Study Interior Design - BA (Hons) at London Metropolitan University in the UK, School of Art, Architecture and Design

Interior Design - BA (Hons)

UK

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What will I learn?

Interior designing is an exhilarating practice responding to the rapid pace of the interiors industry. It involves an exciting range of projects embracing commercial, social and temporary projects such as workspaces, luxury, hotels, retail, museums, exhibitions, and health and educational spaces. This Interior Design BA will introduce you to the latest research as well as industry professionals who will bring their knowledge and experience to the course.

Your first year – through an active and holistic learning and teaching programme – is designed to develop your thinking, key skills and understanding of the industry and related practice, allowing you to produce a portfolio and discover your career aspirations through explorative approaches. You’ll explore sketching, drawing, sketch-modelling and the production of scaled accurate models through workshop practice and orthographic techniques, with digital software also used to strengthen your ideas and skills. This will guide you into your second year where we ask you to choose a studio in which to cultivate your design philosophy, sector specialisms and professional skills. The course also offers an opportunity to work within the industry and gain real life work experience with an interior design company, which is assessed as part of your degree. We then build on this in the third year and advance your individuality and expertise through both studio specialisms and a mentoring scheme leading you towards successful employment.

Which department am I in?

School of Art, Architecture and Design

Study options

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees
£19,250.00 (US$ 24,860) per year
Mannequin House En-suite rooms from 265 per week

This is a fixed fee

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

Start date

September 2026

Venue

Aldgate Campus

Calcutta House, Old Castle Street,

London,

Greater London,

E1 7NT, Southern England, United Kingdom

Full Time (3 Years)

Tuition fees
£21,000.00 (US$ 27,120) 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 will normally be expected to obtain: a minimum grade BBC in three A levels from relevant subject areas such as the arts, humanities and social sciences (or a minimum of 112 UCAS points from an equivalent Level 3 qualification in relevant art and design subjects) a portfolio review English language GCSE at grade C/grade 4 or above We encourage applications from international/EU students with equivalent qualifications. We also accept mature students with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Suitable applicants living in the UK will be invited to a portfolio interview. Applicants living outside the UK will be required to submit a portfolio of work via email. If you don't have traditional qualifications or can't meet the entry requirements for this undergraduate degree, you may still be able to gain entry by completing our Interior Design (with Preparatory Semester) BA Hons or our Interior Design (including foundation year) BA (Hons). Portfolios and interviews Your portfolio should be selected but have enough work to show the range of your interests and talents. We are interested in seeing how you develop a project from beginning to end, not only finished work. Interior designers make models as well as flatwork, so 3D work may be relevant as well as 2D. If you cannot bring it to portfolio interview, take photographs and include them. We always want to see traditional drawing whether observational, life or concept generating, so please include this, even if you have good CAD skills already. Finally, be ready to talk about your work and how you see your future as an interior designer. 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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