The biggest problem for undergraduate and master students to choose interaction design is that they do not know the specific classification, because interaction design itself is a large professional system, and the entire interaction design system can be selected from: plane direction, user experience, product system, human-computer interaction, entertainment, and digital media, not to mention for the United Kingdom American interaction design schools have chosen. The style of each college is even more confusing~

　　 I Study abroad in interactive design Specific classification (according to development direction)

1. Plane direction: UI design, and the future development direction is interface designer (combined with plane specialty, mostly applied by domestic undergraduate students majoring in plane video communication)

2. User experience direction: UX design, and later develop into UX designer

3. System/product direction: interactive product design, system solution, solution, etc., future development direction senior consultant, product manager, prototype designer, etc

4. Installation art direction: art installation, art works, event planning, etc., and future development direction: artists, planners, etc

5. Entertainment direction: interactive games, VR/AR designers, multimedia designers, new media designers, game designers, etc

6. HCI direction of human-computer interaction: At present, more than half, even 70% · 80% of people will choose to engage in user experience research, just like learning user experience specialty. It's just that there is almost no specialty called user experience in the United States. In addition, some people choose the direction of big data research and technology research. (Professional computer background, psychology or sociology background is required, and theoretical knowledge in CODING or other fields is highly required)

　　 There is a direction under digital media called interactive art or interactive media. In fact, interactive media/art is not a design major. It belongs to digital media specialty.

　 2、 Popular recommendation from representative universities in all directions of studying in interactive design

　　 1. UI direction (APP/WEB design, visual)

Optional institutions for studying in American interactive design: SVA, RIT, PRATT, Parsons

UK: Lunyi, Kingston, Leeds University, Nottingham Trent University

　　 2. UX user experience direction

America: Kame, SVA, IIT, PRATT (under the Information Institute: information experience design Ux design)

Schools for studying in the UK: Lunyi, Loughborough, Glasgow, Huangyi

　　 3. Industry, product and innovative design direction

Optional institutions for studying abroad in the United States for innovative product design: Kame, Rhode Island, ACCD, IIT, nyu, Parsons

British institutions with industrial innovation: Lunyi, Huangyi, Brunel, Goldsmith

　　 4. Interactive art and electronic art

American institutions: Rhode Island, UCLA, NYU, Calarts, Chicago Arts

Popular institutions in Britain: Imperial art Goldsmith, Edinburgh University, University of Creative Arts

　　 5. Interactive video, multimedia and interactive games

Optional institutions in the United States: Rhode Island, Calarts, NYU, UCLA, USC

Interaction Design Studied in Britain: Huangyi, University of Creative Arts, Edinburgh University, Nottingham Trent

　　 3、 The interaction design portfolio should demonstrate students' ability to:

a) Design ability: design thinking, design research, integration and innovation

b) Expression ability: hand drawing ability, rendering ability, visual design ability (icon, ui, etc.)

c) Technical ability: creative coding ability, practical operation, technical development, etc

d) Critical thinking ability and logical thinking ability

I don't know these directions of interaction design, but do you choose the right one for your major and college who likes to study in interaction design?

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