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University degree

Industrial Design

Loughborough University
Qualification
Degree
Length
4 yrs
UK fees / yr
£9,535
Study
Full-time
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About this course

Our BA (Hons) Industrial Design degree will equip you with the skills to develop and communicate design ideas. Interested? Find out more.

Embrace creative exploration and gain the skills to create innovative products with global impact. Our Industrial Design BA (Hons) will equip you with the knowledge, understanding and skills to develop future facing products through embracing creative exploration and independent judgement. Designed for students who are already confident in their career trajectory towards becoming an Industrial Designer, this is a great option for those who want to develop specialist skills and sensitivity in the creative form and aesthetics of contemporary and future manufactured products.

The course embraces creative exploration and the use of a wide range of skills and technologies within design practice. It covers creative ideation, form development and product styling, usability and interaction, sustainability, ergonomics and human factors, through the production and use of prototypes as a part of the design process.

Could you get in?
The grades students arrived with
96-111 pts3%
112-127 pts17%
128-143 pts11%
144-159 pts14%
160-175 pts17%
176-191 pts6%
192-207 pts11%
208-223 pts5%
224-239 pts6%
240+ pts9%
How they qualified
96% got in with alevel. The rest came in a mix of ways:
alevel96%
degree1%
none1%
otherHE1%
Could I get in? Try your grades
120 UCAS pts
Pay & prospects
88%
In work or further study after
90%
In professional / skilled jobs
97%
Continue past first year
88%
Student satisfaction
What graduates earn over time
£32,000
After 15 months
£34,500
3 years on
£42,500
5 years on
What students say National Student Survey
88%
of students are satisfied with the course overall
Teaching82%
Assessment & feedback59%
Academic support66%
Well organised76%
Learning resources68%
Student community80%
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Where this degree can lead
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When you're ready, the full entry requirements and application are on Loughborough University's own site.
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Career data: role, pay and progression profiles built for Careermash's careers engine; AI-impact estimates from Anthropic's observed AI-usage telemetry and OpenAI's AI Jobs Transition Framework. Course data: HESA / Discover Uni, including Graduate Outcomes, LEO and the National Student Survey. Apprenticeships: IfATE-published standards, approved only.

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