Design

Design at Brunel University London is built around the conviction that good design makes real things better: the products, systems and experiences that people use every day can be safer, more intuitive, more sustainable and more satisfying, and it is the designer's task to ensure they are. This three-year full-time degree develops your commercial awareness, technical skills and capacity to innovate across both physical and digital design, equipping you to work in a profession where the boundaries between product, service, digital and experience design are increasingly fluid. A year abroad is built into the programme, extending your creative and professional education into an international environment.

You will develop skills in concept generation, user research, prototyping, CAD and digital visualisation, materials knowledge and the design processes through which ideas move from brief to realised product or system. The emphasis on commercial viability means you understand not just how things can be designed but how design decisions affect manufacturing, cost, sustainability and the market. The year abroad typically takes you to a partner institution in Europe, Asia or North America, where you will encounter different design cultures and approaches.

Brunel's design school has long-standing connections with industry across consumer goods, electronics, healthcare, transport and the built environment. A typical tariff of around 120 points is expected.

Graduates work in product design, industrial design, user experience design, service design, automotive design, healthcare design and design consultancy. The combination of creative skill, technical competence and commercial awareness that Brunel's programme develops is valued by employers who need designers who can operate across the full design process from research to realised product. Many graduates proceed to postgraduate study in design, design engineering or related fields.