Design (Placement Year) - BA (Hons)
Lancaster University
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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OCT-25

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4 Years

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OCT-26

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Our students learn to conduct design research and conceptualise physical solutions. You’ll investigate a range of areas in which design plays a critically important role, such as such as environmental sustainability, healthier lifestyles, urban wellbeing and ethical digital futures.Develop transferable problem-solving skills and learn how to work effectively as part of a design team. By the time you graduate, you’ll be able to research, ideate, prototype, visualise, iterate and present your ...Read more

Our students learn to conduct design research and conceptualise physical solutions. You’ll investigate a range of areas in which design plays a critically important role, such as such as environmental sustainability, healthier lifestyles, urban wellbeing and ethical digital futures.Develop transferable problem-solving skills and learn how to work effectively as part of a design team. By the time you graduate, you’ll be able to research, ideate, prototype, visualise, iterate and present your design work to a professional standard.We support you to develop your portfolio and build professional contacts throughout your degree. We organise for design professionals to come and talk about design, and many of our students choose to do a summer internship with a design consultancy, agency or within a large organisation. You will be taught by staff from ImaginationLancaster, a globally renowned design research lab – and one of the largest in the world. Our teaching staff work on a diverse array of design projects and are at the cutting edge of advancing the theory and practice of design.

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66/279
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10th

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Access to HE Diploma:

D30M15 Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

32 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

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£9,535 per year

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We will charge tuition fees to home undergraduate students on full-year study abroad/work placements in line with the maximum amounts permitted by the Department for Education. The current maximum levels are: students taking a work placement for a year: 20% of the standard tuition fee. Fees for the 2025-26 academic session: full-time studying at the University - £9,535, Study Placement Full Year - £1,430.

£24,700 per year

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International students on full-year study abroad/work placements will be charged the same percentages as the standard International fee.

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Lancaster University
Lancaster University , Lancaster

Lancaster University is a highly rated public research university that stands as a beacon of academic excellence and innovation....

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Lancaster University
Lancaster Lancaster Lancashire LA1 4YW United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Lancaster  1.7 miles away

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