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Mission Statement
We Design Futures Together.
SUES Design prepares designers, researchers and leaders to shape the next economy and an emerging Ecological Civilisation. As one of the three key engines of Shanghai University of Engineering Science's SPINOVATION strategy, we connect design, engineering and management through innovative education, applied research and the transformation of ideas into practice.
Rooted in culture and place, and working with industry, communities and AI, we create products, services, experiences, systems and environments that advance social wellbeing and sustainable development. We aim to become a global benchmark for applied-innovation design education, equipping a new generation to shape change with imagination, empathy, rigor and purpose.
International Role
SUES Design connects students and faculty with universities, industries and innovators in China and around the world. International collaboration is embedded in teaching, applied research and professional practice, supported by international faculty, visiting scholars and guest critics.
Sino-Korean programs with Kongju National University span product design focused on ceramics, visual communication design focused on games, and master's study in digital media and image digitization. Cooperation with Dongseo University supports undergraduate study in digital media art. SUES Industrial Design is the first Chinese Industrial Design program to hold ASIIN international accreditation.
Our international outlook combines China's cultural and industrial knowledge with shared inquiry into AI, sustainability and emerging design practice. Partnerships such as the higher-education digital twin innovation pilot with Bentley Systems China and Bentley Systems Global R&D connect local experimentation with global expertise.
National Role
Rooted in Shanghai, a UNESCO City of Design, SUES Design contributes to the transformation of the city's industries, communities and urban–rural relationships. As a key engine of the University's SPINOVATION strategy, the School connects design, engineering and management to advance industrial development, social wellbeing and high-quality urban development.
Industry partners co-develop research, bring real briefs into studios and host students across mobility, intelligent hardware, AI, sustainability, healthcare, media and the creative industries. Every SUES Design graduate works with at least one industry partner on a real project.
Our work addresses circular and autonomous mobility, sustainable energy and materials, AI in creative and industrial practice, healthcare and community care, and the international development of Chinese creative industries. Across four campuses, the School connects education and research with the adoption, making, scaling and incubation of innovation.
Main Focus
We Design Futures Together.
SUES Design prepares a new generation of designers, researchers and leaders to shape the next economy and an emerging Ecological Civilisation. Our undergraduate and master's education connects design, engineering and management through SPINOVATION, integrating creative inquiry, applied research and real-world innovation.
A shared design foundation supports five specialist programs: Product + Mobility, Media + Entertainment, Humans + Machines, Environments + Scenography, and Strategy + Management. AI is approached as a co-creator, alongside the human capacities of imagination, empathy, judgment and purpose.
Industry-embedded studios, interdisciplinary projects and Living Labs connect learning with the transformation of products, services, experiences, environments and systems. Students develop the ability to observe, understand, express and lead, working with others to create sustainable and meaningful futures.
Faculties and Departments
The School of Design at Shanghai University of Engineering Science (SUES Design) brings design, engineering and management together through the University's SPINOVATION strategy.
The School is organized around a 1+5 structure: Foundation + Public (F+P), the shared Design Foundation Group, and five specialist programs: Product + Mobility (P+M); Media + Entertainment (M+E); Humans + Machines (H+M); Environments + Scenography (E+S); and Strategy + Management (S+M).
The School has 151 faculty members, including 109 full-time teachers. Its faculty includes 14 professors, 41 associate professors and 57 teachers with doctoral degrees, with four international faculty members. Visiting scholars, industry practitioners and international guest critics contribute to studios and research, connecting academic inquiry with professional practice.
Bachelor Level Programs
Undergraduate programs have an estimated duration of four years. Foundation + Public provides a shared foundation across the first three semesters, covering design history, theory and culture; observation and experimentation; visual communication; ethics; technology; AI; and impact. Students enter specialist domain programs from semester four.
Product + Mobility: Industrial Design (080205); Product Design (130504); and Product Design in Sino-Korean cooperation with Kongju National University, focused on ceramics (130504H). Students explore intelligent products, circular design and emerging mobility systems.
Media + Entertainment: Digital Media Art (130508); Digital Media Art in Sino-Korean cooperation with Dongseo University (130508H); Visual Communication Design (130502); Visual Communication Design in Sino-Korean cooperation with Kongju National University, focused on games (130502H); and Advertising (050303). Study connects digital media, gaming, immersive storytelling and AI-generated content.
Humans + Machines: Art and Technology (130509T), integrating interaction design, computation, embodied cognition, human factors and ethics.
Environments + Scenography: Environmental Design (130503), exploring sustainable, low-carbon and AI-augmented environments, immersive experiences and spatial infrastructure.
Master Level Programs
Master's study has an estimated duration of three years. Applied research and research-by-design connect design, engineering and management through SPINOVATION, with industry and community partners contributing real challenges.
Product + Mobility: Design Studies in Product + Mobility (140300); Professional Design in Product + Mobility (135700); and Mechanical Engineering in Industrial Design Engineering (085500).
Media + Entertainment: Design Studies in Media + Entertainment (140300); Professional Design in Media + Entertainment (135700); and Digital Media and Image Digitization in Sino-foreign cooperation with Kongju National University, focused on games (135700).
Humans + Machines: Professional Design in Human–Machine Design (135700), addressing human–machine systems, urban digital twins and distributed intelligence.
Environments + Scenography: Design Studies in Environments + Scenography (140300) and Professional Design in Environments + Scenography (135700), supported by cross-program research-by-design studios.
Strategy + Management: Design Studies in Strategy + Management (140300) and Professional Design in Strategy + Management (135700). Systems thinking, futures foresight, circular design and organizational transformation are explored through corporate and community action research and Living Labs.
Research Activity and Main Areas
SUES Design advances applied research through SPINOVATION, bringing design, engineering and management into collaboration with industry and communities.
Research spans five interconnected domains: intelligent products, circular materials and emerging mobility systems; digital media, gaming, immersive storytelling and AI-generated content; human–machine interaction, embodied AI, multi-agent systems and distributed intelligence; sustainable environments, scenography and spatial infrastructure; and strategy, futures foresight and organizational transformation.
Cross-program research-by-design studios and Living Labs connect inquiry with implementation. These include the Circular Campus, Healthy Communities, and a digital twin innovation pilot for higher education with Bentley Systems China and Bentley Systems Global R&D.
Future-oriented areas of inquiry include human–AI collaboration, ambient and spatial intelligence, living materials and regenerative products, community care infrastructures, synthetic realities, and transitions at the scale of cities, industries and ecological systems.
Doctorate Level Programs
Industrial Design as a Secondary Discipline Direction under the Primary Discipline of Mechanical Engineering
