3D Designer Maker
Staffordshire University
3D Designer Maker
Course Summary
**Develop your passion for designing and making innovative and contemporary objects using a diverse range of materials, skills & techniques taught through high levels of craftsmanship.**
Our BA (Hons) 3D Designer Maker programme will give you the chance to design and make your ideas through a broad range of materials with an exciting emphasis on experimentation in making innovative objects through industrial processes with high levels of craftsmanship, giving you the chance to become a more informed contemporary maker.
If you have a passion for designing and making contemporary interior products, such as furniture and lighting, ceramics and jewellery, this is the course for you. Work on external Live briefs with companies such as Marks and Spencer Home, SCP, Wedgwood, Royal Doulton and Sainsbury's Home.
The strength of this distinctive course is reflected in the achievements of our former students including:
- Best Stand Award - New Designers 2018
- Denby Highly Commended Award – New Designers 2018
- Valentine Clays Award for Excellence 2019 – 1st 2nd and 3rd Prize
- Multiple winners of the Franz Rising Star Project scholarships 2019
- Winner of the Caroline Gardner placement at the National Student Stationery Design Competition
- Multiple winners of the Keith Brymer Jones Award for ‘promising young designer’ 2019
- National Potclays Awards for Outstanding Excellence 2019
- KMF Metal Award for Excellence 2019
Learn the essential skills needed to survive in the ‘real world’ to prepare you for a career as an independent designer maker or a designer in industry.
You'll get to experience a breadth of materials and highly crafted 3D workshop skills before specialising in the area of ceramics as well as transferable skills for the jobs market.
You could also use your skills to set up your own businesses as a designer maker. Many of our self-employed graduates have been featured in nationally recognised magazines such as Crafts, Elle Decoration and Craftsman Magazine. Others have gained employment with The Crafts Council, Hidden Arts and Wedgwood.
This course enables you to explore ideas through a range of taught craft practice and design processes. There's a strong emphasis on experimentation with materials and contemporary approaches to making innovative objects. There is also an opportunity to gain a substantial work placement with companies such as Marks and Spencer, Wedgwood and/ or Royal Doulton.
Our Award Winning creative team of professional makers and technicians will support you throughout. You'll gain practical knowledge and a repertoire of skills, developing your understanding of the designers’ essential toolkit as well as contemporary techniques and processes which reflect current trends and practices in an ever-changing world of the designer maker. Workshops cover
- Wood
- Plastics and Resin
- Fine Metal, Heavy Metal & Precision Metal
- Industry leading Ceramics workshops
- CNC machines, 3D print facilities and virtual modelling equipment in our Smart Zone
- Digital Imaging Skills (to work software packages such as Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator)
Our 3D Designer Maker degree allows you to specialise in: Ceramics, Interior Products, Contemporary Jewellery and Fashion Accessories or Digital Craft.
On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BA (Hons) 3D Designer Maker
Course Details - Modules
Modules are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code: W701
Institution code: S72
Campus Name: Staffordshire University (Stoke Campus)
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Other A Level combinations possible to achieve 112 points.
May be considered for advanced entry onto the second year of the degree. Subject to satisfactory comparability of modular content of level 4. A transcript will be required.
May be considered for advanced entry onto the second or third year of the degree. Subject to satisfactory comparability of modular content of level 4 and level 5 (where appropriate). A transcript will be required.
We welcome a wide range of qualifications and qualification combinations. We assess each application individually, taking in to account any experience and skills you may have in your chosen field.
Don't worry if you can't see your specific qualification listed, just contact our team of experts on 01782 294400 or email us at enquiries@staffs.ac.uk for further advice
Achieve a minimum of 112tariff points achieved from either five Highers or a combination of two Highers offered with two Advanced Highers. Where only Highers have been taken a minimum of (CCCCD) are required.
Can be combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 points
Pass Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 112 UCAS points.
Achieve a minimum of 112 tariff points achieved in either three Advanced Highers or from a combination of two Advanced Highers plus two Highers.
Grade combinations below 112 points considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications including AS and Extended Project to achieve 112 points
Can be combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 points
Grade combinations below 112 points considered when combined with other Level 3 qualifications including AS and Extended Project to achieve 112 points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
112 tariff points from composite elements of IB
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Combined with other level 3 qualifications to achieve 112 tariff points
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
Minimum Qualification Requirements
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | AdditionalDetails |
|---|
Unistats information
Student satisfaction : 91%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 60%
Go onto work and study: 85%
Fees and funding
| England | 9250.0 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | 9250.0 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | 9250.0 | Year 1 |
| Wales | 9250.0 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | 9250.0 | Year 1 |
| EU | 14000.0 | Year 1 |
| International | 14000.0 | Year 1 |
Additional Fee Information
Additional Fee Information are not listed for this Course.
Provider information
College Road
Address2 are not listed for this Course.
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Stoke on Trent
ST4 2DE
Address2 are not listed for this Course.
Address3 are not listed for this Course.
Stoke on Trent
ST4 2DE