Interior Design Architecture

This interior design course explores how people experience interior environments, blending spatial design, architectural thinking and responsible material and technological choices. Throughout your studies, you'll develop strong design, research and problem-solving skills to create meaningful, sustainable and innovative spaces.

Real-world learning sits at the core of the course. You'll work closely with industry partners, gaining hands-on experience through live projects, site engagement and professional input at every level. These authentic experiences help build confidence, networks and readiness for employment within the built-environment sector.

Throughout the course, you’ll develop the ability to understand, design and transform interior spaces across a range of contexts – including domestic, workplace, hospitality, retail, and community settings. You will explore adaptive reuse, materiality, environmental performance and user wellbeing, supported by both creative and technical design skills.

The course places strong emphasis on architectural approaches, guiding you through spatial strategy, functionality, building context, and user-centred design. You will also engage with key contemporary concerns such as sustainability, digital technologies, wellbeing, inclusive design and professional practice. By the time you graduate, you will be equipped to communicate your ideas through drawings, models, digital media and detailed design proposals that meet industry and regulatory standards.

If you’re looking to study our interior design architecture degree but don’t have the relevant qualifications or experience, the art and design foundation year will help you develop the core skills and knowledge to progress. Find out more about the art and design foundation year.

Who is this course for?
This course is ideal for creatively minded individuals who are passionate about how people experience interior environments and want to shape spaces that are sustainable, meaningful and innovative. It suits aspiring interior designers, spatial thinkers and problem-solvers who are motivated by architecture, materials, technology and user wellbeing.

Whether you are new to the field or looking to deepen existing design skills, this course is designed for those who want to work confidently within the built-environment sector and develop into informed, forward-thinking industry practitioners.

What does this course lead to?
Recent graduates have found positions as interior designers in the commercial and domestic interior design sector in the UK and abroad, including John Lewis Interiors, IKEA, Jigsaw, BO Concept, BrightSpace Architects, and Porcelanosa. Other graduates have been successful in setting up their own interior design practices.

Students are also prepared to become freelance consultants upon graduation, which can increase employability. Some graduates have gone on to study for a postgraduate degree including Solent’s MSc Sustainable Building Design and MA Visual Communication.

Don't wait for the future. Build it. At Solent, every module is built around real-world learning, so you graduate with practical skills, confidence and experience — not just theory.

Our career-ready revolution is transforming the way every course is designed, taught and connected to the world of work, to ensure your degree prepares you for the career you want. This isn't a tweak. It’s s a complete shake-up of what your university experience should be, using five key elements: learning by doing from day one, a timetable that fits real life, strong links to industry, an outstanding student learning experience, and careers support for life.

Our world-class facilities are also built with your future career in mind, and include the renowned Warsash Maritime School, Solent Sports Complex with advanced science labs, animation and 3D modelling studios, plus applied mechanics and composites labs.

And when you're not in class? Southampton has it all — shopping, culture, live music, football, cricket, festivals and markets, plus tiny Thai cafes, ghost walks and record fairs. It's friendly, walkable, and one of the most affordable student cities in the UK. With a diverse community and societies for every interest, you'll find your tribe here too.

Register your interest now and join the career-ready revolution.