Aalto University

PDP is an 8-months long project course where learning is tied to a real-life product development challenge usually given by partner companies. The course is recommended to be taken as part of voluntary master studies at any study program of technology, design or business. The teams form in September and deliver a functioning prototype in the final PDP Gala in May. Suggestions for topics are welcome from March to August. The PDP course covers the project phases from clarifying the task and working out the project plan to modeling, prototyping, testing and finally introducing the results in Product Design Gala. When the course is over, prototypes and reports will be transferred to the company partner. PDP course takes place in A Uni- Design Factory (ADF), which is an experimental co-creation platform of Aalto University. ADF as an operational environment is twofold. One is the material side consisting of team working spaces, machine & electro shops, prototyping & testing facilities, software tools et cetera. The second is its immaterial form which is composed of low bureaucracy, low hierarchy, interaction, development methods and workshops that support co-creation and planned coincidences.
Research will be conducted at Aalto University between September 4th - September 10th, 2023
The Product Development Project was ranked 007/100 on the 2022 WURI Ranking list. See the full list.

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