DESIGN-BS - Design (BS)
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Program Overview
The DESIGN-BS bulletin page outlines all 2025-2026 degree requirements for students pursuing a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Design from the School of Engineering. This undergraduate major is administered by the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford (the Stanford d.school).
Our mission is to graduate designers who can synthesize technology, aesthetics, and business factors in service of the planet and human needs. Students emerge with a strong technical know-how, and visual thinking abilities that provide human-centered orientation to problem-solving. The ability to seamlessly integrate across “right brain / left brain” ways of thinking empowers students to make products, services, and experiences with transformative potential. Students receive a foundation across engineering disciplines in mathematics, statistics, sciences, technology in society, and engineering fundamentals. Our core classes draw from the social sciences and foreground ethics, implications, history, and needfinding. Each student pursues a method track for specialized training on a medium of making. This is paired with the student’s choice of a domain focus area to address challenges in a field where designers create impact. All this culminates into senior capstone projects where students scope and execute meaningful design work.
Completion of all requirements within this undergraduate engineering program leads to conferring the Bachelor of Science degree in Design (DESIGN-BS). This major prepares students for unique internships, postgraduate study in design, careers in entrepreneurial endeavors, public or private sector institutions, and even careers that may not yet exist.
About DESIGN-BS:
Declare the Design major by following steps on our Design: Declaration Form.
View our public webpages on the d.school website in the Undergraduate Degree section.
Discover additional academic resources and guidance on the SoE Undergrad Handbook.
Academic Progress:
Track real time degree progress as a declared student using My Academic Path.
Support offered by our major advisors in Office Hours or at ugdesign-advising@stanford.edu.
Follow key academic dates and deadlines on the Academic Calendar 2025-2026.
Enrollment and Classes:
Plan classes, calculate units, and mark requirements by filling out a Design Program Sheet.
Browse for classes and their offerings during the academic year on Navigator.
Enroll in classes during the academic year through Stanford’s new Navigate Enrollment.
Explore scheduling and course pathway guidance using our 4-year Plans.
Petition requests need written pre-approval and after review via our Design: Petition form.
Propose Domain courses for pre-approval via our Design: Domain Course Proposal Form.