Engineering and Physical Sciences Foundation Programme: Product Design and Innovation BSc (Hons)

<strong>Our foundation programme paves the way to a degree programme in BSc Product Design and Innovation at the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences.</strong><br/><br/><strong>Course outline</strong><br/><br/>In our foundation programme for producty design and innovation, you will gain the fundamental knowledge needed for your future undergraduate studies, paving the way toward a BSc in Product Design and Innovation. <br/><br/>On this programme, you will learn, collaborate, and flourish through a blend of academic modules, specific subject knowledge, and project-based learning with students in other engineering areas and foundation students across different frameworks. This approach mimics the real-life working world, where your career will be enriched by working alongside people with different skill sets, viewpoints, and approaches, while also supporting a wider community of learning and building the specific skills for your progression.<br/><br/><strong>Key benefits</strong><br/><br/><br/>• Supporting progression – Opportunity to progress onto an Aston University degree programme by learning fundamental subject knowledge.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Gold standard teaching – Aston University was awarded Gold – the highest possible rating for the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF, 2023)<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Where can this degree take me?</strong><br/><br/>Successful completion of this foundation programme enables progression onto our full-time BSc (Hons) Product Design and Innovation degree course.<br/><br/>The transferable skills that our product design programmes provide mean that our graduates are successful in finding employment in a wide range of roles such as:<br/><br/><br/>• Designer<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Junior designer<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Design engineer<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Operations manager<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Product designer - bespoke furniture<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Quality inspector<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Client services associate<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Graphic and email designer<br/><br/><br/><br/>Our graduates have gone on to work at companies such as Solitec Engineering, MoniRail, Avenue Furniture, Caterpillar, Roman Originals, Desk Gear, TransPerfect Translations, and EP Climbing.