Product Design Engineering, BSc (Hons)

Our product design engineering degree emphasizes developing creativity and problem-solving skills through hands-on, team-based projects from the outset. It delivers specialized knowledge for commercial design careers, covering industry methodologies, materials, production techniques, and influences like history, culture, and markets. In advanced labs, students engage with cutting-edge technologies such as 3D printing, rapid prototyping, and virtual reality, while learning to view the world through a designer's lens, focusing on user interactions and environmental impacts. In the final year, students apply these skills in challenges and individual projects, culminating in a degree show to showcase work to industry professionals.Key features include instruction from academic and industry experts, a top-six UK research impact ranking (REF 2021), and opportunities to tackle real-world engineering problems with direct industry feedback. Students can gain experience via a four-year placement, access state-of-the-art facilities like PrintCity, participate in extracurricular projects, build a professional portfolio, develop a five-year career plan, and benefit from flexible scheduling in enhanced teaching spaces.