Design at Brunel is all about realising fantastic ideas in the real world. Our Product Design Engineering BSc degree is for creative thinkers who are also comfortable with mathematics and who enjoy deeper analysis of functional and technical design challenges, principally focused on industrially-manufactured products. The course spans design and engineering, meaning you can develop products that both look good and work well.
There is a lot of project-based learning to test your skills and you’ll see the outcome of your design from concept to making the actual product. This means you’ll be able to build a great portfolio of your best-quality projects, academic and industry briefs, and case studies, during your studies.
You’ll have workshop training and will use industry-standard equipment and software to develop quality hands-on skills to become a maker. Independent access is available to modern facilities that include dedicated design studios, digital sketching, extensive prototyping workshops, and electronics and digital fabrication labs. The practical knowledge you gain is transferable to industry and provides a head start for your future career as a designer and design making in the modern world.
Our product design engineering course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED) and can be studied full-time over three years, or four years with a placement year.
The placement year helps you to prepare for the world of work and you’ll have a year’s worth of invaluable professional experience when you graduate. Our students have worked in both small innovation start-ups and multinational organisations such as Dyson, Jaguar Land Rover, Philips, Procter & Gamble, and Reckitt Benckiser.
Our students have the opportunity to add another dimension to their university experience by spending a term or a year in one of our partner universities via our exchange programme: Politecnico di Milano in Italy; Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands, San Francisco State University in USA and Institut Superieur de Design, ISD Bubika in France.
Course Details - Modules
Year 1
Design Process 1
Electronics and Mathematics
Graphic Communication
Materials with Manufacturing
Mechanics for Design
Year 2
Design Communication
Design for Manufacture
Design Process 2
Dynamics, Mechanisms and Stress Analysis
Electronics, Programming and Interfacing
Work placement year in industry
Year 3
Compulsory:
Computer-based Design Methods
Design and Innovation, Management and Process
Product Design Engineering Major Project
Optional:
Contextual Design
Embedded Systems for Design
Environmentally Sensitive Design
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:
WHF7
Institution code:
B84
Campus Name:
Main Site
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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
including grade B in Art or Design (not including Performing Arts/Theatre Arts) subject and grade B in Maths or Physics
in Art and Design and an A level grade A in Maths or Physics or obtain DD in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with Distinctions in Further Mathematics or Further Mechanical Principles and grade A in Art or Design subject (not including Performing Arts/Theatre Arts).
Obtain a minimum of 128 UCAS tariff points in the Access to HE Diploma in Engineering with 45 credits at Level 3. All Maths units must be passed with Distinctions at level 3
including grade B in Art or Design (not including Performing Arts/Theatre Arts) subject and grade B in Maths or Physics
in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with Distinctions in Further Maths or Further Mechanical Principles.
in any subject with A levels grade AB in an Art or Design subject (not including Performing Arts/Theatre Arts) and Maths or Physics
in Art and Design and an A level grade A in Maths or Physics or obtain DD in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with Distinctions in Further Engineering Mathematics or Dynamic Mechanical Principles and grade A in Art or Design subject (not including Performing Arts/Theatre Arts).
in Art and Design and an A level grade A in Maths or Physics or obtain DD in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with Distinctions in Further Engineering Mathematics or Dynamic Mechanical Principles and grade A in Art or Design subject (not including Performing Arts/Theatre Arts).
including Higher Level 5 in Art or Design (not including Performing Arts/Theatre Arts) subject and Higher level 5 in Maths or Physics
in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with Distinctions in Further Engineering Mathematics or Dynamic Mechanical Principles
including H3 in an Art or Design subject (not including Performing Arts/Theatre Arts) and H3 in Maths or Physics
in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or Mechanical Engineering with Distinctions in Further Engineering Mathematics or Dynamic Mechanical Principles
in any subject with A levels grade AB in an Art or Design subject (not including Performing Arts/Theatre Arts) and Maths or Physics
in any subject with A levels grade AB in an Art or Design subject (not including Performing Arts/Theatre Arts) and Maths or Physics
including grade M2 in an Art or Design subject (not including Performing Arts/Theatre Arts) and grade M2 in Maths or Physics
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Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.0
with no less than 5.5 in each subsection
Institution's Own Test
with no less than 55% in each subsection
TOEFL (iBT)
79.0
with a minimum of:
Reading - 18
Listening - 17
Speaking - 20
Writing - 17
PTE Academic
51.0
with a minimum of 51 in all subscores
Brunel University London - English Language Requirements
