program is focused on educating future leaders.

Track 2 - For students with an undergraduate degree in industrial design

This is a 48-hour program for a candidate with a four-year undergraduate degree in industrial design or a related design field.

Track 3 - For students with a non-industrial design undergraduate degree

This track is a program for a candidate with an undergraduate degree in a non-industrial design area. If you are a Track THREE student there are two sets of requirements you must observe while pursuing your studies:

A minimum of 30 credit hours in your Year One studies after which you will have a graduate faculty review before moving into second-year graduate-level coursework.
Following Year One, a minimum of 48 hours of graduate-level courses.