The International Hellenic University (IHU) MSc in Strategic Product Design programme offers to postgraduate students a thorough understanding of theory and practice in the areas of product design. The programme provides graduates, from various discplines, with a key set of skills, hands-on experience on advanced software along with state-of-the-art equipment and management of operations knowledge for real world projects which are crucial to achieve success in their chosen career.
During the third term, students should choose two courses from the relevant list to their stream. According to their interests and their current and future career orientation:
Product Management Stream
Operations Management
Entrepreneurship
Design for Supply Chain
Technology Management
Cost Management
Product Creativity & Design Stream
Production Technologies & Material Characteristics
Associate Professor, Head of the Centre of Product and Packaging Design Department of Industrial Design Engineering, Technological Educational Institution of West Macedonia
Associate Professor, Head of the lab of Industrial Design in the School of Visual and Applied Arts Faculty of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Our newly equipped Prototyping Laboratory is available for students of Strategic Product Design programme to use under the guidance of technically competent personnel. The Laboratory is also used for external collaborations with industry partners, research projects and other academic activities.
Portable 3D scanner Artec Eva, with white light technology and 0,5mm precision with colour and texture scanning capabilities.
Desktop 3D scanner NextEngine with Laser technology 0,1mm precision with colour and texture scanning capabilities.
Portable Kinect sensor (with Artec Studio software).
3D printer FormLabs1 with stereolithography technology (SLA) with 25μm precision.
3D printer 3DTouch with Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) technology with 125μm precision.
4 axis CNC machine Roland MDX40a
Coordinate Measurement Machine (CMM) attached to Roland MDX40a
Stereomicroscope Kern OZR 564 of 225x maximum magnification and attached digital camera
Dyno-lite AD7013MZT microscope with magnification range 20x – 200x
Infrared Camera Flir Ultramax T640.
Laser Epilog Zing 16 for cutting and engraving
Filabot desktop extruder
Desktop injection moding
Testometric tensile test machine equipped with loadcell 50ΚΝ, capable pf performing tensile, compression, bending tests as well as Brinnel hardness tests.
Success on this programme depends on each person’s desire to learn, rather than necessarily having a particularly design-orientated background. The mix of students from many different disciplines is testament to this.Αlso, the potential to become involved in extra-curricular activities is superb; from seminars on current trends by industry leading instructors, to social clubs and Internship schemes.The MSc in Strategic Product Design has certainly added value to my marketability.
Fay Chatzinikou
Attending the MSc in Strategic Product Design at the International Hellenic University was a unique opportunity to gain perspective in new fields of knowledge. My cooperation with other students with different backgrounds influenced positively my way of thinking.I am very pleased that I had the chance to attend an MSc in IHU, which is a university organized under European specifications. All professors were highly qualified and experienced; the staff was really polite and helpful.I believe this MSc will create new opportunities in my professional career.
Anna Papagaki
As an Architect I am always interested in finding new “inspirations”, ideas, ways to look at the product design process or even to life itself.The Msc in Strategic Product Design at the IHU opens my mind’s opportunities and brightens my creative horizon. As a part-time student, I have more time to “learn and enjoy” the courses and communicate with the international design trends through the lectures of my professors living and teaching at the IHU and in Europe as well.The Msc in Strategic Product Design is a refreshing experience for me, a chance to realize once more that life is a learning process at any age as long as we are willing to accept and appreciate it. The IHU offers me the “educational keys” to unlock the creative paths inside my mind.
Nikoleta Tsikoti
International Hellenic University was my opportunity to experience again advanced level studies at European standards. I am not exaggerating when I am saying that “MSc Strategic Product Design” course is equivalent with my previous MA studies completed at London (UK), and a great chance to interact with an English speaking environment without the need to leave my country and my current professional career.While product design as a profession isn’t popular/widespread among the Greek companies, IHU has what it takes (and most importantly, university’s philosophy and the willing of its staff for constant improvement) to prepare skilled professionals to work in an international environment or even better, to convince Greek industrial sector to invest in work force towards that direction.IHU can definitely become a bright/ shining example for the entire educational system in the Balkans (and Greece more specific).