Located at our Portland northeast campus, the master of science in Sports Product Design prepares designers to be key members and leaders of multidisciplinary development teams within the more than 800 sports product companies located in Oregon and beyond. The program focuses on innovation methodology, athletic performance, sustainability, and sports product marketing and branding.
Students expand their toolboxes with a deep, specific study of sports product methods, tools and technologies, human physiology, biomechanics, and perception. Our graduates are working in design roles at all of the major athletic brands, or branching off to start their own companies.
Starting in Fall 2026, Product Design and Sports Product Design programs will have a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) designation, with current students in the program joining new students as beneficiaries of the designation. The STEM designation ensures students are equipped with strong quantitative and analytical skills and are able to help fill positions that will help fuel the U.S.'s economic growth and competitiveness.
The STEM designation also allows international students on F-1 visas to be eligible to work in the United States for an additional 24 months under the OPT (Optional Practical Training) extension, for a total of 36 months. Further information about eligibility and requirements for the STEM OPT extension is available on the Department of Homeland Security website and through the University’s Center for International Students & Scholar Services.
Design for Every Body
The Sports Product Design program welcomes prospective students to view work from our current master’s students virtually. See if this dynamic design graduate program—centered in the heart of downtown Portland, the home of the sports industry—might be right for you.
The Student Experience
With a mechanical engineering undergraduate degree from Stanford and his love of sports, Kodi Whitfield navigated the transition from football player to sports product design graduate student at the University of Oregon smoothly. Now an alumnus of the program, Kodi is working as an assistant footwear designer for adidas.
Campus and Community
Our students study in the recently renovated northeast campus in the Concordia neighborhood, where studios and workspaces overlook a lush canopy of trees, an outdoor amphitheater on the green, and plenty of pathways tie together each part of campus over a walkable four blocks. Students in the Sports Product Design program have access to state-of-the-art equipment in the Innovation Hall, which provides workshops for shaping materials with both digital design and woodworking processes, and an output room provides students with graphic printing services.
Student Spotlight
Jessie Silbert
A stuffed earth with hands, feet, eyes, and a mouth now calls the international space station home. The plush toy was created by Jessie Silbert, a first-year graduate student in Sports Product Design, a Portland-based program in the College of Design’s School of Art + Design.
Engaged Faculty
The Sports Product Design faculty members are leaders in both innovative design and academic research. Through seminars, studios, and independent studies, students interact with inspiring and diverse scholars and professionals from the local and international sports product industry.
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Our Accreditation
Our program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
The University of Oregon is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) and is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization made up of more than 60 leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada.
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