设计学院共有环境设计、工业设计、产品设计、数字媒体艺术、服装与服饰设计、基础部六个系部。现有教师50余名，分别来自浙江大学、中国美术学院、德国柏林艺术大学、伦敦服装学院、英国萨里大学、日本大手前大学、京都工艺纤维大学、雷丁大学、日本千叶大学等国内外知名院校，其中教授5名，副教授8名，博士后1人，博士4人。
设计学院下设浙江工业大学婴童产品研究中心、浙江工业大学/贝因美工业设计创新开发中心、智美工业设计研究中心等研究创新平台，现代工业设计研究所、空间艺术设计研究所等研发机构。现有机加工、木加工、陶瓷工作室、动画实验室、综合实验室和服装实验室，配备3D打印机、激光雕刻、车床、带锯、摄像机、缝纫机等设备，可承担工业设计、陶艺作品、家居产品、动画短片制作和服装设计与剪裁。
学院教师科研成果丰硕，近年来，承担国家级、省部级、地市级等各级各类科研课题和工程项目近70余项，横向科研经费到款2700余万，其中，国家级项目2项，省部级项目7项。教师公开发表学术论文130篇，其中A类及三大索引论文55篇，出版著作和教材20余部。教师获各类授权专利425件，其中国外发明专利2件，国内发明专利18件，实用新型专利344件，并成功转让发明专利1件。
设计学院多年来致力于推进国际合作，与国外大学开展多层次交流，培养具有国际化视野、具有创新设计理念的学生。自2013年开始，设计学院与美国布里奇波特大学开展工业设计专业本科生“2+2”、“3+1”项目，培养具有国际视野和综合审美能力的工业设计、管理人才。
专业简介
工业设计
培养具有国际化视野、创新设计思维，能从事工业设计相关活动，具备设计开拓与管理等能力的复合型、应用型高级人才。专业培养模式与国际接轨，在教学中重视系统培养学生的专业设计能力与实践操作能力。主要研究方向为工业设计、婴童产品设计、家具设计、首饰设计及加工等。
产品设计
以培养具备产品设计专业知识和理论知识、创新研发能力和实际操作能力的复合应用型人才为目标，在承继传统文化和探索时代新文化的基础上，与区域经济、市场热点相结合，着重发展文创产品设计、时尚产品设计、信息产品设计三大版块的教学与人才培养。主要研究方向为文创产品设计、品牌形象设计、标志设计、包装设计、企业宣传册设计、导视系统设计、纺织产品设计、面料花型设计、UI设计等。
环境设计
在城市化进程及“美丽中国”大背景下，实施“工作室制”和“项目式”教学方法，通过专业和实践课程，掌握景观与室内设计核心技能，培养满足社会需要的，具有实践能力的应用型艺术设计人才。主要研究方向为室内设计、景观规划、公共艺术、园林设计、建筑设计、美丽乡村建设规划等。
数字媒体艺术
旨在培养适应现代化建设需要，具有实际操作能力和创新精神的现代数字媒体艺术高级复合型应用人才。专业以“融合地域、服务地方、鼓励创新”为基本目标，运用数字媒体艺术设计结合计算机辅助设计等技术，培养学生全面深入掌握专业知识，创新思维和社交能力。主要研究方向为网页设计、游戏设计及开发、交互设计、动画设计与制作、摄影等。
服装与服饰设计
栽培并向社会输送具备扎实的服装设计专业知识和技能，眼界宽阔，能灵活变通，有独立思考之精神和融合共享新文化能力的实用创新型高级应用人才。主要研究方向为时尚服装设计、纺织文创产品设计、服饰品设计、面料和服装一体化设计、时尚纺织产品趋势研究、品牌策划等。
基础部
在人才培养上，通过严格的、全方位的基础训练，使学生深入认识和了解设计过程的基本规律和脉络，提高自身的专业素质和认知能力。在教学上注重基本功的训练，重视对学生的设计思维及创新能力的培养，提高自身的艺术修养，为学生顺利进入专业学习奠定良好的理论与实践基础。主要承担设计学院基础课教学及史论教学，并从事艺术学领域的创作与理论研究工作。
The School of Design consists of six departments: Environmental Design, Industrial Design, Product Design, Digital Media Art, Fashion Design, and Basic Department. It currently has over 50 faculty members from renowned domestic and international institutions such as Zhejiang University, China Academy of Art, Berlin University of the Arts, London College of Fashion, University of Surrey, Osaka University, Kyoto Institute of Technology, University of Reading, and Chiba University. Among them, there are 5 full professors, 8 associate professors, 1 postdoctoral fellow, and 4 doctoral degree holders.
