Industry-University Collaboration
Dr Peter KellyHelsinki School of Creative Entrepreneurship
Product Development Program (PDP)
• Involves technology and product/strategic design students
• Work in teams of 10 on a future oriented conceptual design project for a company
• Project proposal is developed by students with objective to create a functional prototype
• Academic credit
Professor Kalevi Ekman, HUT
Product Development Program (PDP)
• Sponsors pay a project fee of €10.000 and must be actively engaged
• Completed work is owned by the company
• Since 1997, 83 projects involving 780 students with 20% of the student body international
• Companies include Kone, Nokia, Stora Enso, Finnish Red Cross among others
• Rapidly evolving plan to establish a Product Development Laboratory
International Design Business Management Program (IDBM)
• Program started in 1995• 10-15 students yearly drawn
from the technical, business and design universities work in teams of 3-5 on projects commissioned by companies
• Projects include new product concepts, definition of customer needs, market analysis, corporate identity and so on
• Since 1995, 80 projects have been completed for leading Finnish companies
Markku Salimäki
Corporate Projects
International Design Business Management Program (IDBM)
• Companies provide a €10.000 budget for the project
– Travel budget– Student rewards– Project supervision & Tutoring– Administration
• Credited as a minor in Master’s degree Markku
Salimäki