BA (Hons) Interior Design

Our course will give you the educational and creative framework - and the necessary contacts - to launch you on your path to becoming an interior designer.

From the outset, you'll set about amassing a huge range of skills, including drawing, photography, model-making, measuring and documenting spaces and buildings.

You'll study design in all its forms - architectural, commercial and retail, residential, furniture, set and exhibition designs. Much of the work will be done on your feet as you visit local sites and examine their features.

You'll enjoy frequent visits to the rich cultural array of galleries, shops and museums on our doorstep in London.

Download our yearbook to view examples of our students' work.

We have excellent links with the local community, and our students spend a lot of time developing design ideas for specific projects such as restoring historical sites in the East End, or designing a new café. 

The extended course BA (Hons) Interior Design with Foundation Year is perfect if you want a degree in Interior Design but you don't meet the standard entry requirements.  First we prepare you for your degree during the Foundation year, bringing you up to speed with academic skills and a firm grounding in the subject. Then you can go on to do the full undergraduate degree.

Our emphasis on project work will give you the chance to develop creative solutions to design briefs, enhancing and developing your creative talent and design skills. 

We'll also teach you the specialist skills you'll need as an interior design professional, such as observational and spatial drawing, computer drawing, model-making and material investigations. 

Our close connections to UEL's architecture and design departments will give you the chance to work collaboratively, and our excellent London location will mean you can use local commercial, cultural and historical sites for design ideas, projects and inspiration.

On recent visits we've organised, students have explored sculptures by Richard Serra in the Gagosian Gallery and drawings by Wangechi Mutu at the Victoria Miro Gallery, as well as Victoria Beckham's boutique in Mayfair, with interiors by celebrated US architect Farshid Moussavi. 

As you progress through the course, your developing individuality and attitude towards interior design will be reflected in your projects and in your personal academic portfolio.

We consistently review our courses to ensure we are up to date with industry changes and requirements from our graduates. As a result, our modules are subject to change. 

• Tawjihi: 60% for Foundation
• 3 x AS Levels: Foundation
• US High School Diploma: GPA 2.0 for Foundation
• US High School Diploma: GPA 3.0 + SAT1 1070 for Direct Entry to Bachelor's
• International Baccalaureate (IB): 25 points with minimum 15 at Higher Level for Direct Entry to Bachelor's
• 3 x A Levels: Direct Entry to Bachelor's

When you graduate from this course, a wealth of opportunities within the broad area of interior design will be open to you.

You may choose to go into residential design or the commercial and retail field, or to look at architectural and design conservation. You could move into designing exhibitions or TV and stage sets.

Alternatively, you may decide to study further and take an architectural or spatial design course at master's level. 

Our graduates have excellent transferable skills, displaying resourcefulness and entrepreneurial qualities.

At a time when there is increasing demand for visual communicators, rapid developments in technology and expanding public interest in interior design, employment opportunities are growing constantly. 

As a design graduate you'll be able to exhibit your work at UEL and at Free Range, an annual exhibition in London's Brick Lane for interior, architecture and design students which is increasingly popular with potential employers. 

Professional studies modules will also prepare you for the world of work by giving you an understanding of how the industry works, covering areas such as online and published design magazines, making and publishing CVs. You'll also put together you own portfolio to showcase your work to potential employers.

Explore the different career options you can pursue with this degree and see the median salaries of the sector on our Career Coach portal.