Welcome to

Division of Integrative Systems and Design

Welcome to

Division of Integrative Systems and Design

Welcome to

Division of Integrative Systems and Design

Welcome to

Division of Integrative Systems and Design

About ISD

The mission of the Division of Integrative Systems and Design is to nurture a new generation of innovators who can work across multiple disciplines and create disruptive innovations to solve the world’s great challenges.

Unique Pedagogy

One of the unique strengths of the Integrative Systems and Design program is the integration of design and technology to solve real-world problems. We adopt an experiential project-based pedagogy to nurture the new generation of innovators and technologists. Most of the ISD courses are project-oriented, and each year students are required to complete a year-long multi-disciplinary team project. Students apply their design skills and knowledge to identify user needs, define problems and generate different design ideas. In addition, they use their technical skills and knowhow to create realizable solutions, design and implement the solution through prototyping, test and refine their ideas, and finally put their solution into practice. A purpose-based learning approach prepares students to work on the year-long projects. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of the projects, the teams comprise students with different expertise. Each student has a different role in the team. Depending on his or her role and interest, an individual learning pathway is designed for each student to acquire the skills and knowledge required to complete the project. Each course in the program contributes to the completion of the project. Active learning and team-based experience are also important components of the ISD program.

 

News & Events

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Achievement 19 May 2023
BSc(ISD) student won 2023 Undergraduate Research…
Our student of BSc in Integrative Systems and Design (ISD), Ms. CHEN Siyu, Cici won the First Runner-up award…
Events 17 Apr 2023
Chinachem – ISD Talk Series: From Zero Carbon…
This is about the journey of an architect who participated in the integration of sustainable design in the…
Events 27 Mar 2023
Chinachem – ISD Talk Series: Treehouse…
Treehouse architecture - Childhood Imaginaries to Incumbent Eco-Realities. The Future of Work is Changing -…
Events 28 Feb 2023
Chinachem - ISD Talk Series: TINDAKAN, MAKSUD,…
TINDAKAN, MAKSUD, URGENSI - Action, Agency, Urgency, Stories of Crazy Chefs from Indonesia and Other efforts…
Events 14 Jan 2023
ISD Experience Day Workshop Series - Experiencing…
Our workshop: Experiencing Eco-design will be held on 14 January 2023 (Sat), which is one of the events in…

Contact Us

Division of Integrative Systems and Design
  • address Room 5591, Lift 29-30, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong
  • phone +852 3469 2723
  • fax +852 3521 0943
  • email isd@ust.hk