





Available for Clearing 2025
**This is a Connected Degree**
Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after youve started your course.
**Overview**
Unleash your creativity and bring your ideas to life.
On this BSc (Hons) Product Design and Innovation degree course, youll combine the theories and methodologies of art and engineerin...
**This is a Connected Degree**<br/>Portsmouth is the only University in the UK with the flexibility to choose when to do an optional paid placement or self-employed year. Either take a placement in your third year, or finish your studies first and complete a placement in your fourth year. You can decide if and when to take a placement after youve started your course.<br/><br/>**Overview**<br/>Unleash your creativity and bring your ideas to life.<br/><br/>On this BSc (Hons) Product Design and Innovation degree course, youll combine the theories and methodologies of art and engineering to create and improve the products we use in efficient and cost-effective ways.<br/><br/>Youll develop your understanding of engineering design, illustration and computer-aided design while also exploring how to create successful and sustainable products in a competitive market. By graduation, youll be set up for a career creating and designing products.<br/><br/>**Course highlights**<br/>- Use sophisticated computer software and rapid prototyping equipment to design new products and improve existing ones<br/><br/><br/>- Learn the fundamentals of illustration, computer-aided illustration, computer-aided design (CAD) and manufacturing technology<br/><br/><br/>- Learn how to use professional software to visually communicate your product ideas, including Photoshop, AutoCad (for precise 2D and 3D drawing), Creo (for computer-aided design modules and manufacturing simulations) and Keyshot (for photo-realistic renderings and animation)<br/><br/><br/>- Create a product for a professional organisation or design centre based on a brief submitted to you by the companys design manager – current students are creating a handheld controller for a yacht for Raymarine<br/><br/><br/>**Accreditation**<br/>This course is accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) for Incorporated Engineer status (IEng). Its also accredited as fulfilling the requirements for membership and Registered Product Designer status (RProdDes) of the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED).<br/><br/>**Careers and opportunities**<br/><br/>The skills you learn on this course will prepare you to work in any industry youre passionate about, in areas such as product design, design management, consultancy, engineering, marketing and graphic design.<br/><br/>Depending on the roles you go into and your experience in industry, you could earn up to £35,000 as a CAD technician, up to £45,000 as a product designer, or up to £35,000 as an exhibition designer. These average salaries all have the potential to increase in line with your experience and position in a company.<br/><br/>Graduate destinations<br/><br/>Our graduates have worked for companies such as:<br/><br/><br/>- SAS Software<br/><br/><br/>- Celli UK<br/><br/><br/>- ETL<br/><br/><br/>- Ava Energy<br/><br/><br/>- CenTrak<br/><br/><br/>What jobs can you do with a product design and innovation degree?<br/><br/>Our graduates now work in roles including:<br/><br/><br/>- project manager (transformation team)<br/><br/><br/>- customer success strategizer <br/><br/><br/>- design technology teacher<br/><br/><br/>- account executive<br/><br/><br/>- junior product designer<br/><br/><br/>Other graduates have continued their studies at postgraduate level or set up successful businesses with help and support from the University.
If you apply through Clearing, you'll be offered a guaranteed room in halls if you accept your offer within 24 hours of receiving it and apply for accommodation as a new full-time undergraduate student by 9am on 20 August 2025.
Sign up for Priority Clearing to get accommodation information straight to your inbox as well as access to Portsmouth's Clearing Visit Day on Thursday 7th August. Priority Clearing applicants will jump the queue on Results Day, get exclusive Clearing updates, invites to Portsmouth Prepare for Clearing Webinars and one-to-one application support.
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If you apply through Clearing, you'll be offered a guaranteed room in halls if you accept your offer within 24 hours of receiving it and apply for accommodation as a new full-time undergraduate student by 9am on 20 August 2025.<br/><br/>Sign up for Priority Clearing to get accommodation information straight to your inbox as well as access to Portsmouth's Clearing Visit Day on Thursday 7th August. Priority Clearing applicants will jump the queue on Results Day, get exclusive Clearing updates, invites to Portsmouth Prepare for Clearing Webinars and one-to-one application support.<br/><br/>Through the open day, students can get a feel for Portsmouth's welcoming campus and community before joining the university. With guaranteed accommodation, they can rest easy and ensure they are in the heart of the student community.
2 Clearing options available
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Course Details
Information
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
22/09/2025
Campus
Main Site
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
H771
Institution Code
P80
Points of Entry
Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
112
120
112-120 points from 2 or 3 A levels, or equivalent, to include a relevant subject.
Not Accepted
112-122 Tariff points from the Access to HE Diploma in a relevant subject.
29
29 points from the IB Diploma. 655/754 at Higher Level, including a Higher Level in a relevant subject. - 29 points from the IB Diploma. 664 at Higher Level, including a Higher Level in a relevant subject.
GCSE English and mathematics at grade C/4 or above.
Acceptable when combined with other qualifications.
112-120 Tariff points, to include an Advanced Higher in a relevant subject.
Cambridge Pre-U score of 54-56, to include a Principal subject in relevant subject.
Acceptable when combined with other qualifications.
B,B,B
B,B,C
112-120 points from 2 or 3 A levels, including an A level in a relevant subject.
M
Acceptable T Level Subjects: T Level in Digital: Digital Production, Design and Development, T Level in Construction: Design, Surveying and Planning, T Level in Building Services Engineering, T Level in Engineering and Manufacturing Design and Development, T Level in Maintenance, Installation and Repair for Engineering and Manufacturing, T Level in Engineering, Manufacturing, Processing and Control, T Level in Accounting (if mathematical components are passed), T Level in Finance (if mathematical components are passed)
112-120 points from the Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate including 2 A levels one of which must be a relevant subject, plus the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate.
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