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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Full Time
Sep 2026
3 Year
Design at Brunel is all about realising fantastic ideas in the real world. Our Industrial Design BA/MDes Degree suits creative and practical thinkers who prefer to learn through building and evaluating project-based challenges, with a technological understanding and less theory and quantitative analysis. There is a lot of project-based learning to test your skills on all aspects of the design process, from contextual design ideas to realising your concept in the form of a product prototype. This means you’ll be able to build a great portfolio of your best-quality projects, academic and industry briefs, and case studies, during your studies. You’ll have workshop training and will use industry-standard equipment and software to develop quality hands-on skills to become a maker. You'll have access to modern facilities that include dedicated design studios, digital sketching, extensive prototyping workshops, as well as electronics and digital fabrication labs. The practical knowledge you gain is transferable to industry and provides a head start for your future career as a creative designer and design communicator in the modern world. This course can be studied 3 years full-time or 4 years full-time with placement starting in September. The placement year helps you to prepare for the world of work and you’ll have a year’s worth of invaluable professional experience when you graduate. Our students have worked in both small innovation start-ups and multinational organisations such as Chanel, Dior, Disney, Dyson and Lego. Our students have the opportunity to study abroad. You could spend a term or a year in one of our partner universities via our exchange programme: Politecnico di Milano in Italy; Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands, San Francisco State University in the USA and Institut Superieur de Design, ISD Bubika in France. New exchange opportunities are being developed with India, Canada and China. Made in Brunel is a unique, student-led initiative that showcases our design talent at its finest. Each year our students run a series of industry and community events leading up to the Made in Brunel exhibition. This annual showcase is a highlight of the London design calendar and promotes the incredible work our students produce to the creative community, and is a great way for our students to network with key design professionals. If you are interested in turning a product or technology idea into a business after you graduate, we are in partnership with the Central Research Laboratory (CRL), a design incubator for start-ups. You’ll have access to meeting rooms and workspace as well as prototyping facilities. A team of in-house professionals will guide and support you at each stage and a number of our previous entrepreneurial students have successfully commercialised their products. The BA Industrial Design programme is fully accredited and recognised by the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED), the premier professional body representing engineering and product designers.
The design process and broader context of design research methods across visual, market, user-centred and inclusive design; design ethics and societal, economic and environmental dimensions.
Visual literacy and visual expression; visual thinking techniques; foundation skills in visual and graphic communication, visualisation and computer-generated media.
Fundamentals of materials science and engineering; material properties, selection and manufacturing methods; links between materials, production volumes and manufacturing processes.
Basic concepts and methods of engineering mechanics including statics and dynamics; load, product geometry, mechanics of materials and energy considerations.
Basics of computer-based design methods: model representations, geometric sketches, constraints and 3D features; digital models, technical drawings, material simulation and rapid prototyping in CAD.
Solid foundation in electronic engineering and mathematics; electronic components by functionality and application; software to simulate and solve electronic circuits.
Critical awareness and skills to think and communicate visually across the design process including branding, design, usability and function.
Suitable manufacturing processes for plastics and metals, constraints and defects; design rules for product quality; links between virtual prototyping, physical prototyping, production volumes and assembly.
Creative technology principles, applications, models and methodologies; design of electro-mechanical systems and their interfaces within a product design context.
Methodologies to conceive, explore, develop, evaluate and communicate product designs through virtual modelling and simulation, applying design process tools across contexts.
Sustainable development, key environmental issues and Life Cycle Analysis; streamlined environmental review of a product; product eco-design and design for circular products.
Personal innovation and creativity; entrepreneurial thinking and innovation management; concepts and theories of innovation and entrepreneurship through the life of new products and businesses.
Research and define the requirements of a self-defined or industry-based project, demonstrating programme skills to define an industrial design opportunity and develop individual specialisation.
Develop an innovative design proposal through iterative design thinking, user interaction, experimental visual design language, materials and manufacture; realise designs using 3D CAD, digital manufacture and model making.
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