Product Design Engineering with a Foundation Year

About this course

Product design engineering occupies a distinctive space at the junction of engineering, design, and innovation. Where engineering is primarily concerned with technical function and design with user experience and aesthetics, product design engineering brings these concerns together, developing professionals who can take a product idea from initial brief through concept generation, detailed design, prototyping, and ultimately to manufacture. The discipline requires both analytical rigour and creative confidence, combining technical knowledge with an understanding of how people interact with the objects and systems they use. At Loughborough University, this four-year full-time programme includes a foundation year, making it the right choice for students who have not studied all the science and mathematics prerequisites typically required for direct entry to an engineering degree, or whose

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 27% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 72 / 100Information Technology Professionals · 9% of graduatescards →
• 62 / 100Secretarial and related occupations · 1% of graduatescards →
• 52 / 100Finance Professionals · 1% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 12% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 4% of graduatescards →

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