Industrial Design (with placement year) - BA (Hons)
Loughborough University
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Our Industrial Design BA (Hons) degree will equip you with the skills and understanding necessary for the design of physical objects and devices, focusing on product form, user interaction, CMF (colours, materials, and finishes) and manufacturing, as a part of professional design practice. The course develops specialist skills and abilities in the design and communication of ideas, interactions, and user experiences. It focusses on three-dimensional design, product styling and form, user ...Read more

Our Industrial Design BA (Hons) degree will equip you with the skills and understanding necessary for the design of physical objects and devices, focusing on product form, user interaction, CMF (colours, materials, and finishes) and manufacturing, as a part of professional design practice. The course develops specialist skills and abilities in the design and communication of ideas, interactions, and user experiences. It focusses on three-dimensional design, product styling and form, user research, CMF, manufacturing processes and the production of prototypes and finished artifacts. Industrial Design emphasises the ways that products are experienced by users. Throughout the course you will be expected to apply your understanding of branding, futures concepting and the circular economy to the design of future product-service systems. This course shares many of the same elements as the Design BA course. The distinct difference is that instead of having flexibility to select your design specialism during the first two years of study, students will be fixed onto the Industrial Design pathway. It is great for those dedicated to Industrial Design specifically, who want to develop specialist skills and sensitivity in the creative form and aesthetics of contemporary and future manufactured products.

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WUSCA ranking:
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22/279
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
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4th
CUG Ranking
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Source: Complete University Guide 2026
7th
What students say
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Sarah
14 Nov 24

The environment is great, good facilities including teaching teams and thigs in workshop. The only things I feeling bad is the distance between the train station and the campus,..Read more

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Yang
14 Nov 24

Love the 24/7 design computer suite, got loads of fun memories and made many friends throughout the tough deadline cramming times. Student life here has a really nice and homey..Read more

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Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal:

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Extended Project:

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GCSE/National 4/National 5:

GCSE Maths and English Language Grade C/4 Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

34 Grades / Points required

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

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

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

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

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£30,700 per year

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Undergraduate accommodation fees - From £117 per week

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Sarah
14 Nov 24
Industrial Design - BA (Hons)
The environment is great, good facilities including teaching teams and thigs in workshop. The only things I feeling bad is the distance between the train station and the campus,...
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Yang
14 Nov 24
Industrial Design (with placement year) - BA (Hons)
Love the 24/7 design computer suite, got loads of fun memories and made many friends throughout the tough deadline cramming times. Student life here has a really nice and homey...
Read more
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