Industrial Design Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Overview

The Industrial Design BEng programme at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University is:

• Industry-Aligned and Research-Led: Built around project-based learning that reflects real-world challenges, with an emphasis on technology, creativity, and human behaviour.
• Hands-On and Future-Focused: Students work in state-of-the-art studios, workshops, and fabrication laboratories (Fab Labs), developing ideas through sketching, prototyping, and testing. Facilities include 3D scanning and printing, laser cutting, and other advanced prototyping tools.
• Holistic in Approach: Beyond technical skills, students explore design’s social, cultural, and commercial dimensions. With a focus on sustainability, graduates are equipped to design responsibly for global futures.
• Globally Connected: Teaching is led by internationally renowned designers and thinkers. Students benefit from staff networks, industry partnerships, and extracurricular collaborations with both local and global manufacturers.
• Career-Oriented: Internships and placements are integral to the programme, ensuring that graduates leave with not only academic knowledge but also professional experience and a clear personal design identity.

By combining academic depth with professional practice and global vision, the BEng Industrial Design at XJTLU equips graduates to become innovative designers ready to shape the future of industry and society.

Career opportunities:

You will be well prepared to work in design, and research and development departments of multinational enterprises or as design consultants and freelance designers. 

Because of the cross-cultural focus of the programme, you are well-positioned to work internationally.

You will also gain a solid foundation for postgraduate study or other professional careers in areas that emphasise conceptual thinking, communication skills and the cross-cultural appreciation of creativity, innovation processes, user needs and behaviours and consumer markets.