Courses
Highlights
- High league table standing: Brunel Design is ranked 3rd in the Guardian and 2nd in the Sunday Times University league tables for 2012 in the “Art and Design” category, and is historically amongst the highest rated for product and industrial design in all the major UK league tables.
- Excellent student satisfaction: Design students are the second most satisfied students in the UK in “Design Studies”, according to the 2011 National Student Survey.
- High employability: Design graduates enjoy excellent career prospects – see student graduate articles.
- Links with leading employers: Over 75% of our students work for a year in industry with leading companies and consultancies.
- Accreditation: Courses are accredited by The Institution of Engineering Designers.
Undergraduate Courses
At Brunel, your learning experience will be created on a broad base of knowledge, skills and industrial experience, distinguishing you from other design graduates. To enable this, we will provide you with tuition from an extensive cross disciplinary lecturing team including mechanical and electrical engineers, computer and materials scientists, mathematicians, psychologists, practising designers, and graphic artists. Along with the knowledge and expertise accumulated throughout the courses, you could participate in our exchange programmes or undertake work placements with some of the best companies in the world.
Postgraduate Courses
Our international, multidisciplinary postgraduate programmes will help you take design thinking further in your own direction, as well as connect you with industry and other disciplines through collaborations between research groups and courses. Thus, your learning experience will be directed by your own needs or interests. This unique learning path will prepare you for continuing your professional development and place you at the forefront of design research. To deliver all this, we offer an international cross-disciplinary lecturing team with a great support from experts and professionals in the industry.
Research Courses
Brunel Design has an outstanding reputation for research both nationally and internationally, as reflected by our excellent government research and teaching ratings. Much of our research and teaching is of an applied nature, often carried out in collaboration and partnership with industrial, educational or government partners. You can find supervision, both from individual academic staff and research groups, in a wide range of research areas including:
- Augmented Cognition Systems Research
- Computer Aided Design ResearchDesign Management Research
Environmentally Sensitive Design Research - Ergonomics and Human Factors Research
- Human Centred Design ProcessInclusive Design Research
- Information Architecture Research
- Perception Enhancement Systems Research
Want to know more about the Research Groups? Please visit our Research Groups
