For the industry
Training systemic and ethical designers
for the 21st century industry
More than just industrial designers, we train designers capable of working in all areas of the industry value chain: material management, product design, process organisation, workspace and user experience.
An unrivalled position in France.
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Designer for industry training

A teaching approach
grounded in reality
• 15 projects per student over 5 years, all with a partner
• Courses taught by professionals
• Individual professional support over the 5 years
• 2 to 3 internships (Worker, Design)
• 1 international semester (3rd year)
• 2 years of work-study programme
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An ongoing relationship with local stakeholders through projects
• Large enterprises
• Mid-sized enterprises
• Small and medium-sized enterprises
• Start-ups
• Local authorities
30 projects completed per year upon completion.
Are you a local stakeholder? Visit our businesses page and find out how you can work with us!
A ‘Polytechnic’ school of design!
Fully integrated into the Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, UPHF School of Design delivers academic excellence and strong professional training through its multidisciplinary programme.
To this end, it has remarkable resources at its disposal on the magnificent Mont Houy campus in Valenciennes: library, restaurant, sports facilities, manufacturing workshop – everything is in place to prepare its students to enter the professional world.
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