Product Design

Our aim is to help you become a creative professional designer with the technical expertise to develop innovative products that fulfil a need in the market.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

The course offers an optional one-year (36 weeks minimum) work placement after the second year, in the uk or abroad. this will give you the opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience, insight into your chosen career and open up your graduate employment prospects. our placement unit and academic staff have excellent industry links and can support you in applying for and finding your placement(s), as well as during your placement year. students on the course have previously taken up placement opportunities with companies including: howdens joinery – goole; limah design consultants – dubai; animatechnika s.r.o. - bratislava; chervon europe ltd - york; roksan audio - london; iterign - newbury; global one pak - cheshire; showoff media - leeds; disney - london; lego - denmark; pegler yorkshire - doncaster; ultima furniture systems - wakefield; overfinch - leeds; walker brothers - halifax; demand design - holmfirth; paxman coolers - huddersfield and ellis furniture - huddersfield. alternatively, if you are a student from within the uk, you could consider starting your own small business by applying for the enterprise placement year in conjunction with the university’s enterprise team. the university's enterprise hub could support you in realising the true commercial value of your intellectual property through a creative enterprise start-up. you’ll have the opportunity to benefit from business advice, mentoring and networking sessions.

• Type: Optional

• Duration: 12 Months

• Fees: Contact us for up-to-date information

The broad nature of the course, coupled with experience gained in industry, has resulted in a high graduate employment record within a wide range of organisations. previous graduates of this course are now working in roles with well-known companies including dyson, pentland, hozelock, black and decker, chervon, maltek, electrolux and new balance, as well as lego**. outside the practice of design itself, students have gained employment as design engineers, digital visualisers and become design managers, producing many award winning products.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Huddersfield has partnerships with the following companies: