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Product Design with Integrated Foundation Year

Course details
  • BA (Hons)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-time
  • 14 September 2026
  • Undergraduate
Course location
Main Site

Course summary

Ready to bring your ideas to life? This Product Design degree in London enables you to explore ergonomics, aesthetics and sustainability to produce an industry-ready portfolio.

Why study this product design degree?

  1. Learn to communicate your design work by building physical and digital prototypes, sketches, design documents, renders and pitch presentations
  2. Join a cohort of multi-award-winning students
  3. Strong industry links, live client projects and internships
  4. Great staff to student ratio with unrivalled access to tutors
  5. Gain industry-ready skills with our cutting-edge, open-access prototyping studios
  6. Develop original ideas and deliver detailed designs ready for production
  7. Learn to recognise opportunities for designing innovative products for the future.

In this hands-on Product Design course, you’ll use research and creative thinking to define problems, develop ideas, and create detailed designs ready for production.

You’ll study the full design process, from concept to production, covering ergonomics, aesthetics, usability, sustainability, and technology. You’ll also learn to communicate your designs through prototypes, sketches, and presentations.

Live projects with top brands will provide real-world experience, while our industry-active lecturers and state-of-the-art prototyping facilities offer valuable insights and tools. By graduation, you'll be ready to create innovative products and thrive in the design sector.

Integrated Foundation Year
Integrated Foundation Year on this course, you will be first introduced to the fundamental principles of design. Your foundation year gives you the time, space and support to explore your strengths, build confidence and prepare for the demands of project-based, industry-focused learning. Modules are as follows:

Module 1: Diagnostic exploration - making informed choices
Module 2: Technical - Technical knowledge in practice
Module 3: Specialist - Innovating specialist practice
Module 4: Integration - Integrated practice for progression to Higher Education

After you have completed your Integrated Foundation Year, you will study the following:

Year 1
Year 1 builds core skills in 2D and 3D design, user research, and the iterative design process - using current industry software. You'll develop your own approach to product design and begin shaping your contextual studies research.

Modules may include:

  • Rave Beginnings

  • Design & Make

  • Fundamentals of Practice

  • Interacting with Products (& Creative Coding)

  • Inclusive Design

  • Employability & Professionalism

Year 2
Year 2 deepens your understanding of the design process - from prototyping to materials and manufacturing. You'll collaborate on briefs with peers and gain hands-on experience through work-based learning in the design industry

Modules may include:

  • Immersive Worlds

  • Preparing for Industry

  • Design for Manufacture

  • Service Design

  • Sustainable Packaging Design

  • Live & Work-based Learning

Year 3
Final year centres on a self-directed major project for the Degree Show, alongside a collaborative brief, industry competitions, and a long-form dissertation. You'll graduate with a professional portfolio ready to take into the design industry.

Modules may include:

  • Industry Collaboration

  • Situating Practice

  • Brand You

  • Rave Futures

  • Major Project

All modules are subject to revalidation.

Modules

This course will introduce you to the fundamental principles of 3D design and user centred information. This foundation year gives you the time, space and support to explore your creative identity, build confidence and prepare for the demands of studio-based, project-led learning.

Modules are as follows:

• Module 1 Diagnostic exploration: making informed choices
• Module 2 Technical: Technical knowledge in practice
• Module 3 Specialist: Innovating specialist practice
• Module 4 Integration: Integrated practice for progression to Higher Education

Qualified teacher status (QTS)

To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:

  • Course does not award QTS

How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
W241
Institution code:
R06
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Foundation

Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff
48 points

A level
DD

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

Access to HE Diploma
P: 45 credits

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)5.5IELTS: 5.5 overall with 5.5 in each component of the test.
TOEFL (iBT)72TOEFL iBT: 72 points overall including minimum Reading 18, Listening 17, Speaking 20, Writing 17. We cannot accept TOEFL iBT Home Edition test. All tests must be taken in person at a test centre.
PTE Academic59PTE Academic or SELT: 59 overall with minimum 59 in each component of the test.
Trinity ISEPassTrinity College London B2 SELT ISE II: Pass overall with Pass in each component of the test.
Other tests may be accepted. Please view our website for full English language requirements and options. If you have any questions please email international@rave.ac.uk

Ravensbourne English Language Requirementshttps://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/international-students/entry-requirements-and-visas/english-language-requirements

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.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear

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

Fees for UK, Republic of Ireland, and Channel Islands students are subject to increase for subsequent years of enrolment to the maximum capped level set by the UK Government (currently £9,790).

Fees for EU and International students will be subject to an inflationary-linked rise for subsequent years of enrolment.

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