Óbuda University
Sándor Rejtő Faculty of Light Industry and Environmental Engineering
CURRICULUM OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT AND ART DESIGNER BSC COURSE
1. Training goal:
The goal of the course is to train industrial products and art designers who are capable of
designing, producing and marketing industrial products:
they are capable of meeting the challenges of market economy with flexibility and efficiency;
with their technical, aesthetic, human as well as economic knowledge and skills they are
capable of independent, creative work in all the phases of product development and capable of
managing the innovative process of product development as well as the material,
organizational and human resources necessary for product development and also the different
cycles of product life cycle; in addition they have enough theoretical knowledge to be able to
continue their studies in the second cycle of the training
2. Training duration:
full time, 7 semesters, 2156 hours
3. Credits to be obtained: 210 credits
4. Qualification level and the description of qualification in the certificate:
- level: baccalaureus, bachelor; short: BSc
- name of qualification: Industrial Design Engineer
5. Main areas of the training:
Natural science
fundamentals (40-50
credits)
Economics and humanities
(16-30 credits)
Professional core material
(70-103 credits)
Specific professional
knowledge
Optional subject (10
credits)
Thesis (15 credits)
Total:
Credit points
40
24
78
43
10
15
210
6. Professional practice:
Doing profession practice outside the institution is a criterion. The duration of the
professional practice is 6 weeks.
Óbuda University
Sándor Rejtő Faculty of Light Industry and Environmental Engineering
7. Physical Education:
It is a criterion subject in the full-time course, which is advertised in the 2nd and 3rd
semesters in weekly 2 hours.
8. Language requirements, language training:
In order to obtain the degree it is compulsory to have at least one intermediate level
type “C” accredited language exam or equivalent certificate of secondary education or
diploma.
As a compulsory subject all full-time students must participate in the professional
course advertised by the university in English or German and pass the required test in
the foreign language
9. Form of the training:
- full time
10. Precondition of admission:
Passing the aptitude test in drawing
11. Knowledge testing:
- midyear mark, exam, final exam
12. Conditions of admission for the final exam:
a) obtaining the pre-degree certificate;
b) degree thesis accepted by the reviewer.
The condition of being admitted for the final exam is obtaining the pre-degree
certificate. The pre-degree certificate is issued to a student who has met the course and
examination requirements specified in the curriculum and the required professional
practice – with the exception of passing the language exam and preparing the thesis –
and obtained the required credits.
13. The parts of the final exam:
The final exam consists of defending the thesis and taking exams in the subjects
specified in the curriculum. The student must take the final exam on the same day,
continuously. The final exam consists of oral exams and the preparation time is at least
30 minutes per subject. At one time one student may take the exam before the
examination board.
14. The result of the final exam:
the weighted average of the marks received for the thesis and the oral part of the final
exam – taking into account the number of exam subjects as follows:
Óbuda University
Sándor Rejtő Faculty of Light Industry and Environmental Engineering
F =( TH + E1+E2+…+Em)/(1+m).
15. Optional specialization:
full time: product designer
16. Attachments of the curriculum:
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sample curriculum tables
subject programmes
17. Effective date:
2012/2013 school year
Budapest, 24th February 2012
Dr. István Patkó
dean