Smart and Sustainable Design

Bachelor of Culture and Arts 4 years 240 credits Hämeenlinna

With us, you will learn how to utilize modern techniques and design ecologically and ethically produced products and services.

Content of Your Studies

In our Smart and Sustainable Design degree programme you can study fashion, footwear, glass- and ceramics according to your choice. Additionally, you can expand your skills for example in the following areas: • entrepreneurship • business development • surface design skills • smart design • sustainable design

You will study in the design studio environments, where you learn how to apply theory in practice – through doing and making. You will have the opportunity to cooperate with companies in their field in various kinds of projects. We courage you to become international: our numerous international partner institutions offer you many opportunities for internationalization.

What Will You Learn?

You will learn how to use and combine both traditional and modern techniques with design thinking and a strong creative and material-based mindset. You will gain understanding of the importance of sustainable values and the challenges of circular economy.

What Can You Do?

After you have completed your studies, your will master all the steps from product design to manufacturing. You can work as a designer in companies in different fields and in the public sector, or act as an entrepreneur. Designers are increasingly setting up businesses and working in a diverse range of creative industries.

www.hamk.fi/design

Full time studies: 8–16 model Study at Hämeenlinna University Centre together with your international study group. What I like the most is that the studies are focused on gaining practical skills that we’ll definitely apply in our future jobs.

What I like the most is that the studies are focused on gaining practical skills that we’ll definitely apply in our future jobs.

Andrea, student in Design