BDes (Hons) Product Design

You'll gain practical skills in design, sketching, use of digital media, 3D modelling, materials and manufacture, plus business and marketing skills.

This course will address future technologies, changing consumer culture and the impact of carbon neutral lifestyles, both locally and globally.

You'll gain an understanding of the creative economy and professional design practice. You'll work with our industry partners on live projects and have the opportunity to undertake a work placement. We encourage links with industry through external lectures, placements and participation in competitions.

In Year 3 you can also study overseas with one of our partners in Europe, Scandinavia, China, Australia, New Zealand or North America.

You'll develop your skills in research, problem solving, conceptual development and design thinking which you can also apply to other creative areas such as UX and service design, branding, advertising.

The course is supported by designated studio spaces for you to learn and practice in, and a modelling workshop with rapid prototyping and excellent computing facilities.

This is a full-time course studied over four years. You'll learn by a variety of teaching methods including lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions and independent study.

Additional mandatory costs

• All Years: Printing and model-making material costs

Popular modules

Year 1

• Foundation product design 1 and 2
• Debates in design 1
• Foundation digital media 1 & 2
• Visual research methods

 

Year 2

• Materials for inspirational design 1 and 2
• Product design studio 1 and 2
• Debates in design 2
• Design and business

 

Year 3

• Materials for inspirational design 3
• Product design studio 3 and 4
• Design & urbanism or Branding
• Design research methods
• Prototyping interactive experiences
• Optional work experience or overseas study

 

Year 4

• Professional practice
• Major project
• Dissertation
• Also in year 4:
• Enter your work into competitions
• Optional supervised work placement or overseas study module

Undergraduate and postgraduate taught degrees 

IELTS (Academic)
6.0 overall, with no component below 5.5

TOEFL Internet Based Test
80 overall with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing

Pearson’s Test of Academic English
56 overall with a minimum of 51 in each component

Cambridge C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Cambridge B2 First (formerly Cambridge English First (FCE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Cambridge C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge English Advanced (CAE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Trinity Integrated Skills Test (ISE)
ISEII, ISEIII, ISEIV with a pass in each component

LanguageCert English language qualification
B2 Communicator Test with overall 39 or above, and 25 or above in all skills

Students from England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland will be invoiced the tuition fees for 3 years of their 4 years of study. Please note that the tuition fees liable to be paid by mainland EU nationals commencing their studies from 1 August 2022 will be the Overseas fee rate. The University offers a range of attractive Tuition Fee bursaries to students resident in specific countries. More information on these can be found here. For EU students who commenced their studies prior to 1 August 2022 or hold pre or settled status in the UK, fees will remain the same as Scottish Students.                    

 

If additional compulsory costs other than the tuition fees are applicable, these will be detailed in the course details.                    

 

Please note that the tuition fees liable to be paid by EU nationals commencing their studies from 1 August 2022 will be the Overseas fee rate. The University offers a range of attractive Tuition Fee bursaries to students resident in specific countries. More information on these can be found here.

Career opportunities

• This qualification can lead to a career in various areas of design including:
• Product design
• Industrial design
• Furniture design
• Concept design for the film and gaming industries
• UX and service design
• Medical equipment design
• Sports equipment design
• UX and service design
• Advertising

After successful completion of the degree you can go on to develop more targeted research and practice and have the opportunity to progress to postgraduate level within our Master of Design (MDes) courses.