Interior Design and Architecture Degree Courses in the UK - Bachelors & Masters

Program University Student satis­faction Unem­ployed Drop­out Tuition (UK) Tuition (Inter­national) UCAS Tariff City
Interior Architecture (with Professional Practice Year) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 76% 6% 3% £9250 £17500 144 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) University of Huddersfield 85% 5% 5% £9250 £16500 114 Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) The University of Edinburgh 77% 3% 0% £9250 £34800 203 Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture (with Integrated Foundation & Professional Practice Years) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 76% 6% 3% £9250 £17500 144 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design (with preparatory semester) BA (Hons) London Metropolitan University 80% 5% 8% £9250 £19250 114 London On campus Full-time
Interior and Spatial Design BA (Hons) Buckinghamshire New University - 5% 10% £9250 £15000 122 High Wycombe On campus Full-time
Interior Design Decoration BA (Hons) Southampton Solent University - 0% 5% £9250 £15000 £16125 116 Southampton On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) Bath Spa University 53% 0% 0% £9250 £17585 129 Bath On campus Full-time
Interior Design Decoration with Art & Design Foundation Year BA (Hons) Southampton Solent University - 0% 5% £9250 £13020 £14000 116 Southampton On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) University of South Wales 83% 5% 5% £9000 £12600 130 Pontypridd On campus Full-time
Interior Design and Decoration BA (Hons) London Metropolitan University 80% 5% 0% £9250 £19250 119 London On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) University of South Wales 84% 5% 4% £9000 £12600 130 Pontypridd On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts - 5% 5% £9250 £17500 127 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Textile Design (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Bath Spa University 53% 0% 6% £9250 £17585 120 Bath On campus Full-time
Interior Design (with Foundation) BA (Hons) University of Gloucestershire 58% 3% 14% £9250 £15000 £15450 126 Cheltenham On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) London Metropolitan University 95% 10% 0% £9250 £19250 143 London On campus Full-time
Textile Design (Professional Placement Year) BA (Hons) Bath Spa University 53% 0% 10% £9250 £17585 138 Bath On campus Full-time
Interior Design (Professional Placement Year) BA (Hons) Bath Spa University 53% 0% 0% £9250 £17585 128 Bath On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) Teesside University 91% 0% 15% £9250 £15000 105 Middlesbrough On campus Full-time
Interior Design (with preparatory semester) BA (Hons) London Metropolitan University 80% 5% 8% £9250 £19250 114 London On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design BA (Hons) University of Gloucestershire 59% 0% 4% £9250 £15000 £15450 149 Cheltenham On campus Full-time
Interior Design (with Integrated Foundation & Professional Practice Years) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 76% 6% 3% £9250 £17500 144 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Interior Design (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Teesside University 91% 0% 15% £9250 £15000 105 Middlesbrough On campus Full-time
Textile Design BA (Hons) Bath Spa University 65% 0% 0% £9250 £17585 123 Bath On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design BA (Hons) Birmingham City University 78% 5% 22% £9250 £16085 133 Birmingham On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) Cardiff Metropolitan University 24% 0% 5% £9000 £16000 118 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) Middlesex University 100% 10% 5% £9250 £15100 135 London On campus Full-time
Interior Design (with Integrated Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 76% 6% 3% £9250 £17500 144 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design with a Foundation Year BA (Hons) Birmingham City University 85% 10% 5% £9250 £16085 114 Birmingham On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) University of East London 100% 6% 15% £9250 £13920 99 London On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture (with Integrated Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 76% 6% 3% £9250 £17500 144 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) Norwich University of the Arts 83% 0% 10% £9250 £18000 127 Norwich On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) University of Derby 80% 5% 25% £9250 £14900 111 Derby On campus Full-time
Interior Design (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Bath Spa University 53% 0% 10% £9250 £17585 103 Bath On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) University of Gloucestershire 93% 3% 20% £9250 £15000 £15450 126 Cheltenham On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Venue Design with Foundation Year BA (Hons) University of Derby 82% 0% 15% £9250 £14900 100 Derby On campus Full-time
Interior Design (with Professional Practice Year) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 76% 6% 3% £9250 £17500 144 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) Southampton Solent University - 0% 0% £9250 £15000 £16125 77 Southampton On campus Full-time
Interior and Spatial Design with Foundation Year BA (Hons) Buckinghamshire New University - 5% 11% £9250 £15000 122 High Wycombe On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture BA (Hons) Liverpool John Moores University 65% 8% 15% £9250 £16100 148 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Venue Design BA (Hons) University of Derby 82% 0% 20% £9250 £14900 124 Derby On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture BA (Hons) Oxford Brookes University 83% 0% 15% £9250 £16900 159 Oxford On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 76% 6% 3% £9250 £17500 144 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture BA (Hons) Middlesex University 82% 10% 15% £9250 £15100 116 London On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) De Montfort University 75% 0% 13% £9250 £15250 £15750 128 Leicester On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design BA (Hons) Sheffield Hallam University 60% 0% 30% £9250 £15860 £16655 94 Sheffield On campus Full-time
Interior Design with Foundation Year BA (Hons) University of Derby 80% 5% 12% £9250 £14900 111 Derby On campus Full-time
Interior Design (including Year 0) BA (Hons) Norwich University of the Arts 83% 0% 10% £9250 £18000 127 Norwich On campus Full-time
