Bachelor of Industrial Design

Program Description

Industrial designers design products for consumers.  Examples include sports footwear, headphones, wearables, and automobiles. Graduates of the program are in high demand for the practical skills gained through the program’s hands-on learning environment. These skills include sketching, digital graphic rendering, model-making, and computer-aided design (CAD). 

The program is project-driven, and many of the design projects will involve industry collaboration to ensure real-world relevance.

Students elect a design specialization in Year 3 in one of:

• automotive design
• product design or
• interaction design

Automotive designers design the appearance (styling) of motor vehicles including automobiles, motorcycles and off-road vehicles. Humber is the only industrial design program in Canada that offers an automotive design specialization. 

In product design, there is more emphasis on the method of finding a solution to a user’s problem in order to make doing a task easier or make the user experience with the product more satisfying.

Interaction design is a new offering in the program which recognizes that more and more physical products are integrating a digital component, including touch screens or voice activation. 

Work Placement

This program includes a work placement of 420 hours in the summer between Year three and four.

Admission Requirements

• Minimum Level of Education Required: Grade 12 / High School
• Min GPA: 65.0% 

English Proficiency Requirements:

• Min TOEFL iBT: 84 (Min Reading: 21.0, Min Writing: 21.0, Min Listening: 21.0, Min Speaking: 21.0)
• Min IELTS overall: 6.5 (Min Reading: 6.0, Min Writing: 6.0, Min Listening: 6.0, Min Speaking: 6.0)
• Min Duolingo English Test Score: 115

• January 2021 Closed
• September 2021 Available