The programme consists of a series of activities integrated into the various courses at Degree and the completion of your GFP abroad.

The objectives pursued can be summarised as follows:

1. Understand the process of globalisation: internationalisation, localisation. Assess cultural differences and their implications for leadership and effective management of design and business activities.

2. Identify and evaluate the means to help manage value creation

3. Participate in the design, implementation and comprehensive evaluation of multidisciplinary and multicultural team projects. Students gain first-hand experience of the culture and practice of design in other countries.

4. Demonstrate the ability to see, frame and solve problems from design by adopting multiple perspectives. The globalisation of work today makes it more important than ever for workers to understand the finer cultural nuances.

5. To understand and carry out an integrative design and to offer the necessary training to be able to develop the professional activity in studios of design and/or companies with department of design industrial of great scope both in Spain and abroad.

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Admission to the apply for admission to the Degree of engineering in design industrial and development product + industrial design programme (IDP). Admission can be applied for via Portal of candidate. A average of high school diploma 7 or higher is required.

1st course:

• At the end of the first course, students must prove their level of English: EOI level B2, Cambridge First Certificate (grade A), IELTS 5.0-6.0, TOEFL IBT >80.

• To be eligible for the program you must have a average of transcript of 1.4/4

2nd year:

• If a student wants to join the program and has not previously done the application and meets the above conditions, he/she can apply for Admissions Office at Degree design industrial engineering and development product + industrial design programme by means of a written request at administrative office.

• When enrolling in the 2nd year, you must register for the credits corresponding to that year of the international program.

To obtain the diploma in IDP you must complete the Study program of the Degree of design industrial and development product engineering with 12 complementary ECTS credit and PFG.

goal First course: Activities will be carried out, without equivalence to ECTS credit, with the aim of making student aware of the scope of this programme. These are "compulsory" activities and only require registration for the international programme at design.

From 2nd year onwards, the following content will be completed in 12 ECTS credit of activities and workshops.  

Workshops: iDesign

Importance of the International Communication in Design  

Communication plays a vital role in the professional life of a designer. There are, however, two types of communications that a designer carries out. The first refers to the type when a designer communicates with its audience via his designs. Such is called the "aesthetic communication" and is carried out in a very subtle, indirect and artistic manner. However, the second type concerns the communication which a professional designer carries out while dealing with professional matters. This type of communication is termed as "professional communication" and is more direct, complex and verbal.

Design and industry trends

The word VALUE, it is to be observed, has two different meanings, and sometimes expresses the utility of some particular object, and sometimes the power of purchasing other goods which the possession of that object conveys. The one may be called "value in use;" the other, "value in exchange." The things which have the greatest value in use have frequently little or no value in exchange; on the contrary, those which have the greatest value in exchange have frequently little or no value in use. (Adam Smith (1723-1790))

EDaC: Engineering and Design Across Culture

Engineering Across Culture

From country to country, social taboos, politics, and religious traditions and values differ. These cultural variables need to be respected if students are to benefit from new experiences. Yet the commercial market today does not seem to have a universally applicable intercultural communication (IC) program or text that is suitable for culturally divergent student populations. To compensate for the lack of IC materials, instructors often need to develop their own IC courses that meet local standards of acceptability. Once instructors understand the basic concepts of cultural comparison, they can develop appropriate learning materials.

GloDeS: Global Design Studio

It is difficult to ignore the shifts that have taken place over the past two decades in the way that products are developed, produced, distributed and consumed. The new global division of labour has meant that design teams are now scattered across the world as they contribute to the different components of the same commodity. For designers these changes mean cultivating additional skills to those required in a traditional work environment. The Global Studio addresses the need for a learning environment that prepares students for this virtual, networked world.

The total cost of the programme corresponds to the equivalent of 12ECTS. Students who have completed the 12 ECTS credit in addition to the PFG will obtain the University of Navarra's own degree.

The PFG (12ECTS) is an own subject of the Degree so it is contemplated as subject of the current plan, but its enrollment does not cover the overseas study period to carry out the PFG.