Interior Design with Art & Design Foundation Year BA (Hons) Southampton Solent University - 0% 0% £9250 £13020 £14000 77 Southampton On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture & Spatial Design BA (Hons) The University of Northampton 80% 7% 11% £9250 - 109 Northampton On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design BA (Hons) Leeds Beckett University 55% 4% 5% £9250 - 133 Leeds On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 50% 4% 15% £9250 - 152 Preston On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) University of Chester 73% 0% 0% £9250 - 115 Chester On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) Anglia Ruskin University 33% 25% 0% £9250 - 104 Cambridge On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) Kingston University 70% 25% 10% £9250 - 140 Kingston upon Thames On campus Full-time
Interior Design [with Foundation Year] BA (Hons) Anglia Ruskin University 69% 25% 5% £9250 - 118 Cambridge On campus Full-time
Interior Design (including a Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University of Chester 73% 5% 10% £9250 - 125 Chester On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) South Essex College of Further and Higher Education 73% 10% 5% £8000 £17930 - Southend-on-Sea On campus Full-time
Interior Design [with placement year] BA (Hons) Anglia Ruskin University 69% 25% 5% £9250 £9250 - 118 Cambridge On campus Full-time
Interior Design with Foundation BA (Hons) Plymouth University 83% 4% 7% - - 123 Plymouth On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Spatial Design (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) The University of Northampton 80% 7% 11% - - 109 Northampton On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) University of Salford 57% 0% 15% - - 157 Salford On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design BA (Hons) Nottingham Trent University 67% 0% 3% - - 149 Nottingham On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design BA (Hons) Nottingham Trent University 63% 5% 10% - - 128 Nottingham On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University 88% 0% 6% - - 144 Manchester On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture BSc (Hons) University of Salford 77% 3% 5% - - 119 Salford On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture with a Foundation Year BSc (Hons) University of Salford 77% 3% 5% - - 90 Salford On campus Full-time
Interior Design with Foundation Year BA (Hons) University of Salford 57% 0% 20% - - 135 Salford On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design BA (Hons) University of Portsmouth 73% 5% 15% - - 144 Portsmouth On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) Falmouth University - 6% 8% - - 150 Falmouth On campus Full-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) Plymouth University 83% 4% 7% - - 123 Plymouth On campus Full-time
Spatial and Interior Design BA (Hons) University of Kent 64% 4% 0% - - 120 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Interior and Spatial Design (Top-up) BA (Hons) Buckinghamshire New University - - - £9250 £15000 - High Wycombe On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design (Top-up) BA (Hons) London Metropolitan University - - - £9250 £19250 - London On campus Full-time
Interior Design with Foundation Year BA (Hons) Middlesex University - - - £9250 £15100 - London On campus Full-time
Interior Design (Top-up) BA (Hons) London Metropolitan University - - - £9250 £19250 - London On campus Full-time
Interior Design (including foundation year) BA (Hons) London Metropolitan University - - - £2310 £4815 - London On campus Part-time
Interior Design MA London Metropolitan University - - - £10500 £18150 - London On campus Full-time
Interior Design (with Integrated International Foundation & Professional Practice Years) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts - - - £9250 £17500 - Canterbury On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design MA University of Portsmouth - - - £8900 £18100 - Portsmouth On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design BA (Hons) London Metropolitan University - - - £2310 £4815 - London On campus Part-time
Interior Design and Decoration (Top-up) BA London Metropolitan University - - - £2310 £4815 - London On campus Part-time
Surface Pattern and Textiles – Interiors (Swansea College of Art) BA (Hons) University of Wales - - - £9000 £13500 - Cardiff On campus Part-time
Interior Design and Decoration (including foundation year) BA (Hons) London Metropolitan University - - - £9250 £19250 - London On campus Full-time
Interior Design (with Integrated International Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts - - - £9250 £17500 - Canterbury On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture with Foundation Year BA (Hons) Middlesex University - - - £9250 £15100 - London On campus Full-time
Studio Practice (Interior Design) (Top-Up) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts - - - £9250 £16950 - Canterbury On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design with Foundation Year BA (Hons) Sheffield Hallam University - - - £9250 £15860 £16655 - Sheffield On campus Full-time
Interior Design MA University for the Creative Arts - - - £10500 £17500 - Canterbury On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design (including foundation year) BA (Hons) London Metropolitan University - - - £9250 £19250 - London On campus Full-time
Interior Design MA University of Huddersfield - - - £7900 £17600 - Huddersfield On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture (with Integrated International Foundation & Professional Practice Years) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts - - - £9250 £17500 - Canterbury On campus Full-time
Interiors (Architecture & Design) MA (PG) Middlesex University - - - £50 £84 - London On campus Part-time
Interior Design (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University of East London - - - £9250 £13920 - London On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture (with Integrated International Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts - - - £9250 £17500 - Canterbury On campus Full-time
Interior Design MA University of Central Lancashire - - - - - - Preston On campus Part-time
Interior Design BA (Hons) University of Bedfordshire - - - - - - Luton On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design MA Nottingham Trent University - - - - - - Nottingham On campus Part-time
Interior Architecture and Design BA (Hons) University of Bedfordshire - - - - - - Luton On campus Full-time
International Interior Design (Top Up) BA (Hons) Manchester Metropolitan University - - - - - - Manchester On campus Full-time
Interior Architecture and Design with Foundation Year BA (Hons) University of Bedfordshire - - - - - - Luton On campus Full-time
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Student Reviews

