Join Us in Designing a Better World
Product Design Bachelor of Fine Arts undergraduate students begin their education on the Eugene campus. They take courses offered by the Product Design Department, as well as courses in Art, Art & Technology, History of Art and Architecture, and Interior Architecture programs. The liberal arts focus of the UO offers product design students the opportunity to work directly with peers from many other disciplines, increasing their capacities to connect, grow, and develop futures with people of many interests and knowledge bases. The final year of the PD BFA program is located at the UO's Portland campus.
Courses Open to Nonmajors
We invite you to explore your interest in design. We offer an introductory course to nonmajors.
PD 101 Introduction to Product Design. Explore how designers invent things that help people. Through lectures from designers, drawing assignments, photo documentation, model-making, storytelling, and computer-aided deisgn, students learn about product innovation, creation, and sales, and portfolio creation.
Enrich Your Academic Experience
Expand your horizons with a Portland-based internship. Learn how to develop your portfolio and job-seeking skills with our Student Services Hub. Develop your leadership and communication skills by joining one of our student organizations.
Student Work
Prison Blues | PD483: Studio I | Collaborative project with Oregon Corrections Enterprises, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts | capsule at WantedDesign May 16-20, 2019 | photos by Sean McMurray
Our Accreditation
Our program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
The University of Oregon is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) and is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization made up of more than 60 leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada.
Our STEM Designation
The Department of Product Design undergraduate and graduate programs are recognized as Human-Centered Technology Design STEM degrees. Students earning a BFA in Product Design or a MS in Sports Product Design are beneficiaries of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) designation. STEM designation also allows international students on F-1 visas to be eligible for an additional 24-month OPT extension.