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Furniture Design with Sandwich Placement BDes (Hons)
Furniture Design with Sandwich Placement BDes (Hons)

Furniture Design with Sandwich Placement BDes (Hons)

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  • Level:4-Year Bachelor's Degree
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

English Requirements

Your Qualification

Entry to Standard Degree Programmes

(Some courses have higher English language requirements so please check on application)

Wolverhampton English Proficiency Exam (WEPE)

6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any component

International English Language Testing System (IELTS)

6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any component

Presessional English Award from the University of Wolverhampton

If you have not obtained the correct IELTS / WEPE score for your degree course, you may wish to take a Pre-sessional English language course first.

The pre-sessional course will help you to improve and develop your English language and academic skills and will prepare you for your degree programme at the University of Wolverhampton

Trinity College London

ISE 11

B2 pass

Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)

Level B2 and 165 overall with no less than 162 in any subskill 

Cambridge English : Proficiency (CPE)

Pass

Cambridge. ESOL Skills for Life Level 2

Pass in all three modes

City & Guilds International ESOL (IESOL) Diploma (9992)

Level 1 (B2)

Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic)

54 with no less than 51 in all skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking)

Test of English as a Foreign Language) TOEFL

79 overall with no less than 19 in all four skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking)

European Baccalaureate

With Language 1 or Language 2

L60% overall

60% in English (Language 1)

70% in English (Language 2)

Anglia Certificate of English as a Foreign Language

( Proficiency level)

(acCEPT)

Pass

Speaking must be included

W1A Academic writing (Writing Section A pre-April 2015) must be included

 

Anglia Certificate of English as a Foreign Language

(Advanced Level)

Pass (12.5) in all skills

Speaking must be included.

Please contact us for advice if speaking is not included

IGCSE English as a First Language (Cambridge)

Grade C with minimum B2 in all components      Supplementary Certifying Statement showing CEFR breakdown must be provided by candidates

Edexcel IGCSE

Grade B with spoken English B

IGCSE English as a Second Language  (Cambridge)

Grade C

International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma

(post 2011) (Standard level)

Pass, grade 5 for English at Standard Level in Language B (English) and Language A (Literature)

International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma (post 2011) (Higher Level)

Pass, grade 4 for English at Higher Level In Language B (English)

Other Requirements

Those meeting the entry requirements may be shortlisted for a Portfolio Review. Applicants will also be required to provide satisfactory reference.

Students must have studied a minimum of two years post GCSE level. However, it is expected that some applicants will be mature students with work experience, who wish to further their career development. These applicants will be processed through standard procedures, which may involve an interview as part of the process. 

Course Information

BDes (Hons) Furniture Design excels in encouraging you to develop your own ideas and innovative concepts for furniture through our professionally-focussed design course. The course delivers a commercial understanding and awareness of current furniture design practice in aesthetics, design innovation, leading edge technologies, industrial practice, human factors and sustainability. Manufacturing and craft remains central to our design process and our team of enthusiastic, highly experienced staff are active in commercial design industry. This course offers you a highly creative environment in which to develop your ideas. It provides you with opportunities for future careers in the creative industries across national and international markets.

All courses in the School of Art are now available with a professional placement option (Sandwich Year).  A professional placement provides an opportunity for professional development in the work place and as such, greatly enhances the student’s prospects of finding rewarding and relevant employment at the end of their studies. The school assists students in securing work placements, undertaking live briefs, engaging directly with employers and developing key employability skills.  The School is committed to raising student awareness of the opportunities that exist post-graduation.

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BDes (Hons) Furniture Design excels in encouraging you to develop your own ideas and innovative concepts for furniture through our professionally-focussed design course. The course delivers a commercial understanding and awareness of current furniture design practice in aesthetics, design innovation, leading edge technologies, industrial practice, human factors and sustainability. Manufacturing and craft remains central to our design process and our team of enthusiastic, highly experienced staff are active in commercial design industry. This course offers you a highly creative environment in which to develop your ideas. It provides you with opportunities for future careers in the creative industries across national and international markets.

All courses in the School of Art are now available with a professional placement option (Sandwich Year).  A professional placement provides an opportunity for professional development in the work place and as such, greatly enhances the student’s prospects of finding rewarding and relevant employment at the end of their studies. The school assists students in securing work placements, undertaking live briefs, engaging directly with employers and developing key employability skills.  The School is committed to raising student awareness of the opportunities that exist post-graduation.

International students will need to apply for the BA (Hons) Fashion course with professional placement before joining the course to ensure visa requirements are met.

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Pre Courses

Your IELTS 

level*

Your required

IELTS level

Start date

Finish date

Name of course

5.0

6.0

 22 June 2020

 11 September 2020

Pre-sessional English and Academic Skills : 11 weeks

5.5

6.0

 03 August 2020

 11 September 2020

Pre-sessional English & Academic Skills : 6 weeks

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Pathway Courses

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

Preparing our students for work and employability is one of the main aims of the course. This is reflected in the practical nature of the course as a whole with learning activities that are designed to ensure that our students are well prepared by the time they graduate. The opportunities that exist for graduates studying Furniture Design are varied and extensive. This course prepares students for employment working with national and international companies. You will have the opportunity to become a furniture designer or freelance designer either working within a company or a design consultancy. You may become an freelance designer-maker, model-maker, staff designer, exhibition designer or work in the design marketing and business industry. You will also be equipped for further advanced study or teacher training in Design and Technology. You may continue your studies to postgraduate level on our MA programmes: All of our students have the opportunity to engage with an additional ‘Employability Award’ associated with their degree, and a high percentage of our students achieve the gold standard as a result of our employment-focused curriculum.

All courses in the School of Art are now available with a professional placement option (Sandwich Year). A professional placement provides an opportunity for professional development in the work place and as such, greatly enhances the student’s prospects of finding rewarding and relevant employment at the end of their studies. The school assists students in securing work placements, undertaking live briefs, engaging directly with employers and developing key employability skills. The School is committed to raising student awareness of the opportunities that exist post-graduation.

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Health Insurance_fee:£300/year

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