Product Design
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New Zealand
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University of Canterbury
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On Campus (Full Time)
1 year
Dec 2025
On Campus (Full Time) Position Details (Master's)
Product Design from University of Canterbury takes advantage of UC’s research expertise in a range of commerce, IT, and engineering fields. The program provides a mixture of practical work and theory with original supervised research.
Product Design from University of Canterbury presents an opportunity for students to prepare for the ever-changing consumer market with advanced design, manufacturing, and business analysis skills.
Key features
Through the MProdDesign, the skills and attributes you will gain include:
- advanced knowledge of product design practice
- self-critical approach to your own design practice
- mastery of sophisticated knowledge in your area of design specialism
- ability to research and analyse leading-edge literature related to design
- advanced problem-solving skills
- ability to plan and complete a piece of original research or creative work
- capability to apply skills and knowledge to novel situations.
Careers
This Master’s program will prepare you for innovation in our modern, dynamic economy. Product Design graduates with business sense as well as technical skills will suit any part of the product creation lifecycle – designing concepts, testing prototypes, pitching to sellers, and marketing to consumers.
Product Designers may find work in commercial, educational, IT, consultancy, quality assurance (QA), government, and design and advertising sectors.
Courses include:
- Design and Manufacture
- Bio-Inspired Design
- Development of Interdisciplinary Practice and Self
- Design Ethics
- Games for Health & Wellbeing
- Immersive Collaborative Play and Design
- Gamification for Enterprises
- Fragrance Design
Research Areas & Fields of Study involved in the position
Position Start Date
Feb 2026