Cape Peninsula University Of Technology Industrial Design
Cape Peninsula University Of Technology Industrial Design, We are called Three-dimensional designers; Product designers and Industrial designers. Our graduates design anything and everything that is mass-produced – from BMWs to iPods; from couches to TVs. We turn good ideas into real products.
Our department is a vibrant and dynamic space where emphasis is always placed on our students and graduates to become designers who are conscious of the needs of communities around them. We provide the opportunity for our students to learn using state-of-the-art equipment and software. Our biggest resource however, is a team of dedicated lecturing staff who are experts in their respective fields and provide our students with a wealth of invaluable experience.
Where it fits in with our curriculum, we partner with industry to run projects with our students. The benefit for students is the “straight talking” response from industry. This approach enhances teaching and learning for both students and staff.
Some joint projects we have worked on include a Biomimicry and Design for Sustainability project, both focused within Cape Town’s East City known as ‘The Fringe’. Further, we are proud to say that we are very involved with Cape Town’s 2014 World Design Capital activities.
Course Information and Fees
After qualifying, graduates become product designers with the competence to work independently as designers, or who work for industrial designers as niche skills specialists like CAD operators, model-makers or illustrators. Graduates are also employed as in-house designers for manufacturing companies, or in design-related fields such as furniture design, special effects and props for the film industry.
Admission requirements
Undergraduates
For all Certificate, Diploma and National Diploma applications, consult the General admission requirements.
General admission requirements
Some courses require students to submit additional information as part of their application.
Additional admission requirements
Postgraduates
For all Honours, Masters and Doctorate applications, consult the Postgraduate admission requirements.
Postgraduate admission requirements
The fees for 2018 reflected below may be subject to change.
Please confirm the final fee amount by contacting the relevant Faculty Office or contact person as listed at the bottom of this page.
Disclaimer
This information is subject to change based on approval and accreditation of HEQSF aligned qualifications.
Admission requirements may therefore differ between the existing qualification and the HESQF aligned qualification. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information on this page; however the University reserves the right at any time, if circumstances require, to make changes to any of the published details.
Industrial Design students shine at exhibition
Final-year Product and Industrial Design talent was recently showcased at the Annual Graduate Exhibition in Woodstock.
According to Lezandi Fourie, a third year exhibitor and prize winner, the aim of this year’s Graduate Exhibition was “to showcase our design talent”. The exhibition, organised and designed by the students, also provided an opportunity to build the brand of the programme.
In a first for the programme, final-year students were awarded prizes with irreverent titles like, Mad Scientist, Blood, Sweat and Tears and Minion to Master. The programme lecturers came up with the names for the prizes and also selected the ultimate winners.
Items such as standing lamps, furniture, timber puzzles and product renderings made for a dazzling display. Third-year National Diploma students weren’t the only ones exhibiting either. Postgraduate (BTech) students’ designs were also on display to the audience, which included students, alumni and industry players. Products designed by the BTech students were also available for sale – from coffee pots to camera straps.
The Product Design and Industrial Design Postgraduate courses are for anyone interested in designing in three dimensions – from physical objects found in daily life, to innovative systems and product concepts. The job opportunities available to graduates of this course include lighting design, set-building and furniture design and manufacturing.
The exhibition served as valuable experience for the student organisers in promoting and marketing their designs, a skill they will need to have when they enter the working world.
More pictures of the exhibition are available on our Facebook page.