Sustainable Product Development

The course includes techniques, methods, procedures, and organisation for increased efficiency and learning in product development, with a focus on sustainability issues in general and material selection in particular.

The course combines a theory component which includes lectures, exercises, and seminars and is focused on product development, the project team, sustainable development, and material selection, and a practical case project which is reality-based, associated with a company, and completed in groups.

Progressive specialisation: A1N (has only first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Education level: Master's level

Admission requirements: Completed programme courses totalling 90 ECTS credits in the study programmes in Mechanical Engineering or Innovation and Design Engineering, or completed programme courses totalling 135 ECTS credits in the Master programmes in Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering and Management, plus upper secondary level Swedish 3 or Swedish as a second language 3, and English 6, or equivalent

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.

This course is included in the following programme

• Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management (studied during year 4)
• Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (studied during year 4)
• Study Programme in Innovation and Design Engineering (studied during year 3)
• Study Programme in Mechanical Engineering (studied during year 3)