BA (Hons) Furniture and Product Design at Nottingham Trent University

Programme overview

A hands-on degree in designing products and furniture for diverse markets, balancing commercial and conceptual work and learning through making, with sketching, model-making and prototyping, ethical design and live projects. A year-long work placement is optional and students receive complimentary Chartered Society of Designers membership.

Faculty: School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment | Department: Product Design | Duration: Three years full-time or four years with a placement | Intake: September 2027 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year One core modules: Introduction to Design; Design Tools, Materials and Production; Design Context, Identity and Sustainable Responsibility; and Design through Inquisitive Making. Later years include live projects, an optional placement year and a final-year project.

Career pathways

Graduates become freelancers, designer-makers, journalists and curators, or take roles with companies such as Habitat, John Lewis, DFS and The Design Council.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Standard offer: 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications (two of which must be A-level equivalent); contextual offer: 104 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications (two of which must be A-level equivalent). A digital portfolio is also required. International applicants: 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications (two of which must be A-level equivalent), or equivalent qualifications from other countries, plus a digital portfolio.

Intake: September 2027

Duration: Three years full-time or four years with a placement

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