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Product Design – (B.Sc.)
University of Dundee
School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics| Application Deadline: | January 15 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 2,060 - ≈ € 13,126 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Dundee / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 48 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Dundee
This course isn't just about creating something, it's about researching how people and technology work together to improve the world.
We are an award winning product design programme with success in a number of national and international competitions and expeditions - from D&AD global student awards, to exhibition success at New Designers and Tent London, and to industry awards from NCR and Microsoft.
Product design at Dundee will train you to design products that work. Products people can get their hands on, play with, admire, tell people about and ultimately want as their own. We don't think that it is all about products that work though, our students are taught how to find out what people want, to understand their needs and to design products for them. Our aim is to develop designers who can re-appropriate existing and explore emerging technologies in a playful way and use them as a creative medium throughout the design process.
In our studios we will work with you so that you can become part of the next generation of leading edge designers that are comfortable programming electronics, talking to people, making models or rendering in CAD. It is not about presenting ideas of what a product might be, or building a technical prototype of how a product might work - we will help you to develop the skills to respond to people's needs and design products that work.
In addition to project-based studio activity, we will give you the opportunity to witness design in practice in industry in the form of lectures, field trips and company visits. We also run a number of projects as a live client, where the brief is set by industry. In order to deepen your understanding of design in practice we encourage and help you to find summer placements with companies.
Contents
Level 1
Level 1 introduces you to some of the key skills a designer requires to develop successful products. You will work on a number of short and longer projects as individuals and in teams. You explore a range of 2-D and 3-D visualisation techniques in Design Studies. Fundamental principles of engineering, as well as the materials available to you as a designer, are introduced through Technology modules.
- Product Design Practice: Fundamentals of Product Design Design Studies
- Design Studies: Visual Expression
- Technology: Mechanics and Thermodynamics and Design Technology (Materials)
Level 2
Level 2 encourages you to build on your understanding of designing products gained at Level 1. You learn how to develop products to a greater level of detail and consider how issues such as ergonomics can influence design. You are also introduced to the world of interaction design.
Students are encouraged to develop a personal design process, as well as understand the different contexts in which they may operate as a designer. Technology modules provide an introduction to electronics, 2-D and 3-D computer aided design and structural analysis.
- Product Design Practice: Industrial Design and Interaction Design
- Design Studies: Contexts/ Stakeholders and Structuring Creativity Technology
- Technology: Software Engineering (CAD and microcontrollers); Structural Design and Manufacturing
Level 3
Level 3 deepens your understanding of designing products through investigating the needs of people. You are introduced to a number of research techniques that allow you to engage with people and are encouraged to embed this new knowledge in your products. You also explore some of the commercial issues that affect the development of products and are encouraged to contextualise the development of your work in terms of current social issues.
In preparation for your final year, emphasis is placed on the development of highly polished models with working technology embedded in them. Technology modules develop your understanding and use of the principles behind engineering design.
- Product Design Practice: Design Research; Design Products
- Design Studies: Design Futures and Professional Practice Technology
- Technology: Engineering Design
Level 4
The majority of your time in the final year is spent in the studio and dedicated to a major personal project. By this stage you will have enough knowledge of product design to define your own brief. You can also choose from a range of optional modules.
The year will result in an exhibition of your work at the Duncan of Jordanstone Degree Show. Previous major projects have explored interactive furniture, services and products that promote sustainable living, inclusive design solutions for the visually impaired and digital products for the home.
- Product Design Practice: Design Portfolio Project
- Electives, for example: Business Innovation for Designers; Advanced CAD; Design Dissertation
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
The following are the minimum requirements, please note qualifications have to be obtained at the first sitting of examinations.
- Selection notes:
We are keen to know how you approach novel design challenges. To find this out, as part of the selection process, we will send you a Product Kit - for you to design and evaluate a response to a task that will arrive through your letterbox.
Also essential is a developed portfolio demonstrating a keen interest and aptitude for product design.
- Minimum Requirements:
SQA Higher: ABBB
GCE A-Level: BBC
ILC Higher: ABBB
IB Diploma: 30 points with 5, 5, 5 at HL
- Essential Subjects:
One or more from: art & design, design & technology, mathematics, physics or product design (H, A-L, ILC H, HL).
- Advanced Entry (to level 2)
SQA Advanced Higher: BBC or BB (AH) + AB (H) in different subjects
GCE A-Level: ABB
IB Diploma: 34 points with 6, 6, 5 at HL
One or more from: art & design, design & technology, mathematics, physics or product design (AH, A-L, HL).
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | High School diploma |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
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