IgnisCircle
Franz-Fridolin Martens
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Undergraduate in Design
Product Design
It prepares students to design innovative and functional objects, combining user-centred thinking with the exploration of materials and technologies. Using practical workshops and expert guidance, they can experiment with different production processes and explore more sustainable practices. Collaborations with the industry challenge them to design for the real world.
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Career Opportunities
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Consumer electronics
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Lighting
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Home/technical furniture
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Toys
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Industrial equipment
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Medical devices
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Personal accessories
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Sports equipment
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Tools
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Vehicles
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Cutlery
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Footwear
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Ceramics
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Glass
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Design studios
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Research centres
Creative processes and tangible outcomes
Projects
Critical, practice-based and contextual learning
Objectives
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Provide a stimulating, dynamic and competitive project context.
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Address methodological principles within the scope of project development with industry or for digital environments.
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Explore different ways of representing and materializing project proposals.
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Acquire knowledge about different materials and technological execution and production processes.
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Foster an analytical, ethical and critical spirit, debating the importance of history and heritage and the challenges for the future in the social, environmental and technological dimensions.
Structure, content and learning progression
Curriculum
Semester — 1
Design Fundamentals 75 HC 8 ECTS
Design and Technologies 45 HC 4 ECTS
Drawing I 60 HC 4 ECTS
Interaction Design 45 HC 4 ECTS
Geometry and Projection 30 HC 4 ECTS
Themes of Contemporary Culture 30 HC 3 ECTS
Theory of Perception 30 HC 3 ECTS
Semester — 2
Semester — 3
Semester — 4
Semester — 5
Semester — 6
Electives
Take the next step
Applications and Admissions
Profile
Dialogue between design, industry and culture
Partnerships
Ensuring permanent and necessary contact with the real world, there is a clear commitment to partnerships with national and international industries, companies and institutions. In addition to partnerships with companies and industries, there are many competitions, whether by invitation or opportunity, both nationally and internationally, in which Product Design students have won prizes.
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Alstom
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BA Glass
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Berg
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Sonae
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Salvador Caetano
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Sanindusa
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Bombay Sapphire
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CMcadeiras
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Electrolux
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Eumel
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Leica
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Gaz de France
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Nokia
Teaching, practice and research
Faculty
Year 2026–2027
Tuition Fee
Evaluate the possibilities
Scholarships
Enriching lives, opening minds
Erasmus+
Projects, prototyping and connections with material culture and product practice
Product Design in Action
Workshops, talks, exhibitions and laboratory experiences
Agenda & Events
Undergraduate 2026/2027
Calendar
School Activities
● 1st semester · 21.09.2026 — 22.01.2027
● 2nd semester · 18.02 — 22.06.2027
School closures
● Restoration of Independence · 30.11 — 01.12.2026
● Christmas and New Year · 21.12.2026 — 03.01.2027
● Carnival · 08 — 10.02.2027
● Easter · 22 — 29.03.2027
● Academic Week · 03 — 07.05.2027
● Sr. Matosinhos · 18.05.2027 · 12:00 — 12:00
● Corpus Christi · 27 — 28.05.2027
Assessments
Publication
● 1st Semester · 25 — 29.01.2027
● 2nd Semester · 28.06 — 02.07.2027
Exams
● Appeals period — 1st semester — Registration · 01 — 02.02.2027
● Appeals period — 1st semester · 04 — 17.02.2027
● Appeals period — 2nd semester — Registration · 05 — 06.07.2027
● Appeals period — 2nd semester · 12 — 23.07.2027
● Special Season — Registration · 02 — 03.09.2027
● Special Season · 06 — 10.09.2027
Special Statutes
● Second Semester — Submission of applications for High-Performance Sports Student Status or Working Student Status · 26.02.2027 · 23:00 — 23:00
Change of Class
● 2nd Semester — Submission of requests to change class · 26.02.2027 · 23:00 — 23:00
● 2nd Semester — Submission of the application to cancel enrolment · 26.02.2027 · 23:00 — 23:00
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