This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2025.
London South Bank University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
Course summary
The foundation of your future There’s more than one way into a product design career. If you don’t meet the entry requirements for a degree course, but have the experience, maturity and determination to work in the sector, then this course is for you. This foundation year isn’t a freestanding degree - but it’s the perfect preparation for one. Think of it as the first year in a four-year period of studying that will lead to a Product Design and Technology undergraduate degree programme at LSBU (upon successful completion of the foundation year).
Modules
Foundation Year • Technology and Environment • Communicating Ideas • Numeracy and Laboratory Practice • Data in Action: Modelling and Analysis • Futher Foundation Mathematics • Project-based Learning Year 1 • Design Inspiration 1 • Design Application 1 • Technical and Design Communications 1 • Professional Skills 1 • Pathway Preparation 1 • Design Engineering 1 Year 2 • Design Inspiration 2 • Design Application 2 • Technical and Design Communications 2 • Professional Skills 2 • Mini Major Project • Circular Economy Pathway (optional module) • User Experience Pathway (optional module) • Design Engineering Pathway (optional module) Year 3 - Sandwich Work Placement • Optional Placement Year Year 3 or 4 • Innovation and Enterprise • Design Research Tools • Major Project Module • Design Engineering Pathway (optional module) • Circular Economy Pathway (optional module) • User Experience Pathway (optional module) • Pathway Application Year 4 or 5 (MDes) • Design Thinking and Reasoning • Design Futures • Human Factors • Technical Research and Professional Skills • Group Project
How to apply
29Jan
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:
- H71F
- Institution code:
- L75
- Campus name:
- LSBU Main Site - Southwark Campus
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
International applicants
English Language Requirements for International and EU Applicants: IELTS 6.0 (the minimum score required in each skill area is 5.5) or TOEFL IBT 80 ( the minimum score required in each skills areas are: Reading 18, Listening 17, Writing 17, Speaking 20) or Pearson Test of English Academic 59 (the minimum score required in each skill area is 59)
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 64 points
A level
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Access to HE Diploma
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9535 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9535 | Year 1 |
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
Read fees and funding information at https://www.lsbu.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/fees-and-funding
Provider information
London South Bank University
103 Borough Road
Southwark
SE1 0AA