The School of Design has established research and innovation platforms including the Zhejiang Industrial University Infant Products Research Center, Zhejiang Industrial University/ Beingmate (贝因美) Industrial Design Innovation and Development Center, and Zhimei (智美) Industrial Design Research Center. It also houses research institutions such as the Modern Industrial Design Institute and Space Art Design Institute. The school is equipped with machine processing, woodworking, ceramics studios, animation labs, comprehensive labs, and fashion labs, which are equipped with 3D printers, laser engraving machines, lathes, band saws, cameras, sewing machines, and other equipment. These facilities can support industrial design, ceramic works, home products design and making, animation short film production, and fashion design and tailoring.
The faculty of the School of Design has achieved fruitful research results. In recent years, they have undertaken nearly 70 national, provincial, municipal, and other research projects, with over 27 million RMB in research funding, including 2 national projects and 7 provincial projects. The faculty has published 130 academic papers, including 55 A-level and SCI, EI, ISTP indexed papers, and authored more than 20 books and textbooks. They have also been granted 425 patents, including 2 international invention patents, 18 domestic invention patents, 344 utility model patents, and successfully transferred 1 invention patent.
For many years, the School of Design has been committed to promoting international cooperation and has engaged in multi-level communications with oversea universities to cultivate students with an international perspective and innovative design concepts. Since 2013, the School of Design has collaborated with Bridgeport University in the United States on "2+2" and "3+1" programs for undergraduate students majoring in industrial design, aiming to cultivate industrial design and management talents with an international vision and comprehensive aesthetic ability.
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
This department aims to cultivate high-level, composite, and applied talents with an international perspective and innovative design thinking, who can engage in industrial design-related activities and possess design development and management capabilities. The program follows an internationally aligned education model, emphasizing the systematic cultivation of students' professional design and practical operation abilities. The main research areas include industrial design, infant product design, furniture design, jewelry design and processing, among others.
DEPARTMENT OF PRODUCT DESIGN
This department aims to cultivate composite and applied talents with professional knowledge and theory, innovative research and development capabilities, and practical operational skills in product design. It combines traditional culture with the exploration of contemporary culture, focusing on the teaching and talent cultivation of cultural and creative product design, fashion product design, and information product design. The main research areas include cultural and creative product design, brand image design, packaging of product design, sign systems design，textile product design, fabric pattern design,illustration design,UI design, interactive design,etc.
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
Under the background of urbanization and the concept of "Beautiful China"(美丽中国), this department implements a "studio-based" and "project-based" teaching method, enabling students to master core skills in landscape and interior design through professional and practical courses. It aims to cultivate applied art and design talents with practical abilities to meet social needs. The main research areas include interior design, landscape planning, public art, garden design, architectural design, and beautiful rural construction planning.
DEPARTMENT OF DIGITAL MEDIA ART
This department aims to cultivate modern digital media art talents who can adapt to the needs of modernization, possess practical operational abilities, and innovative spirit. The department promotes regional integration, serves the local community, and encourages innovation. It combines digital media art design with computer-aided design to comprehensively and deeply equip students with professional knowledge, creative thinking, and social skills. The main research areas include video post-production, game design and development, interaction design, animation design and production, photography, etc.
DEPARTMENT OF FASION DESIGN
This department cultivates practical and innovative high-level applied talents with solid professional knowledge and skills in fashion design. Students are encouraged to have a broad perspective, flexibility, independent thinking, and the ability to integrate and share new cultures. The main research areas include fashion design, textile cultural and creative product design, garment design, integrated fabric and clothing design, fashion textile product trend research, brand planning, etc.
BASIC DEPARTMENT
In talent cultivation, the department provides rigorous and comprehensive basic training to help students deeply understand the basic laws and framework of the design process and enhance their professional qualities and cognitive abilities. The program emphasizes the training of students' design thinking and innovative abilities, improving their artistic accomplishment, and laying a solid theoretical and practical foundation for their successful entry into professional learning. The Basic Department is mainly responsible for teaching basic courses and art history, as well as engaging in creative and theoretical research in the field of art.
