Industrial design is a human-centered discipline which aims to meet the real needs of the individual and the society with creative design solutions that are convenient, safe and of high perceptual quality. In this discipline, education dwells on understanding the individual and the society and the synthesis of such diverse, but interdependent aspects of design, like sensual quality, functionality and the required strength and durability.
For this creative professional discipline, besides the types of work aimed at, like design work demanded for a great variety of products related with many different contexts, design research, product development, and industrial design consultancy, there are an increasing variety of fields of work that emerge with the fast changes experienced in technology and in the society. The qualifications that design education provides give the possibility to work in such varied occupations. The industrial design graduates can also create and establish their own work places with their innovative and entrepreneurial potentials, as well as finding work at private, semi-private and governmental establishments.