DESIGN
Design Why choose Design at Loughborough? Our expertise is built upon the key design principles of aesthetics, technology, and understanding the user and their environment. We inspire our students to develop a wide range of skills and knowledge while nurturing them to become highly successful and responsible designers. We want every one of our students to graduate with the drive and determination to succeed in the creative industries, developing into the next generation of talented designers that are capable of effecting meaningful global change.
The courses Our multi-disciplinary courses equip our students with the essential skills and understanding for their respective design programme. Such skills include the effective development and communication of design ideas; recognising and understanding the user and their interaction with products, service systems, and/or spaces; product styling; and use of a wide range of prototyping skills and technologies within design practice.
2ND IN THE UK FOR DESIGN AND CRAFTS THE GUARDIAN UNIVERSITY GUIDE 2020
4TH IN UK FOR ART AND DESIGN THE COMPLETE UNIVERSITY GUIDE 2020
AVERAGE STARTING SALARY £24,000 DLHE 2016/17
Facilities Our state-of-the-art building is equipped with interconnecting workshops, studios, specialist technology and prototyping laboratories, display areas, and high specification computer facilities. Our specialist CAD/CAM facility includes 3 axis CNC milling machines, industry standard 3D printers, laser cutters, and water jet cutting. We are also proud to offer cutting-edge research facilities and expertise in 3D scanning, motion capture, eye-tracking, and driving simulation.
Employability Over 94% of our graduates are in employment and/or further study six months after graduating (DLHE 2016/17.) Many graduates gain employment directly in the design and creative industries, while others choose to study at postgraduate level or become entrepreneurial business executives. The British Industrial Design Association ranked us as 1st in the UK for producing the most employable design graduates in an independent survey of design practitioners in the UK (BIDA, 2017).
Placement year and study abroad Our students have the option to extend their design course to a four-year degree with a placement year in industry. We also offer students the opportunity to study abroad at one of the many international universities we collaborate with.
Degree show Each year our final year students are invited to showcase their work to friends, family, and prospective employers in our annual Degree Show. A selection of final year students may also exhibit at the annual New Designers exhibition in London – the UK’s premier graduate design exhibition, full of innovation and fresh thinking.
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