Brunel University London

Brunel University London is a public research university in Uxbridge, west London, named after the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It traces its roots to 1798 through predecessor colleges such as Borough Road College and Acton Technical College, and became a university in 1966; in 2026 it marks sixty years with that status. Today it enrols around 12,700 students, a quarter of them postgraduate or research students, on a single campus.

The university’s design teaching sits in the Brunel Design School, which offers undergraduate, master’s and doctoral courses spanning product and industrial design, design for sustainability and circular economy, design strategy and innovation, digital design and branding. The school combines studio work with industry input and is known for Made in Brunel, its annual graduate showcase, and for Design Factory London, a collaboration and prototyping space. It is ranked first in the UK for graduate salaries three years after graduation.