As the soul specialty of manufacturing industry, industrial and product design plays an important role in manufacturing industry. The main manufacturing industries with more development prospects in the future are: smart home, medical products, Internet, machinery and equipment, transportation, luxury goods and military products.

In China universities, the design major of manufacturing industry is called "industrial design" if it recruits cultural students, and "product design" if it recruits art students. There are some differences between these two majors, but they are closely related.

Let's take a look at what courses the product design major (art) has studied: engineering drawing, design methodology, product design, material technology, computer-aided design, design management, green design, system design, sculpture and modeling, ergonomics and value engineering.

Professional courses of industrial design (engineering): mechanical design foundation, product modeling design, industrial product mold design, ergonomics, engineering mechanics, product structure design, design psychology, material technology, model manufacturing, computer-aided design.

Judging from the curriculum of these two majors, there seems to be little difference. This major is also the farthest from the art painting major. It is also the weakest major in art colleges. Especially now with 3D printers, the basic functions of art are getting smaller and smaller. As mentioned above, this major is one of the majors with the most stable employment and the most jobs.