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Product Design

Course details
  • 2 Study options
  • Undergraduate
Course location
City Campus
Awarded by:
University of the West of England, Bristol

Course summary

Learn from tutors and professionals with extensive design experience and graduate ready to join industry or start your own creative venture.

Why study product design?
We have reached a point where many products work well and meet our everyday physical needs - but how well do they satisfy and enhance our lives on an emotional level?

There is always a need for highly skilled designers who can explore questions like this.

Product design is an area that rewards those who take risks, challenge conventional thinking and design products, services and user experiences that surprise and delight.

You may also be interested in our BSc(Hons) Product Design Technology course.

Why UWE Bristol?
BA(Hons) Product Design will help you develop your creativity.

If you often look at the things around you and think 'this could have been made so much better', then this course will show you how to go about it.

Develop an empathetic, intuitive understanding of people and how we use and respond to products. Learn about form, ergonomics and materials. Learn from friendly tutors with extensive industry expertise and work on a series of projects in our well-equipped Design Studio.

Gain advanced skills in concept sketching and 3D form, verbal and visual communication, model making, computer-aided design (CAD) and the business of design.

Work on design briefs for a range of industry clients. Past organisations have included Jaguar Land Rover, Dremel Bosch, Omlet and Virgin Marussia Formula 1. Take part in exhibitions and grow your network at industry presentations.

Showcase your work to talent scouts and potential employers at the final year Degree Show.

Graduate with the skill and confidence to create innovative products and build a successful career in the creative industries.

What can I do with a product design degree?
As a graduate, you'll be ready to go into industry or start your own business venture.

Career opportunities are available in service design, graphic design, brand consultancy, user experience design, brand and retail design, design research, marketing and packaging design.

Many graduates are inspired to launch their own products or establish themselves as freelance design consultants.

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

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How to apply

Application codes

Institution code:
B80

This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.

Course options

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level

Art and Design
Design and Technology

T Level

Craft and Design, Media, Broadcast and Production,
Digital Production, Design & Development

UCAS Tariff
Offer: 112

Access to HE Diploma

15 level 3 credits at Merit in Art and Design or Design and Technology.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

Grade C/4 in English and Mathematics, or equivalent.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

To include a pass at Higher Level in Design Technology; Visual Arts; Art and Design; Creative Media Production; Production Arts. We accept the IB Career-related Programme in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications.

WJEC Level 3 Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales

We accept tariff points achieved from the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales in conjunction with other Level 3 qualifications. This qualification cannot be used to satisfy any subject specific entry requirements.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM

Art and Design, Creative Media Production, Production Arts

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

A Pass at Higher Level in Art or Design and Communication Graphics.

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma

You must be studying one of the following: Art & Design or Digital Media

We recognise the individual nature of each application and our typical offer should be viewed as a guide. UWE Bristol welcomes interest from applicants who may not have the standard entry requirements. We will consider evidence of your relevant personal, professional or educational experience where it demonstrates an ability and potential to succeed on the course. Please include details of any relevant experience in your application.

Following our review of your application, if you're not studying a related subject, we may request that you provide us with a digital portfolio.

If you are asked to provide a digital portfolio, you may also be invited for an online interview, if we have any questions about your portfolio.

A decision will then be made on the basis of both your application and our review of your portfolio.

For more details on the process, please visit our selection page (https://www.uwe.ac.uk/courses/applying/undergraduate-applications/selection-processes#ace007bda-d318-4cfc-af24-5a1a8561b2a7). https://courses.uwe.ac.uk/W241/product-design

Additional entry requirements

Portfolio
Following our review of your application, if you are not studying a related subject, we may request that you provide us with a digital portfolio. If you are asked to provide a digital portfolio, you may also be invited for an online interview, if we have any questions about your portfolio. A decision will then be made on the basis of both your application and our review of your portfolio. For more details on the process, please visit our selection page https://www.uwe.ac.uk/courses/applying/undergraduate-applications/selection-processes.

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

At UWE Bristol we are committed to ensuring all applicants can fulfil their potential.

We make contextual offers for this course that are lower than our standard entry criteria.

We use a range of information from your UCAS application to consider your background and experiences as an individual and the impact these may have had on you. You do not need to provide us with any additional information to be considered for a contextual offer.

Learn more on the Bristol, UWE website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

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