Product design is about understanding people, questioning existing ways of doing things and seeing opportunities for innovative products that will enrich quality of life. You will explore the cutting-edge methods used at the discipline's forefront, gain research skills to uncover unique opportunities and develop technical knowledge and skill to turn such opportunities into desirable products to meet real needs. Our mission is to ensure that you develop the necessary creative, technical, thinking and interpersonal skills to become a highly employable graduate, entrepreneur or thought leader. We believe in cultivating empathic, experimental and provocative designers with strong interpersonal and communication skills; flexible design thinkers, able to discover unique, genuine problems and opportunities for the design of original, useful and thought-provoking products.
Experience working on live projects with a range of companies includes some of the world's leading design-led product and furniture brands such as Philips, NCR, Herman Miller and Salcomp, among others. This equips our graduates with the ability to generate thoughtful and original product designs that challenge the status quo while meeting the needs of people and providing a competitive advantage for businesses. The professional skills and abilities developed on the programme prepare our graduates for a rewarding career in the creative industries, in which many of our alumni are leading practitioners. |
These courses are intended as guidelines. Speak to your guidance counsellor to see what courses are offered at your school.
The typical offer is likely to be:
• SQA Highers: BBBB.
• A Levels: BBB.
• IB: 34 points (grades 555 at HL).
Minimum entry requirements
• SQA Highers: BBBB by the end of S5 or BBBBB/ABBB from S4-S6. National 5: English at Grade C.
• A Levels: BBB. GCSEs: English at Grade C.
• IB: Award of Diploma with 34 points overall and grades 555 in HL subjects. SL: English at 4.
If you are an international student and your school qualifications are not accepted for direct entry to the University you may be eligible for admission to this degree programme through our International Foundation Programme. |
| Application Notes : | Mini-portfolio
Applicants will be asked to submit a digital mini-portfolio. Assessment of the mini-portfolio will form part of the selection process. Applicants applying to enter Year 2 of our programmes, who pass the first stage of selection, will be invited to bring a full portfolio to an Applicant Day.
BTECs
Applicants studying the Pearson BTEC Diploma in Art and Design will be considered for entry with the following:
• Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Art and Design with Merit.
• Pearson BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Art and Design with Merit plus one A Level at Grade B.
• Pearson BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Art and Design with Merit plus two A Levels at Grade B.
Applicants studying the University of the Arts London Level 3 Extended Diploma in Arts and Design will be considered with Merit. |
| Additional Admission Requirements: | You must provide evidence that your written and spoken English is at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies.
If English is not your first language, you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your spoken and written English:
• IELTS Academic module overall 6.5 with 5.5 in each component
• TOEFL-iBT 92 or above with 20 in each section
• Cambridge English: Advanced & Proficiency overall 176 with 162 in each component
• Pearson Test of English (Academic): Total 61 with at least 51 in each "Communicative Skills" section *Trinity ISE: ISE II with a distinction in all four components
SQA and GCSE
For SQA and GCSE students, unless a higher level is specified in the stated entry requirements, a pass is required in English at the following grades or higher:
• SQA National 5 Grade C
• SQA Standard Grade 3
• SQA Intermediate 1 Grade A
• SQA Intermediate 2 Grade C
• GCSE Grade C
• IB Standard Level Grade 4 |
* We make every attempt to provide accurate information on prerequisites, programs, and tuition. However, this information is subject to change without notice and we highly recommend that you contact the school to confirm important information before applying.