Study visits

Our undergraduate Product Design courses offer you the opportunity to investigate design in international context. Whether you choose to go on a European study trip, study aboard or complete your placement year overseas there will be no shortage of inspiration.

Trips

Second year students on all three undergraduate Product Design courses have the opportunity to examine design culture in a European city.  In recent years students have visited Berlin, Prague, Barcelona and Paris. 

Exchange opportunities

Engineering University College of Copenhagen, Denmark

Once you have completed your second year you have the opportunity to get involved in a 15-week project or design semester in Copenhagen.  Students who take this exchange become part of a team made up of students form all over the world, working on a choice of industry based projects. 

Student quote: "The exchange in Denmark was a great opportunity to meet new people, learn new skills and to experience an array of different cultures.  You must be prepared for a lot of hard work, it requires discipline and patience, but the overall experience is invaluable." Holly Curtis, BSc (Hons) Product Design

Harbin Engineering University, China

NTU has strong links with this partner university allowing students to study a  semester in northeast China.

Student quote: "My stay in China has opened up so many new technologies and manufacturing techniques." Jennifer Greenwood, BSc (Hons) Product Design

Student profile: Read about Emily Burroughs who has recently been on exchange to Harbin.

International placements

Spending your placement year working abroad could get your career of to a truly international start. Product Design students regularly find placements in Italy, Spain, The Netherlands and Germany.