Course summary
If you’re creative and you’d like to explore how your ideas could have real impact in the world, our Product Design BA/BSc(Hons) courses give you the chance to develop the skills to become an enterprising professional designer. So much goes into the creation of an innovative product: identifying new product opportunities defined through applied research, ideation and initial sketching, hands-on physical model making, prototyping, digital visualisation and animation, and final details such as manufacturing and commercialisation. While you’re working on the practical side, we’ll also encourage you to:
- Think about the new product development process and what goes into the products that help designers shape the future.
- Consider what underpins the concepts of human-centred design and responsible design, which help designers to create inclusive and more sustainable products and business models.
- Use our industry links and wide expertise in the field to help you get started on your design career. Our focus on commercial product design will give you the chance to experience real design challenges set by businesses or design organisations. This can offer opportunities to win prestigious design awards and even for your design solutions to be licensed. For example, a major high street company bought two innovative product ideas from our second year students.
- Become a creative problem solver by identifying gaps in the market, understanding people's frustrations with everyday tasks and existing products and develop ideas to solve them.
Modules
Year 1 Core modules: Creative Thinking for Product Design Digital and Visual Communication Design Context Studies Year 2 BA(Hons) core modules: Commercial Product Design Professional Practice Awareness Behavioural and Cultural Issues Materials, Manufacturing and Digital Technologies BSc(Hons) core modules: Commercial Product Design Professional Practice Awareness Advanced Computing and Technology Studies Innovation Detail Design and Specification Development Year 3 - optional placement year Final Year Core modules: Major Project - Product Design Responsible Research and Innovation New Product Development Report
Assessment method
You'll be assessed both individually and in groups through methods such as presentations of design-project work, and written assignments and reports. Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.
How to apply
25Jan
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
Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
Pass in Diploma Foundation Studies in Art and Design combined with A Level or BTEC qualifications, to total an equivalent of 120-104 UCAS tariff points. As a centre of creative excellence, we look forward to hearing about your own creative experiments and ambitions through a discussion of your portfolio at interview. Read our guidance on developing your portfolio and what to expect from your interview - https://www.hud.ac.uk/undergraduate/how-to-apply/interviews/#!/?modal=art Other suitable experience or qualifications will be considered. For further information please see the University's minimum entry requirements.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
https://www.hud.ac.uk/undergraduate/how-to-apply/entry-requirements/
Additional entry requirements
Interview
Portfolio
English language requirements
If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5, or equivalent will be considered acceptable.
Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our 'Where are you from?' information pages.
Unistats information
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
| EU | £15000 | Year 1 |
| International | £15000 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Tuition fees will cover the cost of your study at the University as well as charges for registration, tuition, supervision and examinations. For more information about funding, fees and finance for UK students, including what your tuition fee covers, please see Fees and finance (http://www.hud.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-finance/).
If you are an EU or International student coming to study at the University of Huddersfield, please visit the International Fees and Finance pages for full details of tuition fees and support available (https://www.hud.ac.uk/international/fees-and-funding/).
Please email the Student Finance Office ([email protected]) or call 01484 472210 for more information about fees and finance.
Sponsorship information
Please see our website for more information - http://www.hud.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-finance/undergraduate-scholarships/
Provider information
University of Huddersfield
Queensgate
Huddersfield
HD1 3DH