Program Outcomes

The METU PhD in Industrial Design program aims for its graduates to acquire the following knowledge, skills and behaviours:

1. Having general and expert knowledge on the discipline of industrial design; contributing to the field with research and generated knowledge;
2. Confident, critical, objective and curious within their field of competence;
3. Having skills in independently proposing, planning and managing research process, analysing data and processing findings, for complicated problems;
4. Respecting and practicing research ethics, and acknowledging various research being conducted and diverse fields of expertise;
5. Identifying distinct and contemporary research topics; processing research findings in order to make use of them academically and in design practice;
6. Being able to critically evaluate the field literature; being able to relate research findings within the literature;
7. Being able to transfer research findings and acquired expertise into their field and career;
8. Giving importance to the dissemination of generated knowledge; ability in producing publications;
9. Positively contributing to the institutions in which they work, in terms of education and research;
10. Having the capability to carry out education in the field;
11. Being able to comprehend an academic work in its details; being able to carry out knowledgable and comprehensive discussions on the topic;  
12. Having skills in academic writing, and in oral, written and visual presentation;
13. Having skills in time planning and process management;
14. Synthesising knowledge, theories and methods of different disciplines and research areas, and using them in one’s own field;
15. Transforming field knowledge and research results into theories, strategies, politics, methods and/or decisions.