Degree projects at Design Sciences
The Department of Design Sciences conducts research and education in a variety of subjects. Based on the UN's global goals to create good living conditions for people, sustainable development is part of both education and degree projects. The ambition is for circular thinking to be a natural part of all students' future professional lives.
Students from several programmes at the Faculty of Engineering, LTH are able to do their degree project at Design Sciences and IKDC within the following subjects:
Addresses key questions related to air quality, such as: formation of air pollution, particle dynamics, aerosol chemistry, and nanotoxicology.
Covers the design of a product and its packaging, throughout the whole supply chain from raw product, via various actors, to the end user, and on to recycling and recovery.
About the process
General information about the degree project process can be found on LTH's Student Website.
In addition to the general information, there are a number of things worth knowing when doing your degree project at Design Sciences. Ingvar Kamprad Design Center (IKDC) has well-equipped thesis rooms where you can work on your project, and you also have access to workshops and world-class equipment in the various laboratories.
Read the guidelines for doing your degree project at Design Sciences and IKDC. These include information about contracts with companies, facilities for your work, communication with supervisors and more.
Available Projects
Browse available degree projects below. The information is alternatingly in Swedish and English, depending on the department or company involved.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT/TECHNICAL DESIGN/INNOVATION: Master Thesis – Designing for End-of-Life Recycling and Material Recovery – AXIS
Help Axis in their work to better enable recycling and material recovery of their products when they reach end-of-life.
INTERAKTIONSDESIGN: Utveckla en hälsoapp för gymnasieflickor med järnbrist
Lunds universitet erbjuder exjobb med möjlighet att utveckla den tekniska aspekten av en hälsoapp som under hösten 2026 kommer att användas i en läkemedelsstudie för gymnasieflickor med järnbrist.
PRODUKTUTVECKLING/TEKNISK DESIGN/INNOVATION: Digitala produktpass för möbler – Blå Station
Detta är ett examensarbete för dig som vill sätta tänderna i lagstiftningen om digitala produktpass för att analysera dess betydelse för, och hur den bäst bör implementeras i, möbelindustrin.
PRODUKTUTVECKLING/TEKNISK DESIGN: Vidareutveckling av Foldbot – lådresaren
Odigo Consulting söker efter en eller två personer som vill skiva sitt examensarbete under hösten 2025. Uppgiften består av en idéstudie, konceptutveckling, konstruktion, montering/testning samt programmering. Projektet går ut på att vidareutveckla en automatisk lådresare.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT/TECHNICAL DESIGN: CAD drawing for mechanical feeding system – ÖzerBerg Gård
Are CAD-drawing and horses among your interests? Then this project is for you. It gives you the opportunity to design a solution based on your analysis in cooperation with the horse ranch ÖzerBerg Gård.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT/TECHNICAL DESIGN: Robust injection moulding of recycled plastic materials – Euroform
One or two students have the opportunity to study, test and recommend guidelines for injection moulding of thermoplastic parts.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT/TECHNICAL DESIGN: Improving recyclability of automotive plastic parts – Euroform
Take part in the lifecycle change of plastic parts in the automotive industry – project available for one or two students.
PRODUKTUTVECKLING/TEKNISK DESIGN: Se lyktstolpars potential och utveckla dem till något mer – Northcone
Skapa mervärde i samhället genom att låta lyktstolpar ta plats på ett innovativt sätt.
PRODUKTUTVECKLING/TEKNISK DESIGN: Utveckla produkt för att hålla andningsvägar öppna – Flexair
Flexair erbjuder två exjobb där du har möjlighet att bidra till att rädda liv genom att utveckla produkter som håller andningsvägarna fria.
