
Industrial Product Design (IPO) is a Bachelor Programme at Howest - Kortrijk (Belgium), UNESCO City or Design. Our ambition is to teach our students to design the right thing right. We aim to prepare our students for the real world by:
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offering students real-life cases with clients and industry
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stimulating entrepreneurship and start-ups
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making each student a co-owner of their education program
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learning a lot of hands-on prototyping techniques to have a realistic view on a concept or product.
Above anything else we want our students to apply design thinking to their own lives.
For companies our students are your source of creativity! Collaborate with our students during:
Our habitat is the Industrial Design Center (IDC). This the open knowledge center of Howest University of Applied Sciences and Ghent University where industry, research and education meet, make and co-create.

OPEN DAY - IPO
August 27
10am - 1pm
@industrialdesigncenter

Let's get in touch
STUDY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTDESIGN
Come to study Industrial Product Design IPO
ipo@howest.be
Dutch Programme
English Programme
HIRE OUR SERVICES
Protolab, virtual and tangible prototypes
Lightlab, light measurements
Innowiz, applied creativity
Sparklab, spatial augmented reality
Masterclass, innovation management
CONNECT TO OUR RESEARCHERS
Innovation studies
(Multidisciplinary) Research projects
National & European collaboration
USE OUR MINI FACTORY
IDC factory membership
Traditional & high-end machine park
Basic or advanced machine training
Professional support
Labs, studios & eventspace


Industrial Design Center
Marksesteenweg 58
8500 Kortrijk
+32(0)56241268