Product Design Engineering (Engenharia da Conceção e Desenvolvimento do Produto)

Product Design Engineering (Engenharia da Conceção e Desenvolvimento do Produto)

Course Type:
Master’s Programme

Programme Content

The development of innovative products is a critical factor for competitiveness. Currently there is a trend towards shorter product lifetimes, as a consequence of changes in consumer demand patterns. In this context, the challenges posed to companies in terms of the quality of their products are accompanied by challenges in terms of effectiveness and efficiency of the underlying design processes.

There is an opportunity for Portuguese companies to evolve in the value chain, from producers to creators of products, with high quality, added value and taking into account sustainability principles. The Master aims to provide its graduates with an integrated set of skills, in the field of developing quality products, quickly and innovatively, with a high degree of success and added value. These are solidly grounded in knowledge and understanding capabilities of advanced level in the scientific area of Mechanical Engineering and in particular in the field of design and product development.

They are intended to be evidence of knowing how to integrate knowledge, how to apply it, how to delimit and solve problems, how to communicate, how to select and collect/produce information in a professional manner, as well as how to learn autonomously throughout life.

The course also enables professionals already in the labour market to obtain a specialization in this area that will increase their technical competences and help the entrepreneurial and industrial dynamization of this region surrounding the Polytechnic of Leiria.

Programme Introduction

Unique Aspect of the programme

An unique aspect of the Masters in Product Design Engineering is the Global Work – a work of product design and  development that aims to apply and reinforce the skills acquired in all the curricular units.

The course units’ contents, as well as their sequence and placement are designed to provide the support to students in the development of this work.

The theme of the work is defined by the students, and there are specific classes for developing ideas and generating concepts. The student is thus invited to take an active part in defining his Global Work.

This approach contributes to a better fit between each student’s skills, expectations and the potential for innovation and level of development for the work. At the same time, it allows the development of very diverse works, but which retain key elements of this course, such as sustainability, in its matrix.

Programme Coordinator

Fábio Jorge Pereira Simões
coord.mecdp.estg@ipleiria.pt

Reference

2029

School

City

Language

English

Type

Evening

Length

4 Semesters

Vacancies

General and International student contingent: 20

Notice

DGES certification

Objectives

Programme

The Master aims to provide its students with

 

  • An integrated set of dynamic skills, solidly grounded in technical and scientific knowledge essential to the development of quality products in a fast and innovative way, with a high degree of success and added value;
  • A multidisciplinary and versatile education, allowing the professional to perform strategic and/or supervisory functions in industrial or service companies, as well as public or private entities;
  • Opportunities to launch their professional career through an internship, collaborate with companies in the development of a project or dissertation, or pursue a career in scientific research.

Study Plan

ECTS: 120

Entry Requirements

People who can apply to the Master’s Degree:

  1. Holders of an undergraduate degree or a legal equivalent in engineering and related fields, industrial design, and product design;
  2. Holders of a foreign higher education diploma, granted after a first cycle of studies, under the principles of the Bologna Process, by a State, which has subscribed this Process, in engineering and related fields, industrial design, and product design;
  3. Holders of a foreign higher education diploma that is recognized as meeting the objectives of an undergraduate degree by the Technical and Scientific Council of the School of Technology and Management, in engineering and related fields, industrial design, and product design;
  4. Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized as certifying the skills to attend this cycle of studies by the Technical and Scientific Council of the School of Technology and Management;
  5. Students who are close to completing their undergraduate degree in the field required for entering the Master’s degree, and declare it in their application

International Student
All information related to the international student application should be consulted on our International Students webpage.

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Accreditation

State: Accredited
Number of years of accreditation: 6
Publication date: 31/07/2020
Accreditation A3ES

More Information

Application Fee

60€

Enrolment Fee

General Contingent: 50€
International student contingent: 100€

Tuition Fee

General Contingent: 697 €
International student contingent: 3000€


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