Smart and Sustainable Design
With us, you will learn how to utilize modern techniques and design ecologically and ethically produced products and services.
We courage you to become international: our numerous international partner institutions offer you many opportunities for internationalization.
Content of Your Studies
What Will You Learn?
In our Smart and Sustainable Design degree programme you can study fashion & footwear or glass and ceramics design according to your choice. Additionally, you can expand your skills for example in the following areas: • entrepreneurship • business development • surface design skills • smart design • sustainable design
You will learn how to use and combine both traditional and modern techniques with design thinking and a strong creative and material-based mindset. You will gain understanding of the importance of sustainable values and the challenges of circular economy.
You will study in the design studio environments, where you learn how to apply theory in practice – through doing and making. You will have the opportunity to cooperate with companies in their field in various kinds of projects.
What Can You Do? After you have completed your studies, your will master all the steps from product design to manufacturing. You can work as a designer in companies in different fields and in the public sector, or act as an entrepreneur. Designers are increasingly setting up businesses and working in a diverse range of creative industries.
www.hamk.fi/design
Bachelor of Culture and Arts 4 years, 240 credits University Centre, Hämeenlinna FINLAND
Tuition Fee for EU/EEA students: There is no tuition fee Tuition Fee for non-EU/EEA students: 9700 € per academic year
What I like the most is that the studies are focused on gaining practical skills that we’ll definitely apply in our future jobs. Andrea, student in Design
19
