Do you love to know how gadgets work, create new things and influence the world around you? Product Design could be the degree for you. Balancing art, technology and science, you will find out how to both adapt to and shape societal needs. Working within a department with enthusiastic tutors and superb facilities, you will gain real-life experience and build up valuable industry links.
Courses
We offer Product Design courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. You will graduate from these courses able to design innovative, sustainable, fully functional and commercially viable products - ready to make the world a better place in which to live.
Our product design courses allow you to explore in greater depth subjects such as style, culture and aesthetics, learning the 'design thinking' required across a range of industries. Each of our undergraduate courses focuses on different areas:
- Product Design
This focuses on consumer and lifestyle products. - Product Design Technology
Students study engineering functions, electronics and programming more intensely. Projects have ranged from medical devices and safety equipment to robots and search and rescue equipment. - Sports Product Design
Students investigate human physiology, anatomy and biomechanics, preparing you for design within and beyond the sporting industry. - Sustainable Product Design
Students study global environmental issues which help you create products that meet the needs of the current generation whilst limiting the compromises that might impact on future generations.
Our postgraduate course, Product Innovation and Development, provides the experimental, engineering and management skills needed for the entire product development cycle, from concept to delivery.
Staff include practising designers, academics and external lecturers, keeping you in touch with the latest research and with the world beyond the classroom. We collaborate closely with industry, with recent staff projects including future transport systems, hockey stick design and the sustainable design of domestic and office products for leading UK furniture companies.
Further information
The courses in detail
- Product Design with Professional Experience BSc (Hons)
- Product Design Technology with Professional Experience BSc (Hons)
- Sports Product Design with Professional Experience BSc (Hons)
- Sustainable Product Design with Professional Experience BSc (Hons)
Professional and industry links
We work closely with industry to ensure that you will graduate well equipped for your chosen career. All courses are accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers.
Placements
To boost your CV further our dedicated placements unit will help you find a paid placement after two years where you can really put your new skills into practice.
Graduate outcomes
The creative industries are the fastest growing industrial sector in the UK and you might begin a career in anything from manufacturing through to research or consultancy. We ensure that you retain the intellectual property rights for your work, and we can also support you to set up your own freelance business.
Facilities
For all our courses you have your own studio space and access to a range of prototyping workshops, machine workshops and computing suites that comprise the Centre for Design Technology, the leading Brighton Creativity Centre and depending on your course and projects you might use facilities such as the University's sport and exercise labs or the Design Council Archives.
Research
The Centre for Design Technology is a dynamic and exciting environment providing teaching, research and consultancy in the fields of engineering and product design, product development, technology and creativity. Find out more...
Blog
To keep up to date with Product Design at the University of Brighton visit our ProductDes blog. Find out more...
