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Undergraduate courses
Design
Unleash your creativity and innovation
Discover our Design courses here, or find out more at an Open Day.
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Bring your ideas to life and create attractive and practical designs, products, and spaces.
Turn your passion for design into a career. Studying a design course can also open up opportunities in other industries such as visual effects (VFX), multimedia programming, workplace design, design for education, visual merchandising, and software testing.
90%
Design students responded with a 90% positivity score for how free they felt to express their ideas, opinions and beliefs during their studies. (National Student Survey 2024)
Courses
Games Design BA (Hons)
Explore how design, storytelling, art and coding come together to create unique and memorable games. Our industry professionals will teach you how to design and develop computer games from concept art through to asset creation, animation and level...
Graphic Design BA (Hons)
Learn the principles of visual language and the impact of graphic design. You will take the knowledge and techniques you learn and apply them to different practical projects. We encourage creativity, so you will be able to use different mediums and...
Interior Design BA (Hons)
Apply creative solutions to interior and spatial contexts. We will encourage you to explore your creativity as you develop your knowledge and skills...
Product Design BA (Hons)
Gain the knowledge and skills you need to find creative solutions to design problems. We will help you understand how your products can meet the needs of users and make a difference to the way we live...
Degree Show
In your final year you will exhibit your work at our annual Degree Show. This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your work to regional industry partners and businesses, and celebrate your achievements with friends and family.
Outstanding facilities
You will also have access to industry software, gaming rigs, virtual and augmented reality technology and industry games engines. Most of these workplaces are accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This means you can work effectively in a well maintained creative environment at whatever time suits you.
We are always investing in facilities to help you get the most out of your degree. An investment of 5.2 million is being put into the Design Centre in stages over the next few years. This will include accessible workshops, refurbished rooms, and an extension to the building.
Broaden your horizons
Our optional field trips offer a fantastic extension to the course. Enrich your learning by experiencing contemporary design first hand across the country and around the world. These trips are a chance to begin projects, stimulate critical thinking and inspire your creative practice.
In recent years students have visited countries including New York, Lisbon and Berlin.
