Product Design (Professional Placement Year) BA (Hons)

**Address the future needs and challenges of sustainable production through materials, making and innovation on this contemporary Product Design degree.**<br/>- Develop the practical and critical design skills you need to flourish in the global workplace through interdisciplinary, project focused study.<br/><br/><br/>- Learn principles of sustainability and explore materials through traditional and digital processes in our excellent workshops.<br/><br/><br/>- Taught by design and industry experts, you’ll become a confident, creative, digitally-literate and critical designer.<br/><br/><br/>Want a career in design? If youre motivated by making, this innovative product design course is for you.<br/><br/>Taught by industry professionals, our Product Design degree enables you to build a foundation of technical and practical design skills and explore manufacturing processes, from traditional techniques to computer-aided design (CAD) and digital fabrication. You’ll work with a wide range of materials and develop your unique creative vision through practical, project-based briefs.<br/><br/>Essential professional skills and entrepreneurship are at the heart of the course. You’ll become a flexible problem-solver and expert collaborator, providing you with new opportunities as a designer in a sustainable, digital and global economy. <br/><br/>**More about the Professional Placement Year**<br/>A Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where you undertake a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between your second and final years of undergraduate study. You can engage in multiple placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) yourself, with support from the Careers team. The PPY Bursary can make work experience more accessible, with students undertaking a PPY able to receive between £500 and £1,500 to be used towards placement costs such as travel, food, workwear or accommodation.