Product Design MSc

De Montfort University

Master

In Leicester

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Leicester

  • Duration

    1 Year

On this course, you will develop an advanced understanding of your design practice, and discover how emerging digital technologies can enhance your skill set, in order to take an individual and innovative approach to tackling complex industry challenges.

The MSc programme is tailored for students with BSc degrees or engineering design degrees, so that they can build on their prior technical knowledge. There are no engineering modules on the MSc, instead the broad curriculum has been designed for you to respond to the assessments by applying industrial product design and engineering design principles within concepts, final specification and design. As an MSc graduate, you will have the technical engineering design expertise that will make you ideally placed for industry roles in manufacturing, product and industrial design - or to continue onto further research and development within the industry or by studying a PhD. If you are interested in a Master’s in Product Design, but do not have a BSc degree, you may want to check out our Product Design MA.

The flexibility of the curriculum allows you to create a distinct programme of learning that is focused on your individual interests and ambitions. The taught modules culminate in a comprehensive project within your own specialism, and cover key real-world processes in product design such as external validation, prototyping, testing, technical definition and specification.

With support from our experienced tutors and technical staff, you will develop the commercial skills needed to forge a career as a creative entrepreneur or design industry professional. You will be empowered to experiment boldly and encouraged to take risks, with access to sophisticated industry-standard facilities that will allow you to push the boundaries of design.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Leicester (Leicestershire)
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The Gateway, LE1 9BH

Start date

On request

About this course

You should have the equivalent or above of a 2:2 UK bachelor’s honours degree in product design, (typically a BSc rather than a BA) or a related subject.

If you have other professional qualifications and industry experience we will consider your application on an individual basis.

Key features

Our flexible learning environment allows you to choose from an impressive range of specialist modules to develop your own personal and professional interests.
Learn from an expert teaching team, who maintain their professional skill set, ensuring you develop the most relevant skills for a career in the industry.
Enhance your portfolio, professional standing and employability by developing your understanding of design in the commercial world.
Join a community that is working together to co-design new ways of thinking to redefine the future of creative practice.
With an optional year-long work placement you can gain valuable experience to further enhance your practical and professional skills.
The award-winning Vijay Patel Building provides both the space to foster creative thinking as well as top-class facilities, giving you access to a range of dedicated workshops and a host of specialist equipment.

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Subjects

  • Staff
  • Engineering
  • Testing
  • Product Design
  • Teaching
  • Design
  • Prototyping
  • Project
  • Industry
  • Research methods
  • Technology and Innovation

Course programme

Modules

Core modules

  • Research Methods
  • Enterprise, Technology and Innovation
  • Final Major Project

Optional modules

  • Design Futures
  • Design as a Strategic Business Tool
  • Marketing for the Creative Entrepeneur
  • Service Design
  • Business Planning for the Creative Entrepeneur
  • Design, Innovation and Sustainability
  • Technology for Design
Teaching and assessments

Overview

Assessment methods include report submissions, individual/group oral and design-based presentations as well as a major design project submission comprising development, technical specification, prototyping and testing elements.

The school close-knit community of postgraduate students and staff creates a supportive learning environment for design students from around the world.

All postgraduate module teaching staff are involved in research and commercial activities that shape the curriculum. Within the product design subject area, the team maintain the currency of their modules and design project teaching through involvement in consultancy, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships as well as noteworthy research activities.

The teaching staff have particular expertise in additive manufacture, new product development and inclusive design.

Contact hours

In your first two terms you will normally attend around 10 hours of timetabled taught sessions including lectures, tutorials and workshop and studio sessions each week, and be expected to undertake at least 25 hours of independent study each week. Your third term will be pre-dominantly self-directed (including meetings with your supervisor), during which you can expect to undertake 35 hours of independent study each week.

Part-time study is normally undertaken on a half-time basis.

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