Product Design, BA (Hons), with industry placement

Product designers craft the products, services, and experiences integral to everyday life. If you are creative and passionate about influencing future interactions with technology and artefacts, this discipline offers an exciting, dynamic field that enhances people's lives. Our educators act as collaborators, fostering your unique design style while immersing you in industry from the start. You'll tackle live briefs, explore user, market, and manufacturer needs, and develop skills using advanced tools, guiding projects as visionaries and team integrators. In a supportive studio environment, you'll progress from sketches to prototypes, gaining opportunities through placements, competitions, and exhibitions to connect with leading professionals.The course, developed with input from top employers, prepares you for careers like those of our alumni at Adidas, Sony, and the BBC. Key features include accreditation by the Chartered Society of Designers, real-world projects with clients such as Nestlé and Speedo, and participation in events like New Designers. Notable statistics: NTU ranks second for undergraduate design students (HESA 2021/22) and sustainability (UI GreenMetric 2023), with 94% student satisfaction in teaching (NSS 2023). Modules cover topics like Introduction to Design and Commercial Project; visit the course page for the full list.

Throughout the course, modules will cover a variety of subjects, a few examples include: Introduction to Design, Design for Markets, Users & Manufacture, Advanced Design Communications, Exploring Design Futures and Commercial Project. To view the full list of modules, visit the course page: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/architecture-design-and-the-built-environment/ug/ba-hons-product-design