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Master's Programme in Interaction Design, 120 Credits
About the programme
Designing understandable products has become a major challenge for industrial designers. Enormous advances in information technology have provided us with information-based products such as mobile telephones, automobile guidance systems or digital cameras where complexity of the technology has also meant complexity of use, causing confusion and frustration for users. The Interaction Design programme covers all aspects of the relation between people and machines with particular focus on the exchange of information between product and user. We see the discipline of Interaction Design as the ability to design both the physical and cognitive product interface and to integrate them into a successful whole. Our aim is to enable designers to create understandable products.
User Centered Approach: Actively involving the user in design projects is a central feature of the course on Interaction Design. Emphasis is placed on user involvement in the design process and on user evaluation of results.
Study language is English.
Application is made in two steps.
Step 1: through the national online application service universityadmissions.se
Step 2: Portfolio sent to Umeå Institute of Design. Information about application at www.uid.umu.se
Level of education:
Continuation programme
Degree:
Degree of Master of Fine Arts. Main field of study: Industrial Design. Specialisation: Interaction Design.
Application and eligibility
Programme syllabus
Instruction
Lectures and practical training under supervision of experienced design tutors.
Career Opportunities
This master programme prepares students for working in the industry. Students are frequently employed as design consultancies as well as in major corporations. Some of the students get into research.
Application and eligibility
Tuition fees and scholarships
With a few exceptions, all citizens of countries outside of the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland are required to pay application and tuition fees for education at undergraduate and advanced level.
For most degree programmes rates are SEK 90,000–135,000 per year. Programmes in architecture, design, and fine arts range from SEK 270,000 to SEK 330,000 per year.
Umeå University offers a limited number of scholarships to students from outside the EU/EEA.
The Swedish Institute administers numerous scholarships each year for students and researchers coming to Sweden.
