Interior Design and Decoration (Top-up) - BA: Fees & Entry Requirements at London Metropolitan University, UK

Interior Design and Decoration (Top-up) - BA

UK

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What will I learn?

This is a top-up version of our Interior Design and Decoration BA (Hons) degree. A top-up degree is the final year (Level 6) of an undergraduate degree course and is for those who have a foundation degree, Higher National Diploma or equivalent qualification, or those wishing to study the final year of their degree in London.The course enables you to embrace material exploration for decorative interior environments. It will draw upon the wide range of contexts within the interiors industry, covering domestic, retail, exhibition, hotel, leisure and public spaces.The design projects featured on this course investigate private, community, commercial and sustainable interior environments. You will consider the spatial and material relationships within surfaces, furniture, artefacts and textiles. You will develop both graphic and applied decorative making skills to enable the testing, sampling and representation of your ideas.Using our workshop facilities and expertise, you will work with different materials (hard and soft) and mark-making approaches to experiment and collaborate with other students and experts across a range of related disciplines (including furniture, upholstery, textiles and metals) utilising a breadth of material techniques with traditional and digital workshop processes.

Which department am I in?

School of Art, Architecture and Design

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
£19,250.00 (20,97,407) per year
Mannequin House En-suite rooms from 265 per week

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2026

Venue

Aldgate Campus

25 Old Castle Street,

London,

Greater London,

E1 7NT, Southern England, United Kingdom

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
£21,000.00 (22,88,080) per year
This is a fixed fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

September 2026

Venue

Aldgate

Calcutta House,

Old Castle Street,

London,

Greater London,

E1 7NT, Southern England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

In addition to the Universitys standard entry requirements, you should have one of the following: 240 credits from a Higher National Diploma (HND), Foundation Degree (FdA/ FdSc) or equivalent international qualification in a relevant subject 240 credits from years 1 and 2 of an undergraduate degree (BA/BSc) in a relevant subject at a different institution a portfolio interview If you live in the UK you will be invited to a portfolio interview. If you live outside of the UK you will be asked to submit a portfolio via email. Portfolios and interviews Your portfolio should be selective, but have enough work to show a range of your interests and talents. We are interested in seeing how you develop a project from beginning to end, not only finished work. If you cannot bring certain pieces of your work to your portfolio interview, please take photographs and include them. Physical portfolio If you are coming in person to your interview we strongly suggest bringing a physical portfolio of work. Things to bring: Sketchbooks– we love to see your sketchbooks with ideas and notes, even if they are messy. Examples of the development of a project from start to finish and the final outcome. Some work that you are really proud of and want to talk about. Some work that shows you experimenting with different processes. Academic IELTS Overall score required: 6.0 Component scores required: Listening: 5.5 Reading: 5.5 Writing: 5.5 Speaking: 5.5 Test of English as a Foreign Language - Internet Based Test (TOEFL iBT) Overall score required: 72 Component scores required: Listening: 17 Reading: 18 Writing: 17 Speaking: 20

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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