Product Design and Innovation

Aston University, Birmingham

Unleash your creativity with our product design and innovation degree. Immerse yourself in this future-focused discipline, blending innovation and engineering expertise. Complete Individual and group projects and challenges, set by real companies, tutors and yourself. Cultivate practical problem-solving skills, tackle briefs in collaboration with diverse teams of engineers and designers, mimicking the typical working world with a wide range of technical and professional capabilities. Upon completion of this course you will be technically skilled, inspired, and at the forefront of design innovation.

- Professionally accredited* – Accredited by the Institute of Engineering Designers (IED) - Power up your future – Develop the skills employers around the globe look for. Gain an edge in a fast-changing world and thrive in your career with Aston Power Skills. - Gold standard teaching – Aston University was awarded Gold – the highest possible rating for the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF, 2023) - Earn more – Our graduates are among the highest paid in the country, earning on average £46,500 five years after graduating (Materials and Technology; Longitudinal Education Outcomes, 2024) - Satisfied students - Ranked 2nd in the UK for ‘student satisfaction’ (General Engineering; Complete University Guide, 2025) - Quality teaching - Ranked 1st in the UK for ‘teaching quality’ (Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering; Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide, 2025) - Interdisciplinary learning - Opportunities to work within interdisciplinary teams on commercial projects, creating new products to solve real-world problems through Design Factory Birmingham.

The transferable skills that our product design programmes provide mean that our graduates are successful in finding employment in a wide range of roles such as: - Designer - Junior designer - Design engineer - Operations manager - Product designer - bespoke furniture - Quality inspector - Client services associate - Graphic and email designer Our graduates have gone on to work at companies such as Solitec Engineering, MoniRail, Avenue Furniture, Caterpillar, Roman Originals, Desk Gear, TransPerfect Translations, and EP Climbing.

*This programme is accredited by the Institute of Engineering Designers (IED). As part of the standard process, it is currently undergoing re-accreditation, with confirmation expected before September 2025.