Product Design (Hons) (with Foundation Year option) Bournemouth University

Overview

Through the Product Design (Hons) (with Foundation Year option) BA course from  Bournemouth University you will be taught by a range of staff with relevant expertise and knowledge appropriate to the content of the unit. This will include senior academic staff, qualified professional practitioners, demonstrators, technicians and research students. You will also benefit from regular guest lectures from industry.

Why study Product Design (Hons) (with Foundation Year option) at Bournemouth University?:

• Graduate with a balanced view of the product development process, learning all the practical and theoretical skills necessary to work in the sector  

• Use state of the art facilities including a specialist CAD laboratory and our manufacturing design centre 

• Spend your third year on a work placement, gaining at least 30 weeks experience in a relevant industry 

• Design your own original product and make a working prototype in your final year and exhibit it at our annual Festival of Design & Engineering 

• Choose to extend your undergraduate study and continue to the award of Master of Design (MDes) Product Design 

• Be career-ready like 90% of our graduates in employment 15 months after graduation, with skills allowing you to go into a variety of careers in the industry from a designer through to production manager.

The Product Design (Hons) course from Bournemouth University focuses on the aesthetic and contextual issues relating to product design whereas the BSc focuses on the technological aspect of design. You don’t need to decide which route you’ll take until your final year.    

Career opportunities:

This course combines practical skills, academic knowledge and excellent work experience to give you a head start once you begin your job search. Learning about the practicalities involved with making actual products will give you a true overview of the production process, preparing you for work at every level from designer through to production manager.

Our students are employed by a range of organisations, including AnglePoise, Atlas Furniture, Campbell Reith, Craftwood Interiors, Dyson, HM Forces, GSPK Design Ltd, Jonathan Coles Lighting, Lancome, Lush Retail Ltd, MDM Props, Princess Motor Yacht Company, Quadrant2Design, among many others.

You will be prepared for a variety of roles once you've finished your course, including:

• CAD Engineer

• Graduate Mechanical Engineer

• Graphic Designer

• Design & Development Engineer

• Product Designer

• Product Development Manager.

Accreditation

Accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers to fully meet the requirements for Registered Product Designer (RProdDes) registration for 2019-2023 intake years