Tuition & Fees

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Want to know how much it will cost to attend the Wilson School of Design in one of our programs? Check out the KPU Tuition Estimator.

For more specific details, please visit the Tuition & Fees/Other Fees pages.

Visit Registration and Paying Your Fees to proceed with registration.

If you have other questions please be sure to visit the Future Students' Office page.

Laptop Requirements

In addition to the standard tuition and fees, students entering the Product Design program should also factor in the cost of a laptop and recommended software in order to complete projects and course deliverables. The following software and laptop specifications are the requirements.

Laptop Specifications - Intermediate System or Advanced System

Intermediate System

  • Processor: 3GHz or faster, Intel® Core i7, Xeon or equivalent AMD®
  • Operating System: Windows® 11 and 10        
  • Memory: 16GB or more as required
  • Hard Drive: Solid State Drive (SSD) > 250GB, keeping 10% drive capacity free space.
  • Graphics Cards: NVIDIA® Quadro® RTX A4000
  • System for complex parts with advanced shapes, large patterns, shells, and 200+ features.
  • This system is also for assemblies containing 200-1000 components and drawings.
  • This system will support part and assembly simulations, including non-linear dynamics, random vibrations, and moderate gaps and contacts.
  • This system will also support moderate flow simulations.

Advanced System

  • Processor: 3.3GHz or faster, Intel® Core i7, Xeon or equivalent AMD®
  • Operating System: Windows® 11 and 10        
  • Memory: 32GB or more as required
  • Hard Drive: Solid State Drive (SSD) > 250GB, keeping 10% drive capacity free space.
  • Graphics Cards: NVIDIA® Quadro® RTX A5000, RTX A6000, RTX 8000
  • System for very complex parts with advanced surfacing features or hybrid modelling.
  • This system is also for assemblies containing 1000 – 200,000 components.
  • This system will support large complex analysis and large flow simulations.

Software Specifications

  • Adobe Acrobat Pro (annual subscription required)
  • Adobe Creative Cloud (annual subscription required)
  • Microsoft Office Suite (available for download for KPU students here)
  • Anti-Virus Software (annual subscription required)

Students may refer to this page to stay up to date on software and specification requirements.