BA (Honours) Product Design at Sheffield Hallam University

Learn the skills you need for a rewarding career as a product designer and work on design projects with well-known companies.

• Learn the skills you need to become a product, furniture or industrial designer.
• Experience BA and BSc design projects in first year before selecting your award route.
• Work on projects with well-known companies.
• Have the opportunity to work abroad — with Erasmus funding available for European placements.
• Discover your career pathway through thematic projects that will make you work-ready, enterprising and globally engaged.

On this creative design course you learn to design consumer products or furniture-related products that are original, attractive, usable and functional. The degree is informed by professional practice and focuses on preparing you for professional employment in the creative industries. You develop knowledge, practical and technical transferable hard and soft skills which lead to careers ranging from design-maker, product designer, furniture designer, entrepreneur and technical designer.

Work placements

You have the opportunity to arrange a placement year in between your second and third years. This gives you a real-world experience to prepare you for your future career.

You can work for one company for the whole placement, or for several companies to create a diverse portfolio of experiences. Previous students have secured placements with Design Futures, Morphy Richards, and Lowe Alpine, BDP Lighting, Ocee Design and Mazda Europe.