Industrial design is an exciting and rapidly evolving profession. AUT design graduates are award-winning and well-prepared for a changing future.

Industrial design at AUT focuses on good design for a better world. 

Products AUT students design can be tangible, three-dimensional manufactured objects like consumer products, furniture, packaging,  medical and sports equipment, or they can be systems, services, and interfaces, always with innovation as the main driver.

At AUT, you work in open-plan design studios and have access to world-class technologies, laboratories, and workshops.

Industrial design project

You work more independently on product design projects and identify your area of specialization.

Many of these projects are undertaken in partnership with industry partners like:

• Macpac
• Citta Design
• Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
• Auckland District Health Board
• Auckland Council
• Zespri

Key features

• Real-life projects alongside the university's industry partners
• Dynamic and collaborative learning environment
• World-class facilities including 3D labs, a rapid prototyping laboratory, and the Textile and Design Laboratory

• Certified copy of your birth certificate or passport
• Certified copy of marriage certificate (If required)
• Official academic transcripts
• English Language Proficiency (If Available)
• CV/Work experience (If required)
• A copy of the document(s) in the original language/and official English translation
• Portfolio

1_ All applicants need to meet AUT’s minimum entry requirements qualification equivalent to New Zealand year 13 or University Entrance.

High school qualifications from different countries:

India: 

• 12 years of schooling with an overall average of 75% in four academic subjects, including a min 60% in English from the All-India Senior Certificate (AISSC).
• All other Higher Secondary State Board Examinations require an overall average of 80% in four academic subjects with a min 65% in English.

China:

• Senior High School graduation plus one year of successful study at bachelor's level; or
• Senior High School graduation plus completion of a two-year diploma, with good grades, at a recognized university.
• A Tier 1 score in the National University Entrance Examination (Gaokao) at a recognized institution

2_ They must have a portfolio of creative and design work.

Don’t meet the entry requirements?

Consider starting with Tītohu mō te Hoahoa - Diploma in Design.

Foundation programmes

If you don’t have the academic qualifications needed for direct entry into an AUT programme, you can enroll in a foundation programme.

If you successfully complete the foundation programme and get the required grades, you are guaranteed entry into an appropriate AUT programme.