Integrated Masters - Master of Design (MDes) - Product Design Engineering (Placement Year) (W2HR)

There is a lot of project-based learning to test students skills and they’ll see the outcome of their design from concept to making the actual product. This means they’ll be able to build a great portfolio of their best-quality projects, academic and industry briefs, and case studies, during their studies.

Students have workshop training and will use industry-standard equipment and software to develop quality hands-on skills to become a maker. Independent access is available to modern facilities that include dedicated design studios, digital sketching, extensive prototyping workshops, and electronics and digital fabrication labs. The practical knowledge students gain is transferable to industry and provides a head start for a future career as a designer and design engineer in the modern world.

The placement year helps students to prepare for the world of work and they’ll have a year’s worth of invaluable professional experience when they graduate. Brunel's students have worked in both small innovation start-ups and multinational organisations such as Dyson, Jaguar Land Rover, Philips, Procter & Gamble, and Reckitt Benckiser. 

Brunel students have the opportunity to add another dimension to their university experience by spending a term or a year in one of their partner universities via their exchange programme: Politecnico di Milano in Italy; Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands, San Francisco State University in USA and Institut Superieur de Design, ISD Bubika in France. New exchange opportunities are being developed with India, Canada and China.