Product Design and Management

The aim of this MSc programme is to provide you with advanced training in all major aspects of product design from conceptual design, and product modelling to prototyping to a high level of competence. This programme will train you to develop reliable, high-quality products with true market appeal, within the budgets and tight timescales demanded by competitive businesses. You’ll gain detailed expertise in product design’s key concepts, tools and methodologies. There’s a strong practical element and you’ll develop your skills through individual and group projects, using facilities that include:- As well as receiving excellent tuition from our world-renowned academics you’ll be able to listen to visiting product designers and professors from the Royal Academy of Engineering talk about advanced concepts and case studies. You’ll gain detailed expertise in product design’s key concepts, tools and methodologies, including:- This programme is fully accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. All mechanical engineering programmes are accredited, or pending accreditation, by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. This is the professional body for Mechanical Engineers. Our programmes are a recognised qualification on the route to Chartered Engineer status. Discover what you'll learn, what you'll study, and how you'll be taught and assessed. Your first semester will introduce you to additive manufacturing, 3D tool and techniques used by designers, processes used during the initial stages of new product development, and the relationships between materials properties and the influence of processing on them. UK students are exempt fromTechnical Writing for Engineersand should instead takeProject Management. EU/International students with strong English language skills can be exempt as well, subject to Programme Director’s approval. Programme details and modules listed are illustrative only and subject to change. In your second semester, you will learn the principles

IELTS 6.5 overall, with no component below 6.0

International students: Full-time place, per year - £34,000

UK students: Full-time place, per year - £14,000

UK/Home: Full-time place, per year - £14,000

International: Full-time place, per year - £34,000

28 September 2026

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• Liverpool, United Kingdom