International Design Business Management, Master of Science (Technology)

The International Design Business Management (IDBM) program is a joint teaching and research platform of the Aalto University School of Business, the School of Art, Design and Architecture and Schools of Technology. In the field of Science and Technology, leading to a Master of Science (Technology) degree, you can choose between following study options:

• Chemical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering
• Science

Study Programme

In the IDBM program students develop their world-class expertise in global design business management through multidisciplinary research and learning that cuts across the areas of business, design and technology. The graduates are skilled professionals and can work for key roles in global design business. The program emphasizes the importance of design as a competitive factor, linked with state-of-the-art technology and business models.

IDBM program gives future marketers, engineering experts and designers an opportunity to practice important interpersonal skills through cooperative industry projects and specialized courses. The program builds on the business, design or technology skills and competence achieved at the bachelor´s level, enabling students to make full use of their own potential as members of interdisciplinary teams, often within project-based work.

At the core of the program is the Industry Project, lasting a full academic year, where multidisciplinary student teams work together on real-life challenges provided by industry partners.

Career opportunities

IDBM studies can work in the creative industries and in businesses that use and manage creativity as a key component of their competitive positioning. This can involve very large multinational corporations but also small start-ups, operating in a variety of fields. These businesses typically engage design to create new products and services, often involving the lates technology and business venturing and entrepreneurship. The tasks graduates undertake typically involve doing and managing design, product, service and business development, consulting, intra- and entrepreneurial initiatives and research. The initial specialist roles usually evolve into managerial ones over time.

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