
Interior Architecture BA (Hons)
University of East LondonStratford Campus, London
Course overview
Embark on an exciting journey in interior architecture with our BA (Hons) in Interior Architecture. This course goes beyond our traditional BA (Hons) Interior Design degree. It's a place where creativity meets responsibility to address future urban challenges.
This interior architecture course combines architecture, lighting, and performance design. It also includes sculptural installation, retail and experience design, and public urban commissions. Join visionary designers.
Get the spatial skills to prepare you for spatial design in urban and domestic contexts, equipping you with the skills to thrive as an interior architect. Whether you're passionate about design in interior spaces or want to focus on innovative interior architecture and design, this course prepares you for a dynamic interior architecture career. Top-Rated Learning Opportunities: Our design studies ranked first in London for "Learning Opportunities", with an impressive 98% of students highly rating the quality of the "teaching on the course" (NSS 2023).
It also received the Interior Educators Award for Collaborative Practice, July 2022, beating 47 other UK and Irish Interior Design courses. Diverse Specialisations: In this interior architecture course, you can explore event and exhibition design, retail spaces, and new public realms. Learn the strategic approach to materials, atmospheres, and technologies.
Design temporary pop-up environments. Focus on material development and multi-sensorial spatial experiences, to cater to clients' needs. Whether you're designing retail environments or public art installations, this course offers comprehensive interior architecture courses that blend creativity with functionality.
Holistic Learning: You will learn about digital and analogue skills. You will also study the historical, critical, and contextual aspects of interior architecture, design, and spatial speculation. With a focus on conceptualisation and narrating human-centred environments, this interior
Key highlights
- Combines architecture, lighting, performance design and sculptural installation
- Winner of Interior Educators Award for Collaborative Practice, July 2022
- 98% of students rated teaching quality highly (NSS 2023)
- Specialise in event, exhibition, retail and public realm design
- Design temporary pop-up environments and multi-sensorial spatial experiences
- Develops digital and analogue skills alongside historical and critical study
Entry requirements
- UCAS tariff points: 120 — Accepted Qualifications120 UCAS points from an equivalent Level 3 qualification listed on the UCAS tariff calculator, including:A Levels in at least two subjects BTEC Extended Diploma - DDM Access to HE DiplomaT Levels I…
- BTEC: DDM — BTEC Extended Diploma
- International Baccalaureate: 24 — to include including a minimum of 15 p
- Additional condition: portfolio — All applicants are required submit a portfolio of their workIn addition to one of the above, you should have: GCSE English Grade 4/C or Level 2 Functional Skills in English GCSE Mathematics Grade 4/C…
- GCSE: 4/C — to include English, Mathematics
Scholarships
Engagement Bursary
Up to £3,000
Hardship Bursary
Up to £3,000
International Scholarship
Scholarships range between £500 and £5,000 - off your first year's tuition fees - (depending on your course programme).
Up to £500Postgraduate Alumni Discount
If you progress directly with no gap year, you may receive a 15% discount. For direct progression graduates achieving an Upper Second-Class Honours (2:1), you may receive a 20% discount.
Sports Scholarships
Annual financial contributions to academic studies and living costs
Careers this course leads to
- Interior architect
- Interior designer
- Exhibition designer
- Retail and experience designer
- Event and set designer
- Lighting designer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9790 per year | International: £9790 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of East London, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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