This well-established and cutting-edge course will give you the skills and guidance you need to develop successful commercial products. You’ll be encouraged to take a creative and innovative approach to problem-solving, while also addressing the functional, social and economic needs of your design.

Your design skills will be developed with the support of dedicated, highly qualified and experienced academics, technicians and demonstrators. The course is equipped with excellent facilities including a specialist CAD laboratory and our manufacturing design centre.

Throughout the course you will learn to develop your creativity and innovation to solve design problems, and learn how to address the functional, social and economic needs of your design. You'll learn how to manufacture physical models and prototypes, as well as produce industry standard computer models. In your final year, you will design your own original product and make a working prototype, which you will exhibit at our annual Festival of Design & Engineering.

You will spend your third year on a work placement, gaining at least 30 weeks experience in a relevant industry. Following your placement year you will be able to choose between following  either a BA (Hons) Product Design or the BSc (Hons) option, which focuses on the technological aspect of design. The BA (Hons) option focuses on the aesthetic and contextual issues relating to Product Design. We also offer an Integrated Master's award of Master of Design (MDes) Product Design.

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This course combines practical skills, academic knowledge and excellent work experience to give you a head start once you begin your job search. Learning about the practicalities involved with making actual products will give you a true overview of the production process, preparing you for work at every level from designer through to production manager.

A placement year is a vital part in developing well-rounded and industry-ready graduates. 85% of our students are working or studying 6 months after graduating.