Best universities for Product Design

Career prospects

Where next?

A career in product design promises to be challenging, fulfilling and well paid. Whether you are designing a new food container, part of a computer or maybe the next generation of mobile phones, there is no doubt that your career will bring you an incredible sense of satisfaction as well as achievement.

You’ll be able to offer knowledge and experience in manufacturing design in addition to proof of your creativity. With such skills you could find work in the manufacturing, service and engineering industries, design management and consultancy companies.

Roles our graduates have taken on include:

• product design engineer
• CAD designer
• design manager

Work experience

Employment boosting opportunities

Taking a placement year in industry could be one of the best decisions you make as more often than not, it leads to further opportunities after graduation. SPEC, our Student Placement and Employability Centre, not only helps you to arrange your placement but acts as a source of information and guidance throughout the recruitment process and beyond. We help on anything and everything related to employability skills as well as assisting you in gaining other types of work experience.

Here are some examples of the roles our students have secured for their placements:

• Product Designer at Interign
• Undergraduate Engineer at Elta Fans
• Production Drawing Assistant at Sunseeker

Career planning

Finding a job is a competitive business, but the statistics show that 88 per cent of our 2013 graduates went into employment, further study or training within six months of finishing their degrees.

To make sure you take the right steps on your career path, we’re here to give you help, support and advice throughout your study. Even after you’ve graduated, we continue to give you support for up to five years.

Employers tell us that they want graduates to be able to demonstrate certain skills when they come out of university. Our courses take account of this. We make sure we prepare you for employment through work-related learning, projects, placements and working in simulated environments that are designed to prepare you for the working world.