Program Overview

Interior Design MA

Overview

Interior design is a rapidly growing creative industry, designing stimulating environments for living, working, shopping, commerce and almost every possible human activity.

Course Details

Core Modules

• Design in Context: Building for People and Society
• Emerging Spatial Trends: Wellbeing and Sustainability
• Final Design Project
• Future Technologies
• Interior Practice: Managing Design

How You Learn

• Lectures deliver theoretical content and concepts, practical demonstrations and interactive exercises.
• Enquiry-based active learning, research and discussion-based sessions, and client/user facing activities, discussions and critiques.
• Individual and group-based learning activities, working closely together as an integrated learning community.

How You Are Assessed

• Modules are generally project based and assessed through the appraisal of a portfolio of designed work, often accompanied by a verbal presentation.
• Creative projects are normally assessed on the final communication and visualisation of your work as well as the design process of research and development, evidencing the analytical journey towards your design solutions.

Entry Requirements

• A UK 2.2 honours degree in a spatial design related field or a design degree with experience of interior practice.
• Expected to be a confident and independent learner with a good understanding of the design process, idea development and critical thinking.
• Asked to present a portfolio of work or a completed project showing the development of your work from behind the scenes, or an ongoing project showing the progression and direction of your work.

Employability

Career Opportunities

• Designer in commercial, residential, hospitality and health sectors
• Design and space planning in schools and further and higher education
• Retail design and visual merchandising
• Technical computer-aided (CAD) design work or CAD visualisation
• Lighting design
• Exhibition and museum design
• Interior product and branding
• Interior specialist within architectural practices

Fees

Full-time

• Fee for UK applicants: £7,710 a year
• Fee for international applicants: £17,000 a year
• Length: September enrolment: 1 year. January enrolment: 16 months.
• Start date: January or September

Part-time

• Fee for UK applicants: £855 for each 20 credits
• Length: September enrolment: 2 years. January enrolment: 28 months.
• Start date: January or September

Choose Teesside

• Stand out from other job applicants with your higher level qualification, specialist knowledge and expanded networks.
• Improve your project management, critical thinking, research skills, time management, presentation skills and teamwork.
• The median salary for working-age postgraduates (£45,000) was £6,500 more than for working-age (those aged 16 to 64) graduates (£38,500) in 2022.
• Study in our friendly town-centre campus with £280m of recent investment.
• Study at Europe's first Adobe Creative Campus and develop your creative and digital skills.