Program Overview

Product Design and Manufacture MEng

Overview

Our four-year MEng Product Design and Manufacture course combines creativity with engineering principles and gives an additional year to further develop your skills through more design projects and to expand your knowledge of materials, manufacturing and human factors. This course produces exceptionally high-quality work and leads to students with truly impressive portfolios of work who are in high demand by employers.

Course Details

• Qualification: MEng Hons
• Entry Requirements: AAB / ABBB
• Start Date: September 2025
• UCAS Code: H715
• Duration: 4 years full-time
• Fees: £9,535

Course Information

Why Choose This Course?

• 9th in the UK for Manufacturing and Production Engineering (The Complete University Guide 2024)
• Teaching staff with industrial career experience.
• New facilities including design studios and workshops boasting both capacity and capability.
• Industry technology which mirrors career practices and shows you the latest industry processes.

Important Information

This online prospectus has been drafted in advance of the academic year to which it applies. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information is accurate at the time of publishing, but changes (for example to course content) are likely to occur given the interval between publishing and commencement of the course. It is therefore very important to check this website for any updates before you apply for the course where there has been an interval between you reading this website and applying.

Indicative Modules

Year One

• Drawing for Design
• Dynamics of Mechanical Systems
• Engineering Design Project
• Industrial Design 1: An Introduction
• Materials and Manufacturing
• Mathematics for Engineers
• Statistics and Mechanics of Solids

Year Two

• Design Communication
• Industrial Design 2: Skills and Knowledge
• Materials and Manufacture 2: Design for Manufacture
• Materials in Design
• Projects 1: Developing Design Project Skills
• Projects 2: Group Design Projects
• User Centred Research and Design

Year Three

• Computer Aided Engineering
• Engineering Management 2
• Industrial Design 3: Engineering Ecology and Analysis
• Materials and Manufacture 3: Polymer and Timber Processes
• Materials and Manufacture 4: Metal Fabrication and Casting Processes
• Projects 3: Technical Design Projects
• Projects 4: Advanced Design Projects
• Physical Ergonomics
• Sustainable Engineering and Systems

Year Four

• Digital Manufacturing
• Industrial Design 4: Professional Practice and Development
• Major Project Preparation
• MEng Major Design Project
• Projects 5: Major Group Design Projects

Language Study

You may be able to choose to study a language as part of this degree.

Careers Overview

You will gain the practical and theoretical skills needed to design commercially viable products and services within the industrial design sector. Your skill set will be well suited to both small design-based consultancy roles as well as large multinational organisations. In addition, your abilities in communication, problem solving, and creative thinking will make you highly employable in several alternative roles.

Job Prospects

• Average starting salary and career progression: 90.4% of undergraduates from the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering secured graduate level employment or further study within 15 months of graduation. The average annual starting salary for these graduates was £29,032.

Careers Advice

Studying for a degree at the University of Nottingham will provide you with the type of skills and experiences that will prove invaluable in any career, whichever direction you decide to take.

Your Campus - University Park

University Park Campus covers 300 acres, with green spaces, wildlife, period buildings and modern facilities. It is one of the UK's most beautiful and sustainable campuses, winning a national Green Flag award every year since 2003.

Course Data

• 81% say staff value students views and opinions about the course
• 88% of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well
• 100% in work or doing further study 15 months after the course

Related Courses

• Manufacturing Engineering including an Industrial Year BEng Hons

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