New Design Centre
The building of our new Design Centre started in March 2010 and will be completed by June 2011.
Contact the School
- 01509 226900
- dsoffice@lboro.ac.uk
Welcome to the Loughborough Design School
The Loughborough Design School was formed in August 2010 through the merger of the Department of Design and Technology, Department of Human Sciences (Ergonomics) and the Ergonomics and Safety Research Institute (ESRI).
The Design School brings together teams of staff with world leading reputations for their research, teaching and collaboration with industry, commerce and the public sector.
Please browse our website or search for specific information and contacts. We welcome your interest in the School and are looking forward to discussing how we may help with your future study, research or enterprise activity.
About us
The Design School brings together the complementary strengths of Design and Technology, Ergonomics and ESRI.
This represents a significant and thriving body of activity at Loughborough, and brings together 42 academic staff; 35 researchers; 50 PhD students; 13 technical staff; and 12 administrative support staff.
The vision is of a Design School, which aims to build upon existing strengths in Design and Technology, Ergonomics and Safety research Institute (ESRI), and Ergonomics (formerly in Human Sciences) through the synergy that will come from greater interaction and co-location.
Our aims
The Design School will:
- Be recognised as world-leading in research, development and teaching
- Gain a leading position in design research
- Pursue cross-disciplinary working within, and beyond, the boundaries of Loughborough University
- Strengthen the quality of teaching provision in design
- Develop a growing culture of enterprise, commercialisation and business incubation
Facilities
The School will be moving to state-of-the-art facilities in a new purpose-build Design Centre building during 2011.
This will bring together the academic staff of the School, research students and support staff in a one stop shop for our design-based facilities.
Facilities include bespoke designed studios, research laboratories, prototyping workshops, teaching laboratories, lecture theatre/auditorium, offices and meeting rooms, IT labs and exhibition spaces.