Subject area: Design
Why choose Design at the University of Edinburgh?
You’ll benefit from talks and workshops from visiting professional practitioners and will take part in exhibitions, industry competitions and live projects that will help you to prepare for professional practice.
Our graduates qualify ready for industry, with the confidence to establish themselves as independent designers, creatives or makers.
Our exciting curriculum means you'll have the opportunity to select option courses in Years 1 and 2 of your programme.
The freedom you’re given with projects to interpret briefs and tailor them to your own style, concept and imagination is one of the things I’ve enjoyed most.
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Introducing Design
We aim to develop cross-disciplinary methods and approaches to people and culture that equip you to design excellence into people's lives. This is about both designing artefacts and understanding the world around us. Our design vision and ideas lie within a global framework of design and how people wish to live their lives.
We encourage you to articulate innovative and sustainable creative visions and identities. We educate problem-solvers and opportunity-seekers. Our graduates will become designers, thinkers and makers who will positively shape the world.
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10 degrees in Design
- Animation (BA) W615
- Fashion (BA) W230
- Film and Television (BA) P390
- Graphic Design (BA) W210
- Illustration (BA) W220
- Interior Design (BA) W250
- Jewellery and Silversmithing (BA) W721
- Performance Costume (BA) W451
- Product Design (BA) W240
- Textiles (BA) J420
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Find your degree
10 degrees in Design
- Animation (BA) W615
- Fashion (BA) W230
- Film and Television (BA) P390
- Graphic Design (BA) W210
- Illustration (BA) W220
- Interior Design (BA) W250
- Jewellery and Silversmithing (BA) W721
- Performance Costume (BA) W451
- Product Design (BA) W240
- Textiles (BA) J420