Product Design (with Foundation Year option)

This cutting-edge course will give you the skills and guidance to develop successful commercial products. Take a creative and innovative approach to problem solving, while addressing the functional, social and economic needs of your design.
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Why study BSc (Hons) Product Design (with Foundation Year option) at BU?*

• Learn how to manufacture physical models and prototypes, as well as produce industry standard computer models

• Use state of the art facilities including a specialist CAD laboratory and our Innovation Centre

• Spend an optional year on 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

• Graduate with a range of skills allowing you to go into a range of careers in the industry from a designer through to production manager - 100% of our graduates are in employment or further education after 15 months.

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

Course accreditation
Accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) as fully meeting the exemplifying academic benchmark requirements for registration as a Registered Product Designer (RProdDes) for the 2025-2029 intake years.

Course Modules

During your Foundation Year you will cover the following units: Introduction to Computer-Aided Design, Human-centred Design Project, Technological Design Project, Academic Study Skills for Engineering and Technology