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Isabel Sarmento
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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.
Critical, practice-based and contextual learning
Objectives
- Provide a stimulating, dynamic and competitive project context.
- Address methodological principles within the scope of project development with industry or for digital environments.
- Explore different ways of representing and materializing project proposals.
- Acquire knowledge about different materials and technological execution and production processes.
- 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
Profile
Creative processes and tangible outcomes
Projects
Professional Future
- Consumer electronics
- Lighting
- Home/technical furniture
- Toys
- Industrial equipment
- Medical devices
- Personal accessories
- Sports equipment
- Tools
- Vehicles
- Cutlery
- Footwear
- Ceramics
- Glass
- Design studios
- Research centres
Dialogue between design, industry and culture
Ecosystem
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.
- Alstom
- BA Glass
- Berg
- Sonae
- Salvador Caetano
- Sanindusa
- Bombay Sapphire
- CMcadeiras
- Electrolux
- Eumel
- Leica
- Gaz de France
- Nokia
Teaching, practice and research
Faculty
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 2025–2026
Calendar
Atividades letivas
● 2.º semestre · 09.02 — 23.06.2026
Assessments
Publication
● 2.º semestre · 25.06 — 02.07.2026
Exams
● Época de recurso — 2.º semestre — Inscrição · 03 — 06.07.2026
● Época de recurso — 2.º semestre · 06 — 18.07.2026
● Época especial — Inscrição · 03 — 04.09.2026
● Época especial · 08 — 18.09.2026
Year 2026–2027
Tuition Fee
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Scholarships
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Applications and Admissions
Administrative Services
Contacts
For information on applications, admission or scholarships at ESAD, the Administrative Services team is available to assist by email or telephone, Monday to Friday, from 8:30 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00 (in August, morning opening is at 9:00).
Undergraduate