BSc Product Design
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Product Design, a product design degree centred on the creation, development and practical fabrication of manufactured items. Core topics include Programming, Engineering Design, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Design & Creative Practice. Students can choose an optional year abroad. The first year introduces foundational art and design concepts through modules such as Ways of Drawing, Thinking through Making, Connecting Colour & Symbol, Future Disciplines, and Beyond the Studio. The second year advances into technical subjects with Sustainable Design & Manufacturing, Physical Computing, Form and the Role of the Prototype, and Connected Objects. The third year covers design processes via Design for Social Innovation, Shape Your Future, Alternative Futures Part 1, and Design Products, alongside optional modules including Art, Science and Visual Thinking, Print and Printability, and Principles of Visual Effects. The final year centres on the Personal Honours Project and Alternative Futures Part 2.
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Entry requirements
A level: CCC (Recommended subject: a literate or art & design subject) IB: 28 points, including 5, 5, 4 at higher level Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA (standard): BBBB (Recommended subject: a literate or art & design subject at Higher).
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 67%: 93 offers from 139 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 12 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 93%
- Learning opportunities: 91%
- Assessment and feedback: 84%
- Academic support: 96%
- Organisation and management: 89%
- Learning resources: 88%
- Student voice: 83%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 12 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 75%
- Working and studying: 10%
- Further study: 5%
- Unemployed: 5%
Most common jobs
- Web and Multimedia Design Professionals: 20%
- Design occupations: 20%
- Sales occupations: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 5%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 75%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 75%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 50%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 200 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- North West: 1%
- East Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 1%
- London: 9%
- South East: 1%
- South West: 1%
- Scotland: 85%
- Northern Ireland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 20 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 85%
- Other HE qualification: 15%
Modules
- Ways of Drawing
- Thinking through Making
- Connecting Colour & Symbol
- Future Disciplines
- Beyond the Studio
- Sustainable Design & Manufacturing
- Physical Computing
- Form and the Role of the Prototype
- Connected Objects
- Design for Social Innovation
- Shape Your Future
- Alternative Futures Part 1
- Design Products
- Art, Science and Visual Thinking
- The Contemporary Portrait
- Print and Printability
- The Undiscovered Landscape
- Principles of Visual Effects
- Comic Art & Graphic Novels
- Critical Making: Materials & Fabrication
- Thinking Photography
- Contemporary Painting
- Communication in Moving Image
- Design for Living: The Domestic Object
- AI in Creative Practices
- Undergraduate Work Placement
- Personal Honours Project
- Alternative Futures Part 2
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BSc Product Design at University of Dundee earn?
The median salary is £24,500 after 15 months, £20,500 after 3 years, £26,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £20,500 and £32,500. The £26,500 median after five years is £500 more than the UK median for Design studies.
What do graduates of BSc Product Design at University of Dundee do next?
90% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BSc Product Design at University of Dundee?
93% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BSc Product Design at University of Dundee?
The typical offer is CCC at A level, or 28 points in the IB. The average entrant had 149 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BSc Product Design at University of Dundee?
67% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 93 offers from 139 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BSc Product Design at University of Dundee include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BSc Product Design at University of Dundee?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.