In UL, product design and technology teaches students to design everyday products that are innovative and useful to the consumer. Understanding the product user’s needs is central to the UL design philosophy; combining this with knowledge of technology, manufacturing and materials ensures the products you design are innovative and useful. Acceptance of the products by the consumers depends entirely on the designer’s understanding and attention to the details of the user needs. The products that UL students design are many and varied and include medical devices, transport vehicles, furniture, consumer goods, household items, mobile phones, sports equipment and anything else that they can imagine.

Career opportunities for Product Design and Technology graduates will be in Design Consultancy, In-House Designers, Manufacturing Technologists with design capability or Designers with technological capability, and in such varied areas as: • Consumer Products • Medical Equipment • Re-design • Packaging • Toys and Educational Equipment • White Goods • Assistive technology • Office equipment and furniture • Consultancy and self-employment • Environmental Design • Transport • Multimedia