Aalborg University in Copenhagen offers an M.Sc. in Service Systems Design that began in 2012 and is experiencing year-on-year enrollment growth. The program includes a project-based curriculum with a focus on design-related themes such as transportation and smart cities, alongside internships in various industries. Students from diverse backgrounds participate, with a significant emphasis on real-world applications during their studies.

1. AALBORG UNIVERSITY IN
COPENHAGEN
M.SC. SERVICE SYSTEMS DESIGN

2. OVERVIEW
BASIC NUMBERS
▸ Began in 2012
▸ Doubling enrolment Year-on-Year
▸ About half has design related
background
▸ Students from
Denmark, Finland, China,
Colombia, Canada, France,
Germany, Norway, Moldova,
Spain, Turkey, Hungary, Brazil..
10
20
30
40
ENROLMENT

3. PROJECT BASED
HALF OF EVERY SEMESTER DEDICATED
TO MAIN PROJECT
M
ain
project
Classes

4. FIRST AND SECOND SEMESTER
FIRST SEMESTER
▸ Procedural Programming
▸ Design of Product-Service
Systems
▸ User Experience Design for
Multi-Modal Interaction
▸ Project theme: Transportation
SECOND SEMESTER
▸ Distributed Systems
▸ User Participation and Social
Innovation
▸ Designing the Experience
▸ Project theme: Smart Cities

5. PROJECTS
TRANSPORTATION
▸ Station Maintenance
▸ University Wayfinding
▸ Smart Parking
▸ Transportation for Elderly
▸ Bike Sharing

6. PROJECTS
TRANSPORTATION
▸ Station Maintenance
▸ University Wayfinding
▸ Smart Parking
▸ Transportation for Elderly
▸ Bike Sharing
SMART CITIES
▸ Data literacy in Youth
▸ Grocery Management
▸ Water Management
▸ Urban Farming
▸ Personal Finance

7. THIRD SEMESTER
INTERNSHIPS

8. THIRD SEMESTER
INTERNSHIPS
▸ Auto
▸ Healthcare
▸ Social Innovation
▸ Retail
▸ Start-Ups
▸ Hospitality
▸ Public Sector
▸ Volkswagen
▸ VihTek
▸ Kontrapunkt
▸ Re:public
▸ Zleep Hotels
▸ City of Turku
▸ Tenco AB
▸ Namahn
▸ Yellow Window
▸ Bosch Gmbh
▸ Roche Diabetes Care
▸ Essense
▸ Green Tech Challenge
▸ Living IT Lab
▸ Foopla
▸ Zenit Design
▸ KPH Projects
▸ Kirt Thomsen

9. FOURTH SEMESTER
THESIS