Product Design
We pride ourselves on producing student designers in their own mould. Our exceptional academic and technical staff promote freedom, experimentation and individuality in design, as students explore their own practice.
The department is embedded in industry through practice, consultancy and research and has specialisms ranging from materials to medical devices and virtual reality to robotics.
We deliver world-class research that changes people’s lives. We develop revolutionary medical products to improve people’s health. We create sustainable technologies to support developing nations, helping people make water from air and cook food in ovens powered only by the sun.
Our degree courses are renowned in industry for their quality and relevant to practice, embodied by our professional accreditations and track record in producing successful, industry-ready design graduates who are making an impact on the industry across the world.
Our academic offices and workshops are based in the Maudslay building, right in the heart of the University's City Campus. If you’re interested in visiting, studying, or working with us, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Latest News
Product Design second years are visited by Zara Arshad; designer, curator and journalist, for a design research workshop day
Tue 19 Mar 2019
As part of the second year ‘Design Studies’ lecture series, our product design cohort were recently visited by Zara Arshad, a journalist, designer, researcher, and lecturer.
#NTUDI Product Design Student Showcase Spotlight: Nico Andika Sunandar
Tue 16 Jun 2020
#NTUDI Product Design Student Showcase Spotlight: Rebecca Brown
Fri 12 Jun 2020
#NTUDI Product Design Student Showcase Spotlight: Jesse Tyrrell
Wed 10 Jun 2020
Building Surveying student announced regional winner of Women in Property Awards
Wed 10 Jun 2020
What's coming up
24
Jun
Conversations on Design
Your Home, Your Street
Podcast host Justyna Green talks to students Kate McCormack and Georgia Cook about their 10-episode IGTV series of designer interviews called 'Conversations On Design'.
Your Home, Your Street
Podcast host Justyna Green talks to students Kate McCormack and Georgia Cook about their 10-episode IGTV series of designer interviews called 'Conversations On Design'.
19
Jun
NTU Design Industries
Your Home, Your Street
23
Jun
NTUDI: Industry Feedback Event
Your Home, Your Street
24
Oct
Property, Design and Construction Job Fair
Newton building, Main Entrance, Nottingham Trent University, City Campus, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG1 4BU
31
Mar
LEAP: Creative Industries Expo- EVENT CANCELLED
Newton building, Main Entrance, Nottingham Trent University, City Campus, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG1 4BU
Our Research Groups and Centres
Sustainable Consumption Research Group
Sustainable Consumption is a multidisciplinary research group that focuses on people’s influence on sustainability as users of products and services, ranging from consumer durables and clothing to buildings.
Design Matter
Design Matter
Design Matter is a product design research group, based at Nottingham Trent University, that undertake product design projects for commercial clients in a wide range of industries including medical, capital equipment, transport, point of sale, homewares, apparel and telecommunications.
Road Safety Research Group
Road Safety Research Group
The Road Safety Research Group develops, applies and tests innovate technological products through user centred design approaches to address a variety of road safety challenges across a variety of transportations modes.
Advanced Design and Manufacturing Engineering Centre (ADMEC)
Advanced Design and Manufacturing Engineering Centre (ADMEC)
The Advanced Design and Manufacturing Engineering Centre (ADMEC) conducts research in product innovation and development supported by design, manufacture and multi-disciplinary engineering technologies.
The Creative and Virtual Technologies Lab
The Creative and Virtual Technologies Lab
The Creative and Virtual Technologies Lab is a multidisciplinary research environment where architects, artists, designers, engineers, computer scientists and human scientists collaborate to explore the potential of new visualisation techniques and digital design models and processes. This will enhance the quality of our buildings and cities in a sustainable way meeting user expectations.
100% of our BA (Hons) Furniture and Product Design sandwich students are in graduate level employment within six months of finishing their studies (latest DLHE survey 2016/17)
100% of our BSc (Hons) Product Design sandwich students are in graduate level employment within six months of finishing their studies (latest DLHE survey 2016/17)
100% of our BA (Hons) Product Design sandwich students are in employment or further study within six months of finishing their studies (latest DLHE survey 2016/17)
92% of undergraduate product design students are satisfied with their student experience (National Student Survey 2019)
Our BA (Hons) Product Design, BA (Hons) Furniture and Product Design, MA Design: Products and Furniture and MSc Design: Products and Technology courses are accredited by the Chartered Society of Designers (CSD).
Our BSc (Hons) Product Design course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering Designers (IED).
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