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    Industrial Design: Masters | Atlanta

    Program Description

    The Master of Industrial Design at Georgia Tech is among the distinct preeminent design programs in the U.S. with access to the resources of a top-tier research university. Access to distinguished faculty and emerging technologies present a highly favorable environment for discovery, innovation, and intellectual freedom. The curriculum specializes in fortifying the designer's role in humanizing connections between people and technology, with a focus on the areas of interaction design, healthcare design, service design, product design, and user-experience research.

    Areas of Research

    MID students engage in research with MID faculty, their research labs and across campus. Areas of research include:
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Assistive Technologies
    • Augmented Reality
    • Educational Technologies
    • Serious Game
    • Human-Computer Interaction
    • Material and Process Development for 3D Printing
    • Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
    • Robotics
    • Service Design
    • Social Computing
    • Tangible Interfaces
    • Therapy and Training Technologies
    • Virtual and Mixed Reality
    • Wearables
    • Wellbeing

    Application Requirements

    • Three Letters of Recommendation
    • Essay Questions
    • Portfolio: Electronically uploaded PDF format.
    • Resume
    • Video Introduction (1-2 minutes)

    Institute Requirements

    Standardized Tests

    Test TypeScore RequirementsSubmitting Scores
    TOEFL iBT
    Prior to January 2026
    • 90 or higher Total score
    • 19 or higher Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking subsections
    • Institute Code: 5248
    • Department Code: Any
    • MyBest score is not accepted
    TOEFL iBT
    After January 2026
    • 4.5 or higher Total score
    • 4 or higher Listening, Reading, Writing sections
    • 3.5 or higher Speaking section
    • Institute Code: 5248
    • Department Code: Any
    • MyBest score is not accepted
    IELTS Academic
    • 7 or higher Overall band score
    • 6.5 or higher Listening, Reading, and Speaking
    • 5.5 or higher Writing
    • IELTS electronic score delivery service: Georgia Institute of Technology, "Graduate"
    GRE General Test
    • Institute Code: R5248
    • Department Code: Any
    GMATNot Required
    To be considered official, test scores must be sent electronically directly from the testing agency.
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    Application Deadlines

    Start termDeadline date
    Fall 2026January 16, 2026
    Fall 2027January 15, 2027
    All deadlines are 11:59 PM Eastern Time.

    Program Contact

    School of Industrial Design
    Graduate Program Office

    School Website: Industrial Design
    Email: sid-graduate-studies@design.gatech.edu
    Phone: 404.894.4874
    Program Website: id.gatech.edu/academics/mid

    Costs & Funding