General entry requirements + English 6

Interaction design focuses on the design of interactive products, services, and environments. Through concept development, prototyping and evaluation, students develop mobile as well as web and application based interactivity. This could be anything from websites to smart clothes, from computer games to interactive environments.

Interaction Designers thus create useful, interactive, utility-oriented design, expressive design for pleasure, as well as critical and aesthetic-oriented design. Interaction design is an area that has emerged in response to the digital properties of the material. The discipline borrows theory and methods from traditional design, informatics, social sciences, humanities and arts.

This three-year interaction design programme has a strong focus on user-centred design of digital artefacts. The education is rooted in the strong Scandinavian design tradition of involving users in the design process. This particular approach is sought-after by design and technology companies worldwide. Students are trained to think critically and to challenge existing technology as a way to creatively reflect on the possibilities for new types of interaction.

After graduation, the student should be well-prepared for professional work in interaction design, or for post-graduate education in the field. In addition to self-employment, work opportunities include interaction design at companies, consultancies or cultural institutions. Potential specialisms encompass web and consumer design, product development, mobile technologies, and usability.