Program Overview

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BSc(Hons) Product Design Technology

The BSc(Hons) Product Design Technology course is designed to equip students with the creativity, skills, and confidence to take exciting concepts and transform them into real, working products.

About the Course

This course combines creativity and practicality to bridge the gap between product design and design engineering. Students will learn from friendly tutors with extensive industry expertise and work on a series of projects in well-equipped design studios. The course focuses on human-centered design, co-design, and innovative design processes, materials, and manufacturing.

Why Study Product Design Technology?

The industry needs graduates with the ability to create innovative concepts and transform them into real working products. This course will provide students with the skills and knowledge required to succeed in the creative industries.

Why UWE Bristol?

UWE Bristol offers a friendly and creative learning environment, with tutors who are highly experienced professional designers. The university has strong links with local companies, providing graduate jobs, placements, and global opportunities.

Course Structure

The course is four years long, with the option to take a sandwich year in industry. The course structure includes:

• Year one: Design Contexts, Studio 1, Design Communication, Mechanisms and Structures
• Year two: Studio 2, Product Design Engineering, Design for Manufacture, Design Futures
• Placement year (if applicable): Students will spend a year away from the university on a work placement
• Final year: Design Research Project, Innovation, Technology and Design, Final Major Project, Studio 3

Learning and Teaching

The course is project-led and taught mainly in studios. Students will apply their new knowledge to diverse projects that solve human-centered problems through design practice. The course includes:

• Intensive one-to-one mentoring with tutors for practical guidance on student work
• Guest lectures with professional designers
• Help with CV and interview skills from partner organizations

Assessment

Students will be assessed mostly on their project work and the presentation of a portfolio of design and development studies. Four modules include conventional exams as a form of assessment.

Fees

The fees for the course are:

• Home Annual (Per Year) Fee: ｣9,535
• Home Full Annual Fee Following Placement Year: ｣9,535
• Home Module Fee (15 Credit): ｣1,192
• Home Placement Year Fee: ｣1,192
• Home Reduced Annual Fee Following Placement Year: ｣8,343
• International Annual (Per Year) Fee: ｣17,000
• International Full Annual Fee Following Placement Year: ｣17,000
• International Module Fee (15 Credit): ｣2,125
• International Placement Year Fee: ｣2,125
• International Reduced Annual Fee Following Placement Year: ｣14,875

Careers

After graduating, students will find career opportunities all over the world. Potential creative roles include product design, industrial design, design engineering, user experience, graphic or web design, teaching, and exhibition and packaging design. Many graduates have launched their own products or established themselves as freelance design consultants.

Features

The course includes:

• Professional accreditation: The course allows students to become members of the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED)
• Placements: Students who get work experience tend to graduate with better degrees
• Fieldwork: The university arranges day trips and residential field trips locally, nationally, and internationally
• Study facilities: Students will learn in modern, well-equipped school facilities that simulate industry

Entry Requirements

The typical offers for the course include:

• GCSE: Grade C/4 in English and Mathematics, or equivalent
• Tariff points: 112
• A-level subjects: A2 in one of the following subjects: Art and Design, Biology, Chemistry, Computing/Computer Science, Design and Technology, Electronics, Engineering, ICT, Maths/Further Maths, Music Technology, Physics, Product Design, Statistics
• EDEXCEL (BTEC) Diploma: Students must be studying one of the following: Aeronautical Engineering; Applied Science; Art and Design; Construction and the Built Environment; Creative Media Production; Electrical / Electronic Engineering; Engineering; Land-based Technology; Manufacturing Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Operations and Maintenance Engineering; Production Arts; or similar

International Applicants

For country-specific entry requirements, please find your country on the Country Information pages. If you are an international student and do not meet the academic requirements to study this course, you can qualify by completing preparatory study at the International College.