Collaborative and Industrial Design

Courses

Collaborative and Industrial Design's major compulsory and major elective courses. In addition to major compulsory studies, the students can choose their specialisation from three options:
Specialisation 1: Service design / Social Design
Specialisation 2: Product design and development
Specialisation 3: Interaction design

Students can also take courses from other study paths to complement their expertise. Explore the major and optional courses on this page.

Option 3: Interaction design

Human computer interaction illustration Matti Ahlgren Aalto University

Emergent User interfaces

The course gives an overview of new and emerging UI paradigms that go beyond traditional WIMP interfaces. These include tangible interaction, multimodal interaction (audio, haptic, smell and taste) and the various sensors and sensing techniques and technologies used to implement them.

Collaborative and Industrial Design
ED-course I&II, AMRI-project, 2023-2024

Emerging Designs

The course will enhance students' design understanding and skills through lectures and projects, emphasizing creativity and practical application with input from industry professionals.

Collaborative and Industrial Design
People in Learningcenter

Design for Social Change - Strategy

Implementation no longer active 2026-2028. Designing for Social Change (DSC) courses provide students basic understanding and competences to build design projects aimed towards social change.

Collaborative and Industrial Design
Strategid Co-Design -kurssin opiskelijat tekivät ratkaisuehdotuksia Helsingin kaupungin muotoilutoiminnan vaikuttavuuden arvioimiseksi.

Design Participation and Social Change

The Design Participation and Social Change (formerly Designing for Social Change) course provides students basic understanding and competences to build design projects aimed towards social change.

Collaborative and Industrial Design
Pattern, computer science, robots and other artificial intelligence things, illustration Matti Ahlgren

Programming for Designers

This course is an introduction into programming for designers without requirements for prior programming experience. Its special emphasis is on designing and realizing visions of graphics and interactions in digital products.

Collaborative and Industrial Design

Curriculum 2026-2028

To see the detailed degree structure, credits and suggested electives, please visit the Design Programme curriculum page
Curriculum 2026-2028
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