Course details
Course description
Product design is about:
* understanding people and society by questioning and reflecting on existing systems
* exploring opportunities for innovative products
Through practical experience, you will learn design research methods used at the forefront of the discipline. These will allow you to explore and understand:
* cutting-edge materials
* technologies
* society
**How we teach**
Our mission is to ensure that you develop your own approach to design. You will develop skills needed to become a highly employable graduate, entrepreneur or thought leader. These skills include:
* creative
* technical
* critical thinking
* interpersonal
We aim to produce:
* empathetic, experimental and provocative designers with strong communication skills
* flexible design thinkers who can explore social, economic and environmental contexts and opportunities to design original, useful and thought-provoking products
**What you will learn**
Across a group of courses, you will explore making, critical thinking and designing using a variety of materials and technologies. These are informed by thought-provoking briefs.
You will engage with a range of contemporary issues and future challenges, including:
* the circular economy and sustainability
* product semantics
* speculative design
* the internet of things
Design and Screen Cultures courses are integrated with your practical studio work. These provide a contextual and theoretical understanding of contemporary design.
**Why Edinburgh?**
Our lecturers and technicians are highly skilled as makers and researchers.
We support our students to:
* develop their own ways of exploring the world through design
* understand the needs of people and the environment
The professional skills and abilities developed on the programme prepare our graduates for a rewarding career in the creative industries. Many of our alumni are now leading practitioners.
Subjects
- Product design
Entry requirements
Scottish Higher minimum entry requirements: A,B,B,B
ABBB by end of S5 or AABB/ABBBB by end of S6. BBB must be achieved in one year of S4-S6. Required subjects: Highers: no specific Higher subjects required. National 5s: English at C.
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Course details
Full time
1st Sep 2024 to 1st Sep 2028
Cost: £1,820.00 (ex. VAT)
Venue details
Central area campus
George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9JZ