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Design Innovation

11 October 2023
Combine your creativity and mātauranga Māori with engineering to invent new products that support Māori needs.
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Overview


Design Innovation

Introduction

 

Note: This major is currently not open to new enrolments.

Through the Design Innovation major, you can combine your creativity and mātauranga Māori with engineering to invent new products that support Māori needs and aspirations.

Design Innovation

Why study Design Innovation at UC?

  • Build products right from the first year in specialised design and testing labs.
  • Learn the market and create products for specific industries, for example entertainment, sports, software, and home appliances.
  • Complete individual and team project courses each year — from prototyping to commercialisation.

Design Innovation

Career opportunities

Experience in product design gives you a huge range of career possibilities, including launching your own business or product ideas. With a focus on Māori innovation, you will be able to design products for and with Māori, and be suited to working with other audiences and in indigenous markets overseas.

Career pathways could include:

  • marketing
  • product manufacturing
  • consulting
  • Research and Development (R&D).

Find out more about what you can do with a degree from UC.

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