Docs4Design

TU Delft

The Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) at the Delft University of Technology was founded in 1969. The PhD was managed at a university level since the beginning of the 20th century. At IDE, research and the PhD grew rapidly in the 90s and 00s, and a formal Graduate School was set up in 2011. Currently there are 120 PhD in Design candidates enrolled in a 4 year programme.

Politecnico di Milano

Politecnico di Milano, university for Architecture, Design and Engineering was founded in 1863. The PhD in Design Pro- gram of the Department of Design was established in 1990, 11 years before the foundation of the Polimi PhD School. Currently there are 60/70 enrolled candidates in a 3 year programme.

Imperial College

The Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College in London was founded in 2014. It draws together teaching and research in the field, building on decades of design engineering successes across Imperial College and through its collaboration with the Royal College of Art. There are currently 80 candidates for a PhD in Design Engineering enrolled in a 3 to 4 year programme. Many of these PhD projects are in topics like robotics, energy storage technologies and other engineering, technology driven research.

Aalto University

Aalto University resulted from the merger of Helsinki School of Economics, the Helsinki University of Technology, and the University of Art and Design Helsinki in 2010. In 2000, the University of Art and Design Helsinki started offering doctoral education. Today, there are approximately 50 active doctoral candidates in the 4 year programme offered by Aalto Univer- sity’s Department of Design.

Carnegie Mellon University

The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh was founded in 1917 Since 2000 it has a PhD in Design Studies and in Transition Design. The PhD in Transition Design program, plays a critical role in driving sustainable change across a range of complex systems. Together there are currently 20 candidates enrolled in a 4 year programme.

Illinois Institute of Technology

The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Institute of Design (ID) in Chicago was founded by László Moholy-Nagy as The New Bauhaus in 1937. ID is known for pioneering human- centered design and systems design. Since 1993 it has a PhD in Design with currently 9 candidates enrolled in a 3 year programme.