University of Sussex

Product Design (with an industrial placement year) BA (Hons)

University of SussexOn campus - in person, United Kingdom

Course overview

Create innovative products for today’s world and circular economy. Develop informed solutions and practically act on them through your placement.

Key highlights

  • Industrial placement year to apply your design skills in practice
  • Focus on designing innovative products for the circular economy
  • Develop informed design solutions to real-world problems

Entry requirements

  • A-level: ABB-BBB — to include A-levels should include Art or a Design subject normally at grade B. Without A-levels in these areas you will still be considered but will need to demonstrate a strong, recent background in art and design through other means
  • GCSE: 4/C — to include Mathematics
  • Other qualification — Extended Project Qualification: We take the EPQ into account when considering your application and it can be useful in the summer when your results are released if you have narrowly missed the conditions of your offer. We do not routinely include the EPQ in the conditions of your offer but we sometimes offer alternative conditions that include the EPQ. If you wish to discuss this further please c…

Scholarships

  • Chancellor's International Scholarships

    £5,000 in the first year of full-time study.

    Up to £5,000

  • Gazelle Twin Scholarship for Women in Music Technology

    £500 each year of study. The opportunity to organise an annual student music event.

    Up to £500

  • Professor Colin Eaborn Chemistry Scholarship

    Up to £2,000 for BSc students, up to £3,000 for MChem students.

  • Sanctuary Scholarship (Undergraduate)

Careers this course leads to

  • Product designer
  • Industrial designer
  • Design engineer
  • Sustainable design consultant
  • CAD designer
  • Packaging designer

Cost of study

UK/Home: £9,535 per year | International: £27,300 per year

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Sussex, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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