Product Design

Design products for a better tomorrow. Work with real clients, real briefs, and real-world challenges as you study this inspiring product design degree.

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Turn ideas into objects, then objects into change

What if the products we design could do more than just function? What if they could improve lives and help shape a more sustainable future?

On this hands-on product design degree, you’ll explore how creativity, making, and critical thinking can transform your ideas into meaningful products. From sketchbook concepts to full-scale prototypes, you’ll develop the creative, technical, and professional skills needed to design for a changing world.

Whether you’re creating furniture, consumer products, spatial interventions, or sustainable systems, you’ll be encouraged to think boldly, question convention, and develop your own distinct design identity.

As part of this course, you’ll:


• Learn through experimentation – making, testing, refining, and pushing ideas further – while exploring how design responds to social, environmental, ethical, and commercial challenges



• Explore user needs alongside economic, environmental, ethical, and manufacturing considerations to create responsible and sustainable design solutions



• Design across a broad spectrum of outcomes – from furniture and interiors to consumer goods, systems thinking, and social design



• Develop practical making, prototyping, visual communication, and presentation skills using industry-standard tools and technologies



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Live learning
You’ll work on live briefs, collaborative projects, and industry-led challenges that mirror professional design practice and prepare you for the realities of the creative industries. Our students have designed for major brands including Lego, Nestlé, Asda, Clip ‘n’ Climb, and Agile Acoustics, gaining invaluable experience while still studying.

Specialist spaces
You’ll work in flexible, studio environments designed to support creativity, experimentation, and professional practice, with access to specialist making and prototyping facilities, including:


• Fully equipped 3D workshops for working with wood, metal, plastics, and sculptural processes



• Digital fabrication tools including a CNC router, laser cutters, and 3D printers



• Professional photography studio for documenting and presenting your work



• Traditional printmaking workshops alongside advanced digital printing technologies



Industry insight
Hear directly from practising designers through our INSIDE/OUT lecture series, featuring designers and innovators working across product design, architecture, interiors, fashion, and the wider creative industries. These sessions bring contemporary design practice into the studio, offering insight into emerging trends, professional pathways, creative challenges, and the future of design.

You’ll also have the opportunity to take part in external collaborations, workshops, and networking opportunities that help you build industry connections, confidence, and professional readiness.

Your designs in the spotlight
In your final year, you’ll exhibit your work at our Degree Show – a landmark event that attracts designers, employers, and industry professionals.

Why study the BA (Hons) Product Design course at Leeds Beckett University?


• Learn from tutors with extensive professional experience and strong industry networks



- Take an optional placement year to gain paid, real-world experience in industry


• Live and learn within one of the largest university arts communities in the north



- Study in Leeds – a vibrant creative hub with exciting opportunities across design industries on your doorstep

Curiosity needs thinkers, makers, and dreamers. It needs you!

Leeds Beckett believes that when unlike minds come together, incredible things happen. That’s why they don’t just teach; they collaborate, challenge and inspire.

Their courses are meticulously designed, combining practical experience through work placements with a vibrant location at the heart of one of the UK’s largest student communities. Boasting a top 10 UK ranking for both course quality and student life (Uni Compare 2026) and a prestigious five-star QS rating, LBU sets the standard for excellence.

The university prioritises student wellbeing and stands among just seven universities nationwide to earn the University Mental Health Charter Award - proof of their unwavering commitment to advancing mental health and wellbeing.

All of this is why 98% of Leeds Beckett students and graduates would recommend studying at the university to a friend (Uni Compare, 2026 reviews).