Overall student satisfaction
70 /100
91296 total respondents

Primarily based on data from undergraduate degree students.

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Source: National Student Survey NSS 2023. The Overall student satisfaction data point is from 2022 (latest available year). The Office for Students made the unfortunate decision to discontinue collecting overall student satisfaction data points per course.
The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Primarily based on salary data of undergraduate students

Salary of all UK Graduates of Interior Design and Architecture

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £22025 £20113 £23568
25-75 percentile range £19981 - £25071 £15144 - £24676 £17604 - £29974
Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Dec 20, 2022
All Interior Design and Architecture courses in the UK

Salary of all UK Graduates of all subjects

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £22178 £20914 £24774
25-75 percentile range £19675 - £25027 £16034 - £25439 £18391 - £30927
Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023

Jobs & Career Perspectives

Career perspectives for Interior Design and Architecture

15 months after graduation, graduates of this subject were asked about their current circumstances of employment, what they do, and whether their activities and perspectives are directly related to their studies.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023

Current jobs

Among graduates of Interior Design and Architecture who indicated that they are working, the percentage below represents the number who “agree” or “strongly agree” with the statements about their job.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023

Typical employers for graduates of Interior Design and Architecture

  • Architectural Firms and Construction Companies
  • Interior Design Companies
  • Exhibition Centres and Events Management Companies
  • Consultancies
  • Retailers
  • Theatre, TV or FIlm Companies
  • Public Sector Planning Departments
  • Property and Construction Companies

Specialisations within Interior Design and Architecture

  • Sustainable Design
  • Historic Preservation
  • Healthcare Design
  • Management
  • Adaptive Reuse

Jobs of graduates of Interior Design and Architecture (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Interior Design and Architecture at Anglia Ruskin University

30% Elementary occupations
10% Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation
10% Design occupations
10% Administrative occupations
10% Managers, directors and senior officials
5% Media Professionals
5% Business and public service associate professionals
5% Sales occupations
5% Web and Multimedia Design Professionals
5% Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation
Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023

Grading & Study Time

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Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for Interior Design and Architecture

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Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023
Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Interior Design and Architecture, if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

FAQ

The median salary of graduates of Interior Design and Architecture was £22025 15 months after graduation, £20113 3 years after graduation and £23568 5 years after graduation.

  • The following degrees are offered for Interior Design and Architecture studies:
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA (Hons)
  • Bachelor of Science (Honours) - BSc (Hons)
  • Master of Arts - MA
  • Bachelor of Arts - BA
  • Master of Arts (Postgraduate) - MA (PG)