Welcome information

Prior to starting the course take some time to look at the latest design news and innovations on the following magazines/websites. We recommend you favourite/bookmark these to refer to throughout the course: 

Core77 / Industrial Design Magazine + Resource 

Design Week - online design magazine 

Dezeen | architecture and design magazine 

Home - Design Milk (design-milk.com) 

Drawing Equipment

Range of drawing pencils - your preference  

Sharpener  

Layout pads, A4 or A3  

Sketchbooks, A4 or A5  

Curve guides (French curves or railway curves)  

Circle guides  

Good white eraser  

Black fine line pens  

A few marker pens inc. cool grey tones and a few colours  

Colour drawing pencils 

White gouache  

White pencil  

Colour pad of paper to experiment with)

Measuring 

Engineers Compass  

Drawing square  

Metal Tape measure (5 meters minimum)  

*Metal ruler 30cm  

*Vernier calipers  

12-Inch Metal Combination Square with level  

Making 

*Scalpel with replacement blades  

*Craft knife  

*Precision screwdriver set (small enough to take products apart)  

*Various screwdrivers, standard sizes   

Drill bits 1mm-10mm (wood and metal)  

Small files  

Sandpaper, Mixed grades from wet and dry to coarse  

Masking tape, Double sided tape, Magic tape  

PVA glue  

Clamps small and large.  

Small hacksaw  

Small hammer  

Large scissors  

Center punch   

Small toolbox  

*Required in teaching week 1  

Peripherals  

Mouse  

Software  

As a student studying at Ravensbourne, you will have free access to the following software – this includes remote usage from your own personal computer:  

SolidWorks (CAD) 

Adobe creative suite (all packages)  

Microsoft suite software  

Laptop requirements 

Please see our laptop requirements document to ensure you have a device that will be suitable for your studies. 

Your course welcome week activities will be taking place on the following dates. This is a really important time for you to meet fellow students, your course team and become part of the Ravensbourne community. These sessions will cover key information about your course and everything you need to set you up for your studies.  

Monday 16 September: 10.00am – 5.30pm, room R2-101

Wednesday 18 September: 9.00am – 5.30pm, room R2-101

All activities will take place at our R2 building: Ravensbourne University London, 4 Appleby Yard, Soames Walk, London, SE10 0BJ

Students’ Union Welcome Festival 

Your Students' Union team is currently working on putting together a fantastic Welcome Festival, full details of all events will be released in September. To keep track of all SU events and to buy tickets visit: rave.native.fm

If you’re an international student, it is important that you attend in this week to complete your enrolment, get all the information you need to best prepare your for studying in the UK and meet fellow international students on your course. 

Wednesday 11 September: 9.30am - 10.00am - In-Person Enrolment

Once you have completed your in-person enrolment you will be able to attend one of our International Induction sessions. Please plan to spend the day on campus with us. 

See our in-person enrolment page for details of what to bring with you.  

All activities will take place at our main campus: Ravensbourne University London, 6 Penrose Way, London, SE10 0EW

Your teaching starts in the week commencing Monday 23 September. In semester one you will have multiple teaching sessions each week as follows: 

Monday, 9.00am - 1.00pm, room 101 - R2 Building

Monday, 2.00pm - 6.00pm, room 101 - R2 Building

Tuesday, 9.00am - 1.00pm, room 101 - R2 Building

Tuesday, 2.00pm - 5.00pm, room 001 - R2 Building
 

Occasionally your timetable might get updated due to a room or other change.

Please ensure you regularly check your timetable in case there are any changes. You can find out how to check your timetable here  

If you have any questions ahead of joining us, our online drop-in sessions will take place on Tuesdays and Fridays, 1.00pm - 2.00pm UK Time.

Members of our friendly Student Services team will be on hand to answer any questions you may have at the start of your journey with Ravensbourne. Join here.