Why Product Design at Leeds
With an international reputation for design and innovation across many disciplines, and with excellence in both research and teaching, the University of Leeds is ideally placed to offer a multi-disciplinary degree course in Product Design. Our expertise in the field means that you benefit from up-to-date and excellent learning and teaching.
The course has strong links with industry. Academic staff maintain close contact with industrialists to ensure that the course materials are always in line with the employers' needs, and some staff are practising Product Designers. Additionally, we have a programme of design seminars in which we include visiting speakers who expose students to current issues in industry.
Impressive credentials
This course is taught within the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty is ranked 7th in the UK for its quality of research according to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. An impressive 75% of the Faculty’s research activity is rated as internationally excellent and world leading.
The University of Leeds is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive UK universities and is globally renowned for the quality of teaching and research.
First–class facilities
- Specialist facilities including state-of-the-art Product Design Studio with PCs running a number of design packages and model making facilities which include vacuum forming and foam model sculpting.
- You will also have access to one of the world’s most advanced Rapid Prototyping (RP) systems in order to convert your concepts and ideas into physical plastic and metal prototypes to test for form, fit and function. These systems are crucial to the experienced design practitioner and allow greater freedom in design and product customisation.
- The design studio also provides space for group work and allows you to interact with students from other years of the course.
- You’ll also enjoy excellent teaching facilities and well-equipped lecture theatres and laboratories.
