Diploma of Product Design

Career

As a product designer, you’ll work as part of a design or manufacturing team. Many designers also take on freelance work.

Your daily activities may include:

meeting clients to discuss design briefs

developing concept drawings of your ideas

working with local and overseas engineers, designers, prototype makers and marketing staff

using technology, production methods and various materials (such as textiles, timber, plastics and metal)

working with manufacturers to create prototypes and develop new materials (for example, reconstituted leather, stone or sustainable plastics).

Graduates work as part of design teams in a studio environment or for manufacturing organisations. They may work in areas including display and exhibition design, furniture, packaging, confectionery, toy design, automotive, engineering, electrical, set design and special effects.

Graduates have gone on to work for:

Sussex Taps

Rakumba

Holden

Schiavello

Yamaha Japan.

Entry Requirement

To study this program you will need to complete one of the following English proficiency tests:

IELTS (Academic): minimum overall band of 5.5 (with no individual band below 5.0)

TOEFL (Internet Based Test - IBT): minimum overall score of 50 (with minimum of 5 in Reading, 5 in Listening, 14 in Speaking and 15 in Writing)

Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE (A)): minimum score of 42 (with no communication band less than 36)

C1 Advanced: minimum of 162 with no less than 154 in any component.