MSc Product Design at University of Dundee

The programme has established a world-class reputation across industry, research and teaching. We have strong connections to the UK and global design economy and our tutors are collaborating on research and industrial projects with global design consultancies. 

The programme will provide you with:

• an ideal launch pad for entering the fast moving and exciting world of creative technology

• an ability to make highly resolved product prototypes that explore and harness socially relevant design responses, thereby challenging the way people and society interact with creative technologies

• an ability to interact and co-create with others, enabling you to become leaders in helping industry and society navigate the incredible opportunities and challenges that lie in our imminent futures

• the tools and techniques for embedding cutting-edge technology into products

• an internationally leading educational environment building on research and industry relationships, so ensuring a market readiness and entrepreneurship at the highest level

• new perspectives and frameworks on problem-finding/solving, prototyping, design thinking and making, drawing upon an integral theoretical approach

• the professional expertise and experience to work in cross-disciplinary teams to address contemporary real world issues 

Careers

Graduates from Product Design have gone on to have successful careers in fields such as:

• creative industries
• consumer product design
• medical products
• engineering design
• design management
• independent design consultancies in the UK and abroad

The Product Design Research Group has a successful track record of research funding and also includes collaborations with NASA, Deutsche Telekom, Mozilla, Microsoft, Met Office and the V&A Museum. Over the course of the last few years, the group has investigated a variety of research topics, including, for example:

• Investigating the impact of digital technologies and big data analytics on creative processes.
• Using community hackathons to support grassroots development of civic technologies.
• Invigorating small business using Internet of Things (IoT) and digital technology.
• Investigate how co-design and wearable technologies can improve the mobility and wellbeing of residents in care homes.
• Exploring notions of openness and trust in IoT through an extensive network of collaborations, events and design interventions.