Course Overview

Product design is an exciting industry that continually evolves alongside technology, product advancements, the demand for quicker turnaround times, unique and personalised products and environmentally friendly supply chains and production.

Product design is about understanding people and their emotional connections with products, questioning existing ways of doing things and seeing opportunities to improve things.

Product design and innovation encompasses a variety of skills, including an engineering theoretical understanding of marketing, branding, user experience, and entrepreneurship. It provides our graduates with all the skills to successfully benefit both their ventures or become innovators within other businesses.

This is integrated with manufacturing processes, CAD, rapid prototyping and digital prototyping technologies, software and practical skills to turn the design into reality which is fundamental to global market success and requires not only customer appeal, aesthetics and brand awareness but also consistent and correct functionality, superior quality and fitness for purposes all at a competitive price.

General Eligibility

A Levels

Year 1 entry: ABB-BBB

Year 2 entry: AAA-ABB

(Maths or Physics or Design & Technology)

International Baccalaureate

Year 1 entry: 34-32

(Maths HL5 or Physics HL5)

Year 2 entry: 36-34

(Maths HL6 or Physics HL6)

A-Level, Higher or HL Art & Design, Design & Manufacture or Graphic Communication recommended

HNC/HND

Year 1 entry: relevant HNC, A in Graded Unit
Year 2 entry: relevant HND, AA in Graded Units

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.0 overall (no individual band less than 5.5)