Product Design Masters - MSc/PgD/PgC
Program Available at Llandaff Campus
The MSc Product Design course at Cardiff Met is a practically based, taught Masters program with excellent industry links and a focus on enhancing the employability of its graduates.
It balances the development of advanced practical design skills with academic rigor and applied research based on the current research activities of Cardiff School of Art and Design and the wider university.
Our Product Design Masters’ Degree will develop your skills and knowledge of human-centered interaction design, user testing, service design, creativity, and ethnographic research techniques.
You will also examine the social, legal, ethical and sustainability impacts of a range of design development approaches.
Campus Information
Llandaff
Llandaff is the home of the Cardiff School of Sport & Health Sciences (Llandaff)
Intakes
- Sep
Application Processing Time in Days: 30
Application Process
Minimum English Language Requirements
| English Level Description | IELTS (1.0 -9.0) | TOEFL IBT (0-120) | TOEFL CBT (0-300) | PTE (10-90) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expert | 9 | 120 | 297-300 | 86-90 | |
| Very Good | 8.5 | 115-119 | 280-293 | 83-86 | |
| Very Good | 8 | 110-114 | 270-280 | 79-83 | |
| Good | 7.5 | 102-109 | 253-267 | 73-79 | |
| Good | 7 | 94-101 | 240-253 | 65-73 | |
| Competent | 6.5 | 79-93 | 213-233 | 58-65 | |
| Competent | 6 | 60-78 | 170-210 | 50-58 | |
| Modest | 5.5 | 46-59 | 133-210 | 43-50 | |
| Modest | 5 | 35-45 | 107-133 | 36-43 | |
| Limited | 4 | 32-34 | 97-103 | 30-36 | |
| Extremely Limited | < 4 | < 31 | < 93 | < 30 |
Job Opportunity Potential
The course is principally aimed at enabling students to develop their careers in the world of professional product design and development. A key advantage in achieving this aim is the industrial placement module. All students are given assistance in gaining a suitable placement either in industry or within the National Centre for Product Design and development Research (PDR) which is located on the university campus.
On completion of the course, graduates may expect to find employment in design consultancies or manufacturing companies anywhere in the world.
Your year(s) of study with us enable you to develop professional contacts, observe how successful practitioners make their living, and hone your skills and ideas for commercial and professional advantage. Such cross-disciplinary collaborations prepare you for a world where you will inevitably work with people from all walks of life. Your live projects and assessments will get you accustomed to the importance of deadlines and working to specific briefs and tight specifications.
Over the next few years, CSAD will be developing opportunities for incubation of business proposals from its graduates and postgraduate training to get business opportunities up and running.
All students’ are expected to complete a portable ‘record of achievement’ and use their PDP to support employability and life-long learning, normally in the form of a blog, that integrates opportunities for self-reflection in programmes in order to help them develop as effective and confident learners.
PSW Opportunity
- 2 Years PSW is applicable after completing a minimum duration of 9 months course (like- Undergraduate, Postgraduate Level)
- 3 Years PSW is applicable after completing PhD level courses.
Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria
- Students will normally have achieved a first class or second class upper division first degree (1st or 2.1 degree classification) in an appropriate subject, and/or equivalent professional standing or experience in a Design discipline (based upon assessed Accredited Prior Learning or assessed Accredited Prior Experiential Learning),
or - a discipline associated with their programme of study.
For More Information Please Contact to Our Counselor.
- Course Type: Full Time
- Course Level: Masters/PG Degree
- Duration: 01 Year
-
Total Tuition Fee:
14000 GBP
Average Cost of Living: 13632 GBP /year
Application Fee: N/A
Similar Programs
- MA in Advanced Youth and Community Practice at Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Art & Design - MRes/PgC Research at Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Advanced Practice (Audiology) - MSc/PgD/PgC at Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Sociology and Ethics of Sport Masters- MA/PgD/PgC at Cardiff Metropolitan University
- Specialist Journalism Masters - MA/PgD/PgC at Cardiff Metropolitan University
- English Literature and Creative Writing Masters - MA/PgD/PgC at Cardiff Metropolitan University