Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Product Design
- 3 years
- Duration
- 17,500 GBP/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Canterbury / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
At UCA Canterbury, we offer a fascinating BA (Hons) Product Design degree program where you may develop your design practice and pursue your own ideas while making new or better custom goods and furnishings.
Cooperative learning with other design students can help you see your products in a broader context and learn how they fit into certain ecosystems defined by factors such as location, aesthetics, technology, price, and value. Discovering a need in the market and tailoring your ideas and prototypes to meet that need is another important skill you'll pick up.
With the help of our academic and technical staff, who are all working artists in their own right, and our spacious workshop facilities, which include everything you need to work with wood, metal, and plastic, you can anticipate to be constantly creating from the very beginning of your studies.
Program structure
Year 1
- Launch
- Design 01 – Sketch and Build
- Design for Equity 01
- Briefs and Positions 01
- Opportunity
- Iterate and Adapt 01
- Critical Analysis 01
- Material and Digital Practices
- ATOM Activities
Year 2
- Launch
- Design 03 – Fabricate and Form
- Design for Equity 02
- Briefs and Positions 02
- Opportunity
- Context and Constraint
- Pathways and Mentors
- Critical Analysis 02
- ATOM Activities
Study abroad
During the second year of this program, you'll have the opportunity to study abroad.
Year 3
- Launch
- Design 05 – Pitch and Prototype
- Critical Analysis 03
- Briefs and Positions 03
- Opportunity
- Major Project
Price
Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 17,500 GBP for international students
We have offer a range of scholarships and fee discounts.
Requirements for applicants
If you do not have qualifications from the United Kingdom, we will accept equivalent qualifications from your native country for admittance into our programs.
In addition to academic credentials, some of our courses require a portfolio of previous work.
For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have:
- High school leaving certificate or equivalent.
- A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised university with CGPA 3.8.
English Language requirements for BA/BSc courses:
- IELTS UKVI or Academic - Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5, Total 6.0
- Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17, Total 80
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Listening 59, Reading 59, Speaking 59, Writing 59, Total 59
- Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency - Listening 162, Reading 162, Speaking 162, Writing 162, Total 169
- Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - Listening Merit, Reading Merit, Speaking Merit, Writing Merit, Total ISE III
- LanguageCert International ESOL SELT - Listening 33, Reading 33, Speaking 33, Writing 33, Total B2 Communicator High Pass
Portfolio requirements
For these courses we’ll need to see your portfolio for review. You'll be invited to attend an Applicant Day so you can have your portfolio review in person, meet the course team and learn more about your course. International students will be asked to submit an online portfolio. Further information will be provided once you have applied.
About the university
The UCA team firmly believes that creativity enhances the vitality, innovation, and humanity of global communities. That is why the university has been a fervent supporter of creative research and teaching for the past 160 years.
Architecture, crafts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photography, film, media, the performing arts, and creative business are among areas of study offered by the university. Employers in the creative sector hold a high regard for this programs because of their excellent teaching standards.
We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.
So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: they are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.
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