All freshmen in the College of Architecture enroll in a common freshman year. At the end of this year, students apply to one of the three undergraduate majors. There is a selection process used to admit students to the majors based on entrance qualifications to Georgia Tech, freshman grades, portfolio review, and in some cases, a personal interview. Industrial Design Georgia Tech is one of only two technological institutions in the United States with an undergraduate program in industrial design. The program is practical and hands on, and the courses are project based.
Students learn to design consumer products that are comfortable, attractive, and safe to use.
In addition to products, they design equipment, furniture, exhibits, packaging, and corporate identity graphics. Graduates are frequently employed as members of corporate design staffs and as consultants in industry. Because of the specialized nature of the programs in architecture and industrial design, students are encouraged to proceed directly from high school into the College of Architecture. All students in architecture and industrial design must complete the four-year undergraduate design sequence prior to completing the respective bachelor's degree.