Develop your creative vision and get a fresh perspective on design on our full-time Interior Design degree at Cambridge School of Art.
Exciting and intriguing spaces offer experiences that can change how we feel, move or enjoy them.
Our role as designers is to help other people to develop social relationships which results in us working closely with communities and helping to embed stories into the fabric of our design work.
By studying BA (Hons) Interior Design at ARU, you’ll explore the relationships between design, experience and narrative, helping you to develop your independent voice and creativity along the way.
With our small studio groups, your tutors will really get to know you and your work, and help you become a distinctive interior designer who will contribute positively to the industry.
Design can reveal a lot about the people who use a space, and the communities we build. On our BA (Hons) Interior Design degree you’ll learn to create exciting design proposals, while considering how to develop environments that connect stories with people.
Throughout the course, you’ll be encouraged to propose design questions that are human centred and based on the way we are or the way we can be. We will consider carefully the ‘archaeology’ of a site and examine the relationships between us, our sites and landscapes. You will create environments that speak to us.
You’ll develop confidence and creativity through working in small teams, with exceptional tutors who are passionate about education and have long arcs of industry experience. You will work alongside other students from different creative degrees at different stages of your degree to help you understand how other people work and think and to learn you will learn what you can contribute to these design conversations.
With small studio groups, you’ll engage in a consistent conversation with your tutors too. It’s one of the reasons our Design & Crafts courses ranked 8th in the UK for 'Satisfied with Course' and 3rd for 'Satisfied with Teaching' (The Guardian University Guide 2020).
With an eye on your future career, you’ll receive ongoing support to find placements and work experience.
You can see your designs become reality in live projects and foster professional relationships through Design Bench, a series of industry networking meetings.
Our past students have taken up placements or other work experience with organisations such as Alium Design, Robert Mathew Johnson Marshall (architects), Haley Sharpe Design Ltd (global designers), Julia Johnson (interior designer), Monteith Scott (designers), Dalziel & Pow, Penny Banks, Saunders Boston Architects, Arkitektones, Mineheart, and Laura Ashley. Many of these connections have led to employment.
As well as our dedicated interior design studio, you can get training in support in our printmaking workshop; 3D workshop; digital photography lab; photography studios and darkrooms; Mac and PC suites, and all our other facilities.
You can become a student member of the British Interior Institute of Design, the Society of British and International Design and Interior Educators, with access to resources, exhibitions and competitions.
**Careers**
Our BA (Hons) Interior Design degree will prepare you to work with architects or in spatial design practices on residential, commercial, hospitality, health, lighting, entertainment or furniture design projects. You might decide to set up your own interior design practice after you graduate.
The creative skills you develop will also help you find a career in the visual arts, film, television, event and theatre design, or exhibition and museum design; while the management skills will be useful for project management roles on creative projects.
Graduation doesn’t need to be the end of your time with us, of course. You might choose continue your studies with one of our full- or part-time our Masters degrees. Take advantage of our Alumni Scholarship and get 20% off your fees.
Course Details - Modules
Year 1 Core modules:
Design Context and Technology
Studio Culture 1
Visual Communication
Year 2 Core modules:
Contemporary Issues and Debates
Digital Media in Application
Studio Culture 2
Year 3 Core modules:
Studio Culture 3
Course Details – Assessment Method
Our studio projects will allow you to focus on your creative development, while you’ll also demonstrate your process and creative decisions through a combination of portfolio, written and practical studio work.
Modules are subject to change and availability.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
W250
Institution code:
A60
Campus Name:
Cambridge Campus
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
96 UCAS Tariff points from a minimum of 2 A Levels (or equivalent), including Grade C in Art, Design or Media subject.
UCAS Tariff points from a minimum of 2 A Levels (or equivalent), including Grade C in Art, Design or Media subject.
UCAS Tariff Points accepted.
2020 Entry requirements are under review for the next cycle and have been published using the current cycle information. Please check back when apply opens for the exact requirements.
You may also be accepted to this course with an IELTS 5.5 (Academic level- with no individual score being lower than 5.5) or equivalent English Language qualification as recognised by Anglia Ruskin University, but will then be required to undertake additional compulsory free English language modules in your first year.
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
