Master Innovation Design Methods

Learn to lead innovation—even as design and tech evolve.

The lab meets the studio, meets the field. Boost both your technical prototyping and problem-solving skills while growing your design mindset and practice through a blend of lab-based technical classes and studio-based project classes–with a focus on real-world innovation projects throughout.

Portfolio- and perspective-first. We’ll work with you to plan your career and portfolio from week one. You’ll be ready to develop and pitch your unique point of view on design, technology and innovation to employers, funders, and your network.

A Top Innovation Ecosystem

Thrive at a world-class university and immerse yourself in one of the nation’s leading innovation hubs.

Duke is audaciously ambitious. Connect across campus with world-class programs in engineering, medicine, business, law, public policy, the environment, humanities and many more disciplines. Duke is the perfect place to cultivate your innovation mindset and nurture the next chapter of your career.

Connect with leading, innovative firms of all sizes that have a presence in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metro. From technology titans like IBM and Cisco to dynamic health startups like Grail, innovation happens in our Research Triangle region. It’s also a region that the Wall Street Journal described as “a top five most promising location to find work for newly minted college graduates.”

Students Lead in Design & Innovation

You’ll be able to participate, learn from, and lead a wide range of design and innovation projects at Duke as a DTI student. Check out Duke’s range of student groups. One recent example was the Generative AI Hackathon, co-sponsored by the M.Eng in DTI, the M.Eng in AI, and Duke’s AI Competition Club student group.

Career Paths that Span Design, Technology & Innovation Domains

Our core courses prepare you to be an innovation leader with a design and technology lens.

Based on your skills and disciplinary background, your choice your of electives and co-curricular activities, and your areas of interest – some of the career paths you will be well-positioned for include the following. While this is by no means a comprehensive list – we’re very excited that our students will be prepared for not just today’s work, but the career fields of tomorrow.