Program Overview

Interior Architecture with Foundation Year

Overview

The Interior Architecture with Foundation Year program is designed to help students build a strong foundation of knowledge in key design and built environment principles. This pathway is an excellent route for those who want to study the full honors degree but don't meet the direct entry requirements.

Attendance and Course Details

• Attendance: Full-time
• Course: Four years
• Next enrollment: September 2025

Introduction

The program focuses on finding imaginative and sustainable uses for buildings in space-constrained cities. Students will develop professional skills to ensure they are working to the standards recognized by interior architecture/design professional bodies.

You Will:

• Develop competence in essential areas of built environment professional practice
• Build technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Gain hands-on experience using built environment-focused IT equipment and software
• Build confidence by strengthening team working, communication, and study skills

Course Details

Foundation Year

• Introduction to Built Environment Professional Practice
• Introduction to Design Practice
• Introduction to Building Science
• Introduction to Digital Built Environment
• IT and Study Skills
• Professional Practice Project

Year One

• Design Studio 1A
• Construction Technology in Architecture 1
• Design Technology 1
• History and Theory 1
• Interior Architecture Design Studio 1B
• Practice 1

Year Two

• Interior Architecture Design Studio 2A
• Principles of Sustainable Built Environments
• History and Theory 2
• Interior Architecture Design Studio 2B
• Design Technology 2
• Practice 2: Multidisciplinary Project

Year Three

• Interior Architecture Design Studio 3
• Re-creating the City - Re-use and Regeneration
• Practice 3
• Interior Architecture Design Studio 3B
• Ideas and Issues in Interior Architecture
• Design Technology 3

What You Need to Know

Applicant Profile

In addition to academic entry requirements, the program looks for certain characteristics in each applicant, including a passion for buildings and architecture, and a desire to develop and shape the built environment.

International Students

This course is not suitable for international students. If you are an international student and interested in studying a foundation year, please visit the International Foundation Year course page.

English Language Requirements

All courses are taught and assessed in English. If English is not your first language, you must meet the minimum English language entry requirements.

Standard Entry Requirements

• GCSE: English Language and Mathematics at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent)
• UCAS tariff points: 64
• A level: 64 UCAS points, typically two grade Cs
• BTEC National Diploma: MPP (BTEC Extended Diploma), MM (BTEC Diploma)
• BTEC Higher National Diploma: Please contact Admissions for further information
• T level: T level in any subject is accepted at 72 UCAS points
• Foundation Degree: Please contact Admissions for further information
• Access to HE: Pass in Access to HE Diploma - minimum of 64 UCAS Tariff points
• Scottish Highers: 64 points from Higher Level
• Irish Leaving Certificate: 64 points from Higher Level
• European Baccalaureate: Please contact Admissions for further information
• International Baccalaureate: Please contact Admissions for further information
• Other Qualifications: Please contact Admissions for further information

Alternative Entry Requirements

• Salford Alternative Entry Scheme (SAES): We positively welcome applications from students who may not meet the stated entry criteria but who can demonstrate their ability to pursue the course successfully.

Tuition Fees

• Type of study: Full-time home
• Year: 2025/26
• Fees: £8,505 for Foundation Year and £9,535 for subsequent years

Additional Costs

You should consider further costs, which may include books, stationery, printing, binding, and general subsistence on trips and visits.

Employment and Stats

• Employment: This course is designed to help you develop a range of personal and professional skills, making you highly employable.
• Further study: You might find you want to learn more about the built environment, so we offer a range of specialism postgraduate study options to help you take your career and interests even further.

A Taste of What You Could Become

• An interior architect
• An experiential designer
• A retail designer
• A workplace consultant
• A lighting designer
• And more...

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Rising to the challenge of a changing world, our degree courses are designed to shape the next generation of urbanists, scientists, engineers, and industry leaders.

Facilities

As an Interior Architecture student, you will learn in our carefully designed architecture studios, which provide an inspiring environment to develop ideas, work collaboratively, and share best practice.

Industry Collaboration and Research

When you start this degree with Salford, you are also joining a community making a difference in industry, our local region, and in our wider society. Many of our academics and technicians who support your course also deliver collaborative, interdisciplinary, high-impact work in a range of local and global built environment issues and challenges.