Product Design and Innovation

Overview

Unleash your creativity with our accredited product design and innovation degree. Immerse yourself in this future-focused discipline, blending innovation and engineering expertise. Complete challenges set by real companies, cultivating practical problem-solving skills through the Conceive Design Implement Operate teaching method. You will collaborate in diverse teams of engineers and designers, mimicking the typical working world with a wide range of technical and professional capabilities. Upon completion of this course you’ll be technically skilled, inspired, and at the forefront of design innovation.

Assessment

The way we assess you will be diverse, blending exams with coursework, portfolio submissions, and digital design on platforms. Assessing you through different practices will help gain an overall understanding of your knowledge.

Key course benefits

- Accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED)

- Ranked 9th in the UK for teaching quality (Sunday Times 2023)

- Work on live industry set projects through our enterprise 'Design Factory Birmingham', gaining valuable experience and industry links.

- Our optional placement year offers you the opportunity to gain valuable experience and set your studies in the context of a working environment, to boost your future employment prospects.

- In the final year exhibit your designs at our annual design exhibition, where you get to showcase your concepts and findings during the event.