Purpose of Establishment
The study of “creativity” has raised great awareness in the 21st century. Creative design professionals have also become the new driving forces for industry transformation and sustainable business development.
According to the 2005-2015 human resource medium-long term supply and demand trend report from the Council of Economic Planning and Development, the need for human resources of a degree in industrial design or product design will be around 1050-2300 short in 2015.
In recent years, the Board of E-United Group invested heavily in the E-Da World with eight functions of leisure, vacation, health, education, art, culture, shopping and real estate. To pursue sustainable development, improve business performance and enhance service quality, there is an urgent demand to cultivate talents in the field of creative product design.
Therefore, the Department of Creative Product Design was established in 2011. This is to foster next-gen top designers with a wide prospect. Also, it is aimed to bridge the gap of shortage in product design professionals across industries in Taiwan.
Course Features
The department developed courses for professional training, which feature the following characteristics:
- Unleash creativity: Using a broad range of stimuli to inspire students and giving them freedom to apply extensive materials to design assignments.
- Foster practical skills: Training students' design skills by demonstrating proper usage of tools and equipment. Gaining advantages by acquiring professional certificates and participating in global design awards.
- Emphasize innovation: Guiding students to realize ideas through knowledge integration and to conduct multi-disciplinary teamwork.
- Collaborate with industries: Providing internship opportunities for students to participate in real-life projects together with companies in the design sector.
- Establish a solid foundation for a career: Enhancing students’ understanding by explaining business processes. Organizing conferences and workshops for sharing practical experiences between academia and industries.
Development Focus
- Cultural Creativity。
- Technological Aesthetics。
- Smart Living。
- Human Care。
Prospect for Graduates
The graduates will have extensive career opportunities in the product design sector, options exemplified as follows:
- To be a product designer at a design consultancy.
- To be a product designer in the design department of a company.
- To be a design consultant for directing design projects in marketing commercial goods.
- To run a design studio for creating and marketing products of own brands.
- Take qualification exams for design relevant positions in governmental services.
- Continue advanced studies for design master's and PhD degrees in global institutes.