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Students
Tuition Fee
GBP 16,740
Per year
Start Date
2025-09-01
Medium of studying
On campus
Duration
1 years
Program Facts
Program Details
Degree
Masters
Major
Architecture | Interior Architecture | Interior Design
Area of study
Architecture and Construction
Education type
On campus
Timing
Full time
Course Language
English
Tuition Fee
Average International Tuition Fee
GBP 16,740
Intakes
Program start dateApplication deadline
2025-09-01-
About Program

Program Overview


About our foundation years

Our Foundation Year courses are perfect for you if you...


  • are returning to education after a long time, or you don't have the qualifications for direct entry into our degree programmes
  • are thinking of re-training and would like an introduction to the area
  • are an international student wanting an additional year to adapt to the UK academic system
  • are still evaluating which degree pathway at UEL is the right one for you

Please note: Foundation years can only be studied full-time. However, you can transfer to part-time delivery once you have completed your foundation year. Please apply to the full-time option if you wish to study in this way.


Interior Architecture and Design MA

Overview

The aim of this 12-month Master's programme is to engage you in creative and experimental processes and to enhance your ability to grasp complex design ideas.


The programme has a clear hands-on approach which aligns with the 'making' ethos of the School. Live projects, competitions and field trips make this programme a unique life-changing experience. View our yearbook to see examples of our students' work.


Design of any scale responds to - and in parallel leads - cultural and social change. Our everyday living changes rapidly. The changing demographics, and the emergence of new technologies, shift how we inhabit, use and share spaces.


What is the role of design in the rapidly changing contemporary conditions? What is the office space of the future like? What is the library of the future? What is the shop of the future?


Through our MA in Interior Design programme, we address some of the above questions in a rigorous, experimental and creative manner. Through a fun and hands-on approach, we will debate and challenge one another on some of the most current and 'hot' design-related questions.


Course options

  • MA: Start date September 2025

Entry Requirements

  • Academic requirements: Bachelor's degree with Upper Second Class (2:1) or Second Class (2:2) in Architecture or Interior Design.
  • International Qualifications: We accept a wide range of European and international qualifications in addition to A-levels, the International Baccalaureate and BTEC qualifications.
  • Portfolio requirements: A portfolio is required and should be relevant to this course. It should include a wide range of work that shows your creativity, technical competence and understanding of the subject area.
  • English Language requirements: Overall IELTS 6.0 with minimum 6.0 in writing and speaking, and 5.5 in listening and reading (or recognised equivalent)

Fees, funding and additional costs

  • Fees:
    • Home Applicant: £9,000 per year
    • International Applicant: £16,740 per year
  • Funding:
    • Postgraduate Loans Scheme: £10,280 to fund your Masters Programme under the Postgraduate Loans (PGL) scheme
    • Postgraduate Scholarship: Apply for a 50 per cent discount on your tuition fees
    • Alumni Discount: up to 15% fee waiver
    • Early Payment Discount: 5% fee waiver
    • Asylum Seekers scholarship: 100% fee waiver
    • Civic Engagement: £1,000
    • Hardship Bursary: up to £2,000
    • Sport Scholarships: Up to £6,000
  • Additional costs:
    • Textbooks
    • Computer equipment
    • Printing
    • Travel

Course modules

  • Advanced Interior Design 1: Core Module
  • Advanced Interior Design 2: Core Module
  • Interior Design Theory 1: Core Module
  • Interior Design Theory 2: Core Module
  • Interior Design Thesis: Core Module
  • Professional Practice (Mental Wealth): Core Module

What we're researching

  • XSXL: How a small change can lead to maximum impact? How do design interventions change our lives for the better?
  • How is design informing and informed by the changes in the contemporary world?
  • How does the design of the high street change in the era of online shopping?
  • How does the design of the bookstore change in the era of e-books?
  • How is the notion of experience re-addressed today by contemporary design strategies?

Your future career

  • On the completion of this course, you will have developed both advanced design skills and the experience to develop yourself with advanced creative design methods and processes.
  • Industry links: Through our links with external partners, organisations, and galleries, we organise exhibitions of our students' work in prominent venues in London.
  • Job roles: On the completion of this course, you will have developed both advanced design skills and the experience to develop yourself with advanced creative design methods and processes. You will be ready to work as an interior designer in a range of design-related industries, such as retail design, stage set design, exhibition design, etc.

How we support your career ambitions

  • Career Zone: Our dedicated and award-winning team provide you with careers and employability resources, including online jobs board, mentoring programmes, 1-2-1 career coaching services, careers workshops and employer events.
  • Mental Wealth programme: Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme which issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you’ve mastered.

How you'll learn

  • You will learn through a series of design exercises.
  • You will experiment through trial and error.
  • You will develop rigorous design proposals for specific sites.
  • You will redesign interventions for existing spaces, you will propose temporary structures, and you will make models of different materials to test design concepts.

How you'll be assessed

  • You will be assessed through your constant engagement with design exercises, workshops, studio tutorials, as well as through final presentations, essays and portfolio.
  • Upon successful completion of the programme, students will be able to:
    • Grasp, understand and discuss verbally and in writing complex design ideas and concepts.
    • Transform concepts and ideas into resolved design proposals.
    • Work as part of a team, and also work independently
    • Develop methods and processes for addressing design problems
    • Produce a thorough design project and present it through drawings and models of high quality.
    • Present a design proposal through a range of adequate representational techniques.
    • Have a professional attitude, ethos, and a desire to always enquire and expand your skills further.

Campus and facilities

  • Our waterfront campus in the historic Royal Docks provides a modern, well-equipped learning environment.
  • Features include our 24/7 Docklands library, our £21m SportsDock centre, a campus shop and bookstore, the Children's Garden Nursery, cafés, eateries, a late bar, plus Student Union facilities, including a student lounge.

Who teaches this course

  • This course is delivered by the School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering.
  • The teaching team includes qualified academics, practitioners and industry experts as guest speakers.

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  • MA Architecture and Urbanism
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