Tokyo Metropolitan University, Precision Engineering Department practiced a project-based class, namely the creative project, for the second year students from 2002 to 2005. In this class, students survey a given theme, define a problem, and propose a new product and project with its budget. Although this class does not include development of products, discussing what should be developed is an important factor in current design processes in accordance with customer needs. Moreover, creation, team working, and presentation are common to every engineering process. This paper introduces a framework of this class, and discusses the learning effects of students on the basis of the results of questionnaire.
