Our Programs
Georgia Tech is one of the nation’s top destinations for students interested in technological innovation — which is also what makes our industrial design programs right for students interested in the creative potential of design. In the School of Industrial Design, we push the boundaries of design beyond the typical into the innovative.
Flexibility with Focus
We offer three tracks that align our curriculum with cutting-edge directions in the industrial design profession. Students can select studios and/or professors to explore one or more of the following concentrations:
Product Development and Innovation
Health and Well-Being
Interactive Product Design
Undergraduate
Our school is significantly different from other ID programs. For us, industrial design is an art that operates at the intersection of design, technology, and business. We combine Georgia Tech's rigorous scientific approach with our design traditions of free-wheeling conceptual development. Integration with computer science classes and our own teaching and research labs motivate students to solve problems and imagine design solutions that anticipate the future.
Graduate
Graduate students in industrial design are often from disparate backgrounds, but they find a common passion for creative problem solving and empathy.
Classes feature in-class networking through instructors who are well established leaders in their fields. Lecture series feature visiting scholars and practitioners. And research and exhibition opportunities keep graduate students connected and engaged with the design industry.
Studios, on the other hand, look like a detective's lab. Students pin pictures of existing products and concepts to the walls, drawn together in a crisscross of yarn, sticky notes, mind maps and other inspirations. It's a mesmerizing experience that may only make sense to the designer who put it together, but graduate students find calm and humor in the chaos.
Take a Virtual Tour
Ready to experience what it's like to be a fellow industrial design Yellow Jacket? Whether you want the large-scale feel of a virtual campus visit or the close connection of a one-on-one meeting, we're committed to providing a virtual experience that's customized just for you.
Have a VR headset or Google Cardboard? You can use these devices to take the VR tour on your mobile device.