Our BA (Hons) Interior Design (with Integrated Foundation Year and Professional Practice Year) is a five year degree programme, including a foundation year to help develop your creativity before you embark on year one of a degree. Your fourth academic year would then include a year in industry placement.
Looking at real-world challenges to transform interior spaces – both old and new – bridges the gaps between architecture, fine art and spatial practice. This BA (Hons) Interior Design degree course at UCA Canterbury helps you understand and conquer these challenges.
Our BA (Hons) Interior Design (with Integrated Foundation Year and Professional Practice Year) is a five year degree programme, including a foundation year to help develop your creativity before you embark on year one of a degree. Your fourth academic year would then include a year in industry placement.<br/><br/>Looking at real-world challenges to transform interior spaces – both old and new – bridges the gaps between architecture, fine art and spatial practice. This BA (Hons) Interior Design degree course at UCA Canterbury helps you understand and conquer these challenges.<br/><br/>On this course, you’ll work alongside students across our architecture and design portfolio to create a range of plans for various settings, while constantly questioning and considering the role of the designer in contemporary society.<br/><br/>Through experimentation, play and research you’ll engage with design briefs as agents of social, cultural, political, and economic change. You’ll also use laser cutters, 3D printers, a virtual reality lab, a 3D workshop and fully equipped computer studios to enhance your studies.<br/><br/>As a result of this vigorous blend of practical and research-led study, youll become a confident and innovative interior designer with focus on social responsibility, materiality, specification, and careful control of the holistic human experience, in interior spaces.<br/><br/>As part of the course, youll benefit from interaction with industry through live project opportunities and masterclasses, building industry-relevant skills to ensure that you graduate ready for the workplace.<br/><br/>Related courses<br/>- BA (Hons) Architecture (with Integrated Foundation Year)<br/><br/><br/>- BSc (Hons) Industrial Design (with Integrated Foundation Year and Professional Practice Year)<br/><br/><br/>- BA (Hons) Interior Architecture (with Integrated Foundation Year and Professional Practice Year)<br/><br/><br/>- BA (Hons) Product & Furniture Design (with Integrated Foundation Year and Professional Practice Year)<br/>
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
5 Years
Start Date
15/09/2025
Campus
Canterbury
29 January
Application deadline
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
W25G
Institution Code
C93
Points of Entry
Foundation
32
168
We consider the strength of our applicants’ portfolios as well as their grades and we therefore may make offers which are lower than our standard entry criteria of 32 tariff points (this is the entry requirement for our degrees which have an Integrated Foundation Year). This may be to students who have faced difficulties that have affected their performance and who were expected to achieve higher results - in these cases, a strong portfolio is especially important.
32 UCAS tariff points from Scottish Higher qualifications. As this course requires a portfolio review, you are not required to have a Art and Design-related subject.
A minimum 45 credits (54 UCAS tariff points) from an accredited Access to Higher Education Diploma. As this course requires a portfolio review, you are not required to have a Art and Design-related subject.
24
24 total points in the International Baccalaureate Diploma with one subject at Higher Level 5 (H5). As this course requires a portfolio review, you are not required to have a Art and Design-related subject.
PPP
48 UCAS tariff points from BTEC Extended Diploma qualification. As this course requires a portfolio review, you are not required to have a Art and Design-related subject.
In addition to 32 UCAS tariff points, you also required to achieve a minimum 4 GCSE's, grade 4/C or above, including English Language.
MPP
32 UCAS tariff points from one A-Level qualification. As this course requires a portfolio review, you are not required to have a Art and Design-related subject.
Pass (D or E)
Minimum Pass at E or above. As this course requires a portfolio review, you are not required to have a Art and Design-related subject.
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Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
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England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland | £9,535 | 2025/26 | Year 1 |
EU, International | £16,950 | 2025/26 | Year 1 |