📖Introduction

Humber College is a publicly-funded college located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1967 and offers a range of certificate, diploma, and degree programs in a variety of fields, including business, technology, health sciences, media, and more.

The college has a diverse student population, with over 33,000 full-time and part-time students enrolled each year, including international students from over 138 countries. Humber College has a strong focus on experiential learning, offering students opportunities for hands-on learning through co-op programs, internships, and work placements. The college has partnerships with over 500 employers, providing students with access to a range of job opportunities and real-world experience.

Humber College is known for its state-of-the-art facilities, including its Centre for Trades and Technology, which offers training in a variety of skilled trades, and its Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation, which provides students with access to cutting-edge technology and equipment. The college is also committed to sustainability, with a number of initiatives in place to reduce its environmental impact and promote sustainable practices.

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📚About the Program

Industrial designers design products for consumers. Examples include sports footwear, headphones, wearables and transportations. Graduates of the program are in high demand for the practical skills gained through the program’s hands-on learning environment. These skills include sketching, digital graphic rendering, model-making and computer-aided design (CAD). The program is project driven, and many of the design projects will involve industry collaboration to ensure real-world relevance. Students elect a design specialization in Year 3 in one of: transportations design product design interaction design Transportations designers design the appearance (styling) of motor vehicles including automobiles, motorcycles and off-road vehicles. Humber is the only industrial design program in Canada that offers a transportations design specialization. In product design, there is more emphasis on the method of finding a solution to a user’s problem in order to make doing a task easier or make the user experience with the product more satisfying. Interaction design is a new offering in the program which recognizes that more and more physical products are integrating a digital component, including touch screens or voice activation. Show less
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📖Program Curriculum

Semester 1
IDSN 1001: Visual Communications 1
IDSN 1003: 2D Design Principles
IDSN 1004: Concept Modelmaking 1
IDSN 1005: History of Design
IDSN 1010: Design Studio 1
Select 1 from the following courses
DEGE : Degree Breadth Elective
Semester 2
IDSN 1501: Visual Communications 2
IDSN 1502: Technical Drawing
IDSN 1503: 3D Design Principles
IDSN 1504: Concept Modelmaking 2
IDSN 1510: Design Studio 2
Select 1 from the following courses
DEGE : Degree Breadth Elective
Semester 3
IDSN 2001: Visual Communications 3
IDSN 2002: Computer-Aided Design Studio 1
IDSN 2004: Materials and Manufacturing for Design 1
IDSN 2005: Human Factors
IDSN 2010: Design Studio 3
Select 1 from the following courses
DEGE : Degree Breadth Elective
Semester 4
IDSN 2501: Visual Communications 4
IDSN 2502: Computer-Aided Design Studio 2
IDSN 2503: Graphic Design for Industrial Design
IDSN 2504: Materials and Manufacturing for Design 2
IDSN 2510: Design Studio 4
Select 1 from the following courses
DEGE : Degree Breadth Elective
Semester 5
IDSN 3002: Computer-Aided Design Studio 3
IDSN 3012: Interaction Design Studio 1
IDSN 3509: Multimedia Design
RSMT 1500: Quantitative Research Methods
Select 1 from the following courses
DEGE : Degree Breadth Elective
Required 1 from the following courses
IDSN 3010: Product Design Studio 1
IDSN 3011: Transportation Design Studio 1
Semester 6
IDSN 3504: Sustainable Design
IDSN 3505: Entrepreneurship
IDSN 3512: Interaction Design Studio 2
RSMT 2500: Qualitative Research Methods
WORK 3550: Work Preparation
Select 1 from the following courses
DEGE : Degree Breadth Elective
Required 1 from the following courses
IDSN 3510: Product Design Studio 2
IDSN 3511: Transportation Design Studio 2
Work Experience - SEM 6C
IDSN 3599: Field Experience - Bachelor of Industrial Design

Semester 7
IDSN 4002: Senior Level Thesis Project 1
IDSN 4003: Design Research Method and Analysis
IDSN 4006: Design Management
Select 1 from the following courses
DEGE : Degree Breadth Elective
Required 1 from the following courses
IDSN 4010: Product Design Studio 3
IDSN 4011: Transportation Design Studio 3
IDSN 4012: Interaction Design Studio 3
Semester 8
IDSN 3005: Professional Practices
IDSN 4502: Senior Level Thesis Project 2
Required 1 from the following courses
IDSN 4510: Product Design Studio 4
IDSN 4511: Transportation Design Studio 4
IDSN 4512: Interaction Design Studio 4

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🏫About Humber College

Humber College is a public college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It offers more than 200 certificate, diploma, degree, and postgraduate programs in various fields such as Business, Creative and Performing Arts, Health Sciences, Hospitality, and Information Technology.

🏠 Accommodation

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:
  • Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
  • Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it
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💰 Fees

Application Fee:

399 RMB

Tuition fee:

20,105 USD per year

80,420 USD in total

❓✅❌ Entry Requirements

You are not eligible to apply to this program because:

The minimum age is 18.

English fluency is required.
You need to be either:
- A native English speaker
- Studied a degree in English before
- Can demonstrate a high level of English
- Having an English certificate such as IELTS level 6 or TOEFL 95 and above is an advantage.

Minimum education level: High School.

The program is competitive, you need to have a high grades of Average A, 70%, or a high GPA.

All students from all countries are eligible to apply to this program.

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📬 Admissions Process

3 Steps to Apply to a University

Application step 1

Application step 2

Application step 3

Please choose the programs here , "You are advised to select 2-3 programs to increase your chances of getting accepted.

Required Documents:

  • Passport
  • Graduation certificate
  • Passport size photo
  • Official transcript
  • Personal statement
  • English certificate (You can take the English test online)
  • Guarantor letter

Preparing documents:

You can start your application now and send the application documents during your application. Some documents you can send later if you don’t have them right away. Some more info about preparing application documents is here

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Application process:

Applying Online is simple in just a few steps. More information is available here.

The first steps are to choose the programs, pay the application fee and upload the application documents.

Once submitted to Global Admissions, we will review your application within 2-3 days and proceed to the university or ask you for further clarification

After it has been processed to the university you will receive your unique application ID from each university.

The university may contact you directly for further questions.

We will then follow up each week with the university for updates. As soon as there is any update we will let you know. If you have made other plans, decide to withdraw / change address at any time please let us know.

After you have been accepted you will receive your admissions letter electronically and asked to pay the non-refundable deposit to the university.

Once you have paid the deposit the university will issue you the admissions letter and visa form to your home country.

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Here is some more information about the enrollment process after you have been accepted.

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