Design Thinking track

Process and procedures

Design Thinking in relevant innovation projects

Students in the Design Thinking track will engage and design relevant solutions for a variety of challenges in forms of project groups. They will meet and collaborate with industry stakeholders, fellow students, researchers and lecturers. Students participate in multiple projects, with a maximum of 2 projects at the same time, depending on the number of ECT's they need to obtain and whether or not they have courses to follow simultaneously. Students will learn an awful lot by exploring, ideating, discussing, prototyping, testing, innovating, and repeating the process if needed. From time to time, you are not exactly sure how things will turn out, which is both a fun and confusing aspect. However, with our encouragement, you will more and more trust the process and see the context, concept, or business case become clear in front of your eyes. Along the way, you keep on filling your toolbox to tackle these types of challenges for future reference. The particular toolbox of design thinking is relevant for numerous (study) disciplines and related industries or professions.

Coaching 

During your time at the Garage, coaching is available per project group. It is suggested to have a weekly update meeting with your coach to discuss progress, lessons learnt and next steps. 

Presence

We encourage students to be physically present in the Garage as much as possible, and require to be present at least 5 half-days (dagdelen) in the office.