Interior Design [with placement year] BA (Hons)

**Interior designers work with clients to create attractive, safe and functional rooms and spaces. Study BA (Hons) Interior Design at ARU in Cambridge, and develop your creative vision.**<br/><br/><br/>- Join a course that scored 95% for Academic Support and 93% for Teaching on my Course in the National Student Survey 2023.<br/><br/><br/>- Become a resilient interior designer with a distinctive creative voice.<br/><br/><br/>- Benefit from small studio groups, which allow your tutors to really get to know you and your work.<br/><br/><br/>- Discover how to embed stories into your designs that help others develop social connections and make your designed spaces important to the community.<br/><br/><br/>- Show your talent to the public and industry reps at our final-year Graduate Showcase, and local and national exhibitions like Free Range in London.<br/><br/><br/>- Get inspired on our European field trips, or study abroad for a semester with funding available to help cover the cost.<br/><br/><br/>As an interior designer you might work with homeowners, public bodies and businesses. Youll consider the use of furniture, lighting, flooring, artwork and decoration, decor and colour palettes to create residential or commercial spaces that people enjoy using.<br/><br/>To become a professional interior designer youll typically need a university degree in interior design or a related subject. Practical experience is also valuable and here at ARU, youll receive ongoing support to find placements and work experience. You can also choose to take an optional placement year in industry as part of your Interior Design degree.<br/><br/>Exciting and intriguing interior spaces offer experiences that make us want to return again and again.<br/><br/>By studying BA (Hons) Interior Design at ARU, you’ll explore the relationships between design, experience and narrative, embedding stories into your designs to help others develop social connections and make your spaces important to and loved by the community.<br/><br/>Based in our dedicated interior design studio in Cambridge, youll learn to create effective design proposals. Your studio work will include preparing 2D plans and elevations; developing fully realised 3D drawings; creating built models; considering the use of furniture, lighting and materials; looking at small- and large-scale interior design projects.<br/><br/>Youll also learn about project management, professional communication, budgeting, and specification skills.<br/><br/>Throughout the course, you’ll be encouraged to propose design questions, such as: How can public spaces cater for multiple activities and users? How much space do we need to live in? How do major brands reinvent themselves to respond to new markets?<br/><br/>We think your ideas and design skills are important. You’ll develop these by working in small teams at different stages of your degree, sometimes alongside students from other creative courses.<br/><br/>There’s the opportunity to get inspired on European field trips, and to study abroad for a semester – with funding available to help cover the cost.<br/><br/>You can also see your designs become reality in live projects briefs with our partner organisations - our students recently worked with Cambridge Library Services to re-design the café interior at Cambridge Central Library - and foster professional relationships through Design Bench, a series of industry networking meetings.<br/><br/>As well as our dedicated interior design studio, you’ll have use of facilities including:<br/><br/>3D workshops for physical media including wood, plastic, metal and clay<br/>Specialist printmaking workshop including etching, screen-printing and lithography<br/>Dedicated Mac and PC suites with the latest software including Adobe Creative suite<br/>Ruskin Gallery, a professional digital art gallery<br/>Photography and media facilities including darkrooms; studios; film processing; digital printing suite; video editing; and professional equipment loans<br/>Life drawing studio

At ARU, you’ll be supported from day one with wellbeing services, money advice and careers guidance to help you through university and beyond. <br/><br/>Their courses are built around real-world experience and the skills employers value. ARU are proud to be in the top 20% of UK universities for teaching quality (TEF 2023), and ranked #1 in the East of England for graduates in professional jobs (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2024). You'll have access to fantastic facilities thanks to £95m of investment - think SuperLabs, TV studios, law courts, mock hospital wards and more. <br/><br/>Wherever you're heading, ARU will help you get there.