DIS-Copenhagen: Furniture Design Program
Program Details
| Program Location |
Copenhagen, Denmark
|
| Sponsor |
DIS |
| Program Type |
Co-sponsored |
| Course # |
SA 32001
|
| Duration |
Summer
|
| Upcoming Program Dates |
| Summer 2024 |
06/15/24 to 07/27/24
|
| Summer 2024 |
05/20/24 to 07/05/24
|
Please Note: Programs may be altered or adapted with little notice
Overview
Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, has a rich history influenced by more than 800 years of Danish settlement. Copenhagen is rare in that it combines the economic, scientific, and cultural life of a modern city with a relaxed, small town atmosphere.
DIS administrative and classroom buildings are located in the heart of Medieval Copenhagen. Facilities include but are not limited to a reference and student library, student lounges, computer labs, a student information desk, and student support services.
Scandinavian furniture design has a deep history of considering people, culture, and society in design development. The course gives you the opportunity to explore this particular relationship and to grow your individual design capabilities through studio assignments, lectures, Field Studies, and workshop activity producing your own furniture prototype.
For more program information, please visit the
program website.
This program is sponsored by:
DIS.
Eligibility
The program is open to Purdue students in good standing who have completed at least two semesters of university study by the start of the program. Successful candidates will demonstrate academic success, maturity, and a desire to experience another culture.
In addition, enrollment in a professional school or department of architecture or design is required as well as two spatial design studios at university level. Experience with stationary power tools and hand tools is also necessary.
GPA Requirement:
3.0 on a 4.0 scale
Language Requirement: none
Purdue Credit
Direct Credit
available from the following:
[
College of Agriculture] [
College of Liberal Arts] [
Interdisciplinary and Special Programs]
Specifically from:
HORT (AG) and ENTR (Interdisciplinary & Special Programs)
Students interested in completing courses while abroad from Purdue colleges or departments that are not listed above should discuss this with their study abroad advisor before applying to the program.
Academic Program
For the Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program, this program fulfills the Capstone requirement.
Excursions
Included in the program is a study tour to Sweden and Finland to visit furniture factories, showrooms, and museums that exhibit a combination of aesthetics and fabrication and inform you design process. You will also see contemporary and older architecture where furniture is integrated with the interior design. Furthermore, the tour gives an impression of Scandinavian history, geography, and culture. The sites on tour promote sensory experience, allowing you to develop critical observation skills through diagrammatic and representational analysis.
During the study tour, you are required to sketch in their journals and are expected to develop initial concepts for your chair design. In your sketchbooks, you will create physical and conceptual expressions of furniture seen on tour. The manufacturing process and designers encountered on tour are also points of inspiration.
Estimated Program Costs
Students pursuing program participation accept financial responsibility. Purdue will take measures to mitigate financial risks, although will not be liable for loss. Students should carefully note what costs need to be paid to Purdue University or to a co-sponsor or agency, and what costs need to be paid at the overseas study location. This will vary by program.
The program fee includes: Full tuition and fees; insurance; rental of a complete set of textbooks & photocopied handouts; all field study events; use of DIS facilities, including library and computer labs; and study tours as described on the DIS website.
Costs for this program are estimated and subject to change. The cost figures listed below are
for: Summer 2024
|
Costs per term to be billed by Purdue
and Co-sponsor
|
| Program Fee |
$5,790.00
|
| Study Abroad Fee |
$609.40 |
| Housing |
$3,500.00 |
| Program Discount for Purdue Students |
- $1,000.00 |
|
Approximate additional costs per term
|
| To be paid by the student.
|
| Round-trip Airfare |
$1,500.00 |
| Meals |
$1,050.00 |
| Miscellaneous Personal Expenses |
$0.00 -
$1,050.00 |
| Travel Documents (passport, photos) |
$175.00 |
Financial Aid
Purdue University financial aid may be applied to the costs of studying abroad. Students interested in receiving financial aid should
NOTE: Recipients of certain tuition remission and scholarship programs should pay careful attention to the regulations for using those benefits for study abroad. Ask your financial aid advisor about any limitations.
Click here for a list of scholarships and grants available to assist with the costs of studying overseas.
Application Deadlines
For full consideration, students must submit all supporting documents (typically an essay, transcripts, 1-2 recommendations, and copy of passport) before or by the application deadline. Popular programs fill quickly, often before the deadline. To ensure a place in a program, apply early.
As soon as a student submits an online application, a My Study Abroad account is created. Applicants should consult this page often to check on the status of the application.
| Program Application Deadline
|
| Furniture Design Summer Deadline |
Feb 1 |
Returnees Information
Click below to search for Purdue students who have participated in this program and are willing to be contacted. If you get no results, you can use the search form to find people who studied in the country you are interested in.
Resources
The websites listed below contain information about this program. The accuracy of information at external sites cannot be guaranteed.
For more information on this program, please contact the Study Abroad Office by phone (765) 494-2383
or email
studyabroad@purdue.edu.
