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 Diploma in Product Design & Innovation (N68) 


Giving you that something xtra
  • A unique product design approach that integrates the major aspects of product design: art, engineering and business

  • A curriculum that focuses on designing attractive, functional and marketable products
     
  • Graduate with your own design portfolio, complete with working prototype and business plan

  • Overseas and local internships and immersion programmes at product design companies and institutions

  • State-of-the-art equipment and facilities such as rapid prototyping, laser cutting and computer numericalcontrolled machines

About the Diploma

Fascinated by the iPhone’s sleek and attractive design, and innovative touch screen function? Wonder what will be the next big thing that will take the world by storm? With the Diploma in Product Design & Innovation (PDI), you might just be the creator of the next big thing!

In PDI, you will learn all about creating products that look good, work well and sell well. With its emphasis on the integral design approach, PDI addresses the entire lifecycle of a product – how it is designed, manufactured, marketed and sold, serviced and repaired, and eventually retired. You will gain a strong foundation in three major aspects – product design, engineering and business – through modules on engineering design, industrial design, business and marketing. PDI’s balanced curriculum gives you a key advantage over conventional product design or industrial design courses.

Fine-tune your skills through a local or an overseas internship of up to three months, with industry players such as Singapore Mint, XentiQ, Promode Design, ST Kinetics, and overseas institution such as Jiangnan University in China. You will also work on two major design projects which ensure that you graduate with an innovative design portfolio, complete with a working prototype and business plan.

Let your creativity flow! Join the Diploma in Product Design & Innovation and create your own fascinating products.

Career Prospects

Singapore is increasingly the regional headquarters for many high-technology product design and manufacturing supply chains. Companies such as BMW and Philips Electronics have set up design, research & development and innovation centres here.

You can work as a product designer, design consultant, engineering designer with local or international product and design companies. With some years of experience, you can aspire to start your own design-consultancy or design and-manufacture company. Be ready to wow the world with your creativity, innovations and designs!

Further Studies  

You can get a degree in local and overseas universities in Product Design & Innovation, Product Design, Industrial Design, Fine Arts, and Product Design Engineering. You may gain advanced standing from many universities. Here are some examples of universities where you may gain credit exemptions:
  • Nanyang Technological University
    • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Product Design, Digital Animation, Digital Filmmaking, Interactive Media, Photography and Digital Imaging or Visual Communication
    • Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)

  • National University of Singapore
    • Bachelor of Arts Industrial Design
    • Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)

  • University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
    • Bachelor of Science in Product Design & Innovation
    • Bachelor of Engineering in Product Design Engineering

  • University of Western England, United Kingdom
    • Bachelor of Science in Creative Product Design
    • Bachelor of Science in Product Design Technology

  • Monash University, Australia
    • Bachelor of Industrial Design

  • University of New South Wales, Australia
    • Bachelor of Industrial Design

Here are more details on the degree options and advanced standing at the universities - locally and overseas .

 

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Contact Us

Lim Chiok Ngee Richard 
Mechanical Engineering Division
Blk 44, #01-08A
Tel: 6460 6196
Fax : 6467 7384
Email: lcn@np.edu.sg

Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Toll free: 1800-4607333
(admission to full-time courses)
General enquiries: 6466 6555
Fax: 6468 3207
Email: JoinNP@np.edu.sg

Entry Requirements

To be eligible for consideration, candidates must have the following GCE ‘O’ Level examination (or equivalent) results and fulfil the aggregate computation requirements.

Subject
'O' Level Grade             
English 1–7 **
Mathematics (Elementary/Additional) 1–6
Any three other subjects 1–6

The aggregate computation for selection is based on grades obtained for English, Mathematics, Art/Higher Art (Grade 1- 9) or Design & Technology (Grade 1-9) or Food & Nutrition (Grade 1-9) or Science (Grade 1-9) or a relevant OSIE / Applied Subject (Grade 1-9) and two other subjects.

** Candidates with English as a second language must have attained a minimum grade of 6.

Candidates with severe vision deficiency should not apply for the course.

First-Year ModulesSecond-Year ModulesFinal-Year Modules
^  Interdisciplinary Studies (IS) modules at Ngee Ann help students become more versatile and competitive by expanding their knowledge and skills beyond their core disciplines. Areas covered include communication, entrepreneurship, lifeskills, media and the arts, and science and technology.


Diploma Plus Programme

Students can opt to take additional modules from a wide range of clusters under the Diploma Plus Programme (DDP) to further enhance and/or broaden their knowledge in a variety of discipline specific areas based on their interests and learning abilities. The Diploma Plus Certificate helps students if they wish to pursue a university degree or increase their employability in discipline-specific areas.

Students can choose the DPP clusters from the range listed below. The offer of a DPP cluster is subject to the condition that the minimum class size is met and based on available vacancies.

 

Engineering ClustersNon-Engineering Clusters
*  Designed in collaboration with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS). The syllabus is based on the first-year engineering mathematics and science curricula of NUS.


Engineering students can also pursue Diploma Plus Certificates in Business, Innovation Management and Languages (Japanese).
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