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Develop your skills in product design and professional practice.
As part of this course, you’ll:
- Gain insight into user requirements, economic, environmental and ethical considerations, as well as materials, manufacturing, production and industry capabilities
- Use your insights to help inform the design of your products
- Design a range of products for both commercial and domestic use, including furnitur...
**Work on live briefs with real clients, tackling social and environmental challenges on our product design course.**<br/><br/>Develop your skills in product design and professional practice.<br/><br/>As part of this course, you’ll:<br/><br/><br/>- Gain insight into user requirements, economic, environmental and ethical considerations, as well as materials, manufacturing, production and industry capabilities <br/><br/><br/>- Use your insights to help inform the design of your products<br/><br/><br/>- Design a range of products for both commercial and domestic use, including furniture, interior products, consumer goods and sustainable products<br/><br/><br/>- Work on live industry briefs, which will ensure you’ll be working in real world settings to design products that make a positive contribution to the world around us<br/><br/><br/>- Develop your own voice as a designer - some students become **design activists and changemakers**, using design to tackle injustice, rethink systems, and imagine better futures<br/><br/><br/>**Find out more**<br/><br/>**Our students and graduates**<br/>Our students have designed for Lego, Nestlé, Asda, Clip ‘n’ Climb, and Agile Acoustics amongst many others. <br/><br/>**Specialist facilities**<br/>Our design studios provide you with a flexible working space, with computers integrated into the working environment. Beyond the studio, you’ll have access to a wealth of specialist facilities that support making processes and prototyping, including:<br/><br/><br/>- Fully equipped **3D workshops** for working with a wide range of materials including **wood, metal, plastics, and sculptural processes**<br/><br/><br/>- Digital fabrication tools including **CNC router, laser cutters, and 3D printers**<br/><br/><br/>- A professional **photography studio** to help you document and present your work to industry standards<br/><br/><br/>- **Traditional printmaking** facilities and state-of-the-art **digital printing**<br/><br/><br/>**Guest Lectures**<br/>Lecturers from a range of design disciplines will visit throughout your course to talk about their own practice and run workshops. In your final year you’ll display your project work at our Degree Show, held in our award-winning Broadcasting Place - an event which attracts interest from designers and industry professionals.<br/><br/>We often run a number of guest lectures and workshops throughout the year, both on campus and in conjunction with external organisations. The INSIDE/OUT lecture series brings together some of the most exciting names from the fields of art, architecture, design, fashion, film, music, performing arts and beyond. You can catch up on previous lectures by visiting the Leeds Arts Research Centre site.<br/><br/>**Why study the BA (Hons) Product Design course at Leeds Beckett University?**<br/>- **100%** of students on BA (Hons) Product Design were positive about the way teaching staff explain things*<br/><br/><br/>- Tutors with **extensive professional experience** and networks<br/><br/><br/>- Opportunity to take a **‘placement’ year** – a year of paid employment in industry which will build your skills and experience<br/><br/><br/>- Study within **one of the largest university arts communities** in the north, with 3000 students spread across over 40 courses<br/><br/><br/>- **Leeds thriving creative sector** has countless opportunities for product designers on our doorstep<br/><br/><br/>National Student Survey 2024*
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
14/09/2026
Campus
City CampusC
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Course Code
W241
Institution Code
L27
Points of Entry
Year 1
112
120
A minimum of 72-80 from two A Levels or equivalent, excluding General Studies.
GCSE English Language at Grade 4 or above (Grade C for GCSEs taken before 2017) or equivalent. Key Skills Level 2, Functional Skills Level 2 and the Certificate in Adult Literacy are accepted in place of GCSEs.
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