Computer-Aided Design (3rd year entry) BSc (Hons)

Put your creative and technical skills to the test

The BSc Computer-Aided Design is a practically-focused top-up degree that will build on your existing qualification and give you exposure to the latest CAD technology as well as modelling and analysis techniques.

Throughout the course you will use product design and data management fundamentals along with industry standard CAD/CAM packages, prototyping systems and ancillary equipment, and modern communications technologies. You will gain knowledge of the broader spectrum of design and manufacturing systems and engineering management tools as a part of different modules.

The course has been developed to meet the needs of industry (Mechanical, Aerospace, Civil and Architecture) for delivering design, engineering and manufacturing skill sets.

Career Opportunities

Computer-aided design graduates have a wide range of career opportunities and have found employment in roles from research, design and development through to manufacturing and production in mechanical and construction sectors as well as with architectural practices.

UWS graduate Amanda Shaw benefited from studying Computer Aided Design at UWS. Find out why Amanda chose engineering as a career and what her job as a Senior Engineering Technician with AECOM entails at the STEM Learning website.

Year 1:  Applicants must have completed the Certificate of General Secondary Education plus a relevant Foundation programme or Diploma Year 2:  Community College Diploma

If you do not fall into any of the categories above you will need to provide proof of your English language ability through the International English Language Test System (IELTS) or the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

Duo Lingo

For 2022-23 entry, the University has approved the use of the online Duolingo English test as evidence of English language ability. UWS will accept an overall score between 90-115 with no component score below 90.