BDes Jewellery & Metal Design | Bachelor's degree | Art & Design | On Campus | 4 years | University of Dundee | United Kingdom

We are No.1 in the UK for Design and Crafts (Guardian University Guide 2018). We provide an intellectual and creative stimulus that encourages debate around perception and aesthetics. We create an awareness of the social and historical context of the discipline to encourage innovation and excellence. The course fuses together art, science, fashion, politics, culture and technology. We begin with material based exploration. This involves learning the characteristics and qualities of a range of materials such as wood, metal and plastics. We teach traditional hand techniques alongside new technologies including electroforming, laser cutting and digital processes such as rapid prototyping. Our graduates create work for sale within contemporary craft galleries and even develop new markets and arenas for the knowledge and skills they have developed. For example in healthcare with medical alert jewellery, or in forensics with disaster victim identification, a jewellery classification system.