Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Product Design (H101) (Placement Year)

Program Description This well-established and cutting-edge course will give students the skills and guidance needed to develop successful commercial products. They’ll be encouraged to take a creative and innovative approach to problem-solving, while also addressing the functional, social and economic needs of design.

Students' design skills will be developed with the support of dedicated, highly qualified and experienced academics, technicians and demonstrators. The course is equipped with excellent facilities including a specialist CAD laboratory and BUs manufacturing design centre.

Throughout the course students will learn to develop their creativity and innovation to solve design problems, and learn how to address the functional, social and economic needs of their design. Students will also learn how to manufacture physical models and prototypes, as well as produce industry standard computer models. In their final year, students will design their own original product and make a working prototype, which they will exhibit at BU's annual Festival of Design & Engineering. Students will spend their third year on a work placement, gaining at least 30 weeks experience in a relevant industry.