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A key aim of the PDE programme is to meet a growing industry demand for confident design engineering graduates. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers and Institution of Engineering Designers accredit the Master of Engineering degree programme.
The course is run by two institutions representing strong and distinctive educational cultures -the School of Design at the Glasgow School of Art and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Glasgow.
This approach to design engineering education, balancing technical, human, theoretical and practical has been acknowledged as innovative and has been extremely well-received by the companies and business organisations who employ our graduates, as well as by the students themselves - who represent a new breed of design engineers.
PDE's distinctive features include:
What are the programme's attributes particularly in relation to employability and product implementation?
There are increasing pressures, from both existing and emerging world marketplaces, for products which not only respond to the needs of function, user and society, but which can be brought to market ever more rapidly through state-of-the-art development and manufacturing processes. Industries which develop, manufacture and market today's products need high-calibre graduates equipped to handle these processes with management skill and creative drive, and the PDE programme develops graduates with these skills.
Product Design Engineering students gain the following portfolio of skills by the time they graduate:
“A world-class best-practice exemplar”
Andrew Summers, Former Chief Executive of the Design Council
The course is run by two institutions representing strong and distinctive educational cultures -the School of Design at the Glasgow School of Art and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Glasgow.
This approach to design engineering education, balancing technical, human, theoretical and practical has been acknowledged as innovative and has been extremely well-received by the companies and business organisations who employ our graduates, as well as by the students themselves - who represent a new breed of design engineers.
PDE's distinctive features include:
- Benefits from two distinctive educational cultures
- Human-centred engineering design approach
- Project-driven, practice-led, studio ethos
- Strong partnerships with industry
- Excellent academic links
- Accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Entrepreneurial culture embedded in the programme
What are the programme's attributes particularly in relation to employability and product implementation?
There are increasing pressures, from both existing and emerging world marketplaces, for products which not only respond to the needs of function, user and society, but which can be brought to market ever more rapidly through state-of-the-art development and manufacturing processes. Industries which develop, manufacture and market today's products need high-calibre graduates equipped to handle these processes with management skill and creative drive, and the PDE programme develops graduates with these skills.
Product Design Engineering students gain the following portfolio of skills by the time they graduate:
- Creative thinking skills
- Multi-disciplinary skills in design and engineering
- High level of investigative, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to contribute as part of, or lead, multidisciplinary teams
- Interpersonal and communication skills
- Skills in creative visualisation and presentation
- Skills in design synthesis
- Sound engineering to IMechE chartered status
- High level of design and market awareness
- Ability to manage complex briefs with confidence
“A world-class best-practice exemplar”
Andrew Summers, Former Chief Executive of the Design Council
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