Product Design and Management

Entry requirements

You will usually need a 2:1 or equivalent. This should be in engineering or science with appropriate knowledge of core engineering science topics at bachelor degree level.

Months of entry

October

Course content

The aim of this MSc programme is to provide advanced training in all major aspects of product design from conceptual design, product modelling to prototyping to a high level of competence. This programme will train you to develop reliable, high quality products with true market appeal, within the budgets and tight timescales demanded by competitive businesses.

You'll gain detailed expertise in product design's key concepts, tools and methodologies, including:-

• innovative product development and design techniques
• advanced CAD/CAM and modelling
• materials selection
• industrial design
• rapid prototyping
• total quality management
• marketing

There's a strong practical element and you'll develop your skills through individual and group projects, using facilities that include:-

• CAD (ProE)
• CAM (Vericut, Machining Strategist)
• rapid prototyping (3D Printing, FDM, SLM and vacuum casting)
• reverse engineering (laser scanner and x-ray scanner).

As well as receiving excellent tuition from our world-renowned academics you'll be able to listen to visiting product designers and professors from the Royal Academy of Engineering talk about advanced concepts and case studies.

This programme is fully